New timberwolf 150

[GlobalNewark]

Although I shouldn't big you up Richard fair play for listening to customers & coming out fighting, although our paths don't cross often it is not easy in the market place &'it's certainly full with manufacturers. TW have had their fair share of critics in this sub 750kg market & I'm not envious of not being in it. As Pete said earlier the competition is healthy & the others will have to up their game if your chipper is all,it boasts to be, saying that there will always be a market for cheapest is best!

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

[Mark Bolam]

A bloke in a pub just told me the new 150 will be less than £10k, tracked version £500 more.

 

Can't wait!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk

[Hodge]

Thanks for the interest in our soon to be launched chipper. I thought I'd take the opportunity to give you a bit of insight as to why Timberwolf has been a bit slow in reacting to market demands and why we are very excited to be showing this machine at the APF this year.

 

 

 

Timberwolf is a small business employing around 40 people. We design manufacture and final assemble all our own machines here in the UK. Because we have limited space we cannot undertake all the manufacture ourselves and we out-source the manufacture of certain components such as feed funnels. Altogether we deal with over 80 different suppliers in the UK who provide us with all the parts to make our current 17 models.

 

We are proud to be a British manufacturing company and we try really hard to give our customers what they want. The reason it can take a frustratingly long time to achieve this ultimately comes down to the fact we are relatively small when compared with Bandit, Vermeer etc plus we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure we are 100% compliant with everything we have to be compliant with so Timberwolf customers can buy their machines with confidence, unfortunately this takes up time and resources (both physical and monetary) As an example:

 

 

 

2008 - 2009 design of TW 190TVGTR

 

 

 

2009 - 2010 design of TW 350DHB(t)

 

 

 

2010 - 2012 design of sub 750kg shredder for French market

 

 

 

2011- 2013 design of our 1st sub 750kg turntable chipper with wide feed aperture to compete with the Greenmech Quadchip.

 

 

 

2011 - 2012 major undertaking to make sure all Timberwolf road tow equipment is fully compliant for Whole Vehicle Type Approval and Conformity of Production as it is a mandatory requirement that had to be complied with by October 2012. This is a major undertaking to do it properly and consequently slows up development of new models.

 

 

 

2011 - 2012 4000 questionnaires sent to TW owners and non owners asking for information and feed-back. Over 1000 are returned and we start prioritising on peoples wish list.

 

 

 

2012 - The beginnings of a new 6" chipper start to take shape

 

 

 

2013 - Investment in latest solid modelling program and the new chipper gathers pace as we exploit the design program to give us evermore performance whilst increasing design strength and integrity.

 

 

 

2013 - 2014 Extensive testing(by several real live tree surgeons!) and productionisation of new model ready for APF launch in September.

 

 

 

So to answer some of the questions that have been asked:

 

 

 

No it is not a polished 150! It was designed from scratch and shares less than 15 components (excluding nuts and bolts for the more pedantic amongst you!)

 

 

 

The 150DHB will remain in production until the market tells us not to build it! This machine came out in 1995 and represented superb chipping performance at an affordable price.

 

The law allowing young drivers only to tow 750kg maximum without taking an extra test made this machine ever more popular.

 

Despite what some manufacturers may tell you, it is incredibly hard to design a chipper that actually weighs less than 750kg and most don't bother even though they admit it is where the volume sales are.

 

By 2010 if you needed a chipper that weighed under 750kg then the most popular choice was still the TW 150DHB - Greenmech introduced the Quadchip and it was the first serious contender for the sub 750kg performance crown. To produce a 34hp Kubota powered chipper on a turntable that actually weighed under 750kg was an incredible achievement by Greenmech and we quickly set about catching them up with our

 

TW 240DHB. Overall the Quadchip did not impact on 150 sales much because in reality although people like the idea of a turntable, when it comes to parting with your own dosh not everyone can justify the extra cost. Greenmech soon realised this and a couple of years later introduced the Arborist 150 - once again they had managed to design a brand new machine that weighed under 750kg and although they hadn't managed to install the Kubota 1505 4 cylinder engine (to our knowledge Timberwolf is the only chipper manufacturer in the world able to fit this engine in sub 750kg chippers) they had none the less introduced another worthy contender! Now add into the mix the new Forst ST6 with the same V1505 engine as Timberwolf and you can see the competition is hotting up...

 

 

 

So, what is this new model all about? Unfortunately I can't give you the full low down because the official launch is not until September 1st (19th August if you pre registered your interest) but to give you a taste:

 

 

 

Same engine as the Forst ST6 and the TW 150DHB

 

Sub 750kg

 

Wider rollers and feed aperture than a Forst ST6 or GM Quad/Arborist

 

More throughput per hour than all machines mentioned above (we have done back to back testing).

 

Larger bearings than fitted in the Greenmechs or Forst mentioned above.

 

Greasable bearings!!!

 

Individual replaceable steel fans!!!

 

Double sided cutter blades

 

A rotor that is more than double the mass of the 150DHB rotor!!!

 

 

 

Oh and yes, there is a tracked version as well with all the requested features.

 

 

 

Love us or hate us, come see us at the APF and have a look at what we have been up to - there is more to this chipper than you think!

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Marshall

 

Partner

 

 

 

P.S - Geoff - yes we will be releasing an upgrade greasable bearing and metal fan kit for the 150DHB. More details at the APF show.

 

 

 

P.P.S - I.C Trees - love your persistence on the 'game changer' question - during the design of this new machine we have learnt a surprising amount; over the coming months as this machine is launched and people understand more about the choices they have, we believe this machine will become the catalyst of what we call a game changer. Sorry I can't be any clearer for you at the moment!

 

 

Ohh I'm getting excited, an upgrade and a anew chipper, I can't wait . Wplease pm me the price for the tracked version.

 

 

Hodge

[swinny]

Great blog of the last few years!

 

I'd be interested in the modification.

[Hodge]

I'm timberwolf to the bone so get it sorted, do the mod and shut the picks up that slag the wolf!! LOL:):)

 

 

Hodge

[Timberwolf Sales]

Thank you for the superb post Richard, ( Timberwolf Sales), that is great news with the greasable bearing & fan kit for the older 150's, I presume it will also go on the 125, not that it needs it.

I'm pro timberwolf, I think the sales speak for themselves, & these new changes are going to be very interesting in the chippper market.

 

Well done Timberwolf imo.

 

Thanks for your support and yes the retro kit will fit on a 125 as well.

 

Regards

 

 

Richard

[Timberwolf Sales]

Will I be able to see it at saltex?

 

Hi

 

No, I'm sorry the 1st UK public showing is scheduled to be at the APF.

 

If anyone wants to see it beforehand they are welcome to visit the factory after the 19th August when we would be more than happy to show you around our facilities and give you a detailed explanation of what has gone into this chipper.

 

If you are interested, just PM me and I will make it happen.

 

Regards

 

 

Richard

[Hodge]

Hi

 

 

 

No, I'm sorry the 1st UK public showing is scheduled to be at the APF.

 

 

 

If anyone wants to see it beforehand they are welcome to visit the factory after the 19th August when we would be more than happy to show you around our facilities and give you a detailed explanation of what has gone into this chipper.

 

 

 

If you are interested, just PM me and I will make it happen.

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

 

Richard

 

 

Go on, send us a taster, I will buy a variable tracked one tonight if the have greased bearings and better fans!

 

 

Hodge

[Timberwolf Sales]

Although I shouldn't big you up Richard fair play for listening to customers & coming out fighting, although our paths don't cross often it is not easy in the market place &'it's certainly full with manufacturers. TW have had their fair share of critics in this sub 750kg market & I'm not envious of not being in it. As Pete said earlier the competition is healthy & the others will have to up their game if your chipper is all,it boasts to be, saying that there will always be a market for cheapest is best!

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk

 

Thanks for your comments Dean. Although Arbtalk seems to have more than its fair share of Timberwolf haters, fortunately it does not reflect the real world for us! The fact is, the 150 is now 19 years old and thousands have been sold - throughout that time we have worked hard to keep it modern and improve its performance within the constraints of the original design. As you know, when you can get a nice long production run on something, it just gets more reliable as you iron out the creases. The 150DHB has been a well sorted machine for a good number of years now and can still hold its head high. Although we don't comment on Arbtalk much (we don't feel it our place) we do watch it and we do hear the comments; now we have Whole Vehicle Type Approval out the way we are able to pick up where we left off and start to give our customers what they have been asking for - the new chipper is our response to everything that has been levelled at us over the last couple of years, we hope and think we have listened 100% to everything that has been said - now it is back over to the market to decide if we got it right - roll on APF!

 

Regards

 

 

Richard

[Hodge]

Hey, hang on! Arbtalk might have few that hate TW, but I'm on there sticking up for the wolf so how about giving the wolf lovers a bit of a thank q??

 

 

Hodge