Forst ST6

[Buffy]

Thinking of getting the Forst ST6:thumbup1: woodchipper. Any feedback would be useful. Many thanks

[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

Very good machine only downside is the feed roller jams up easy but is easily fixed just means a bit of downtime. Overall sold machine well worth it.

[Suffolk-Matt]

Been using one all day, very impressed.

 

EDIT - where abouts are you?

[PeteB]

Got to be said.....get a GreenMech!

 

sorry, tablet will not allow me add the thing with the cheeky grin.....

[lan3y1]

Get timberwolf 240 or wait for new timberwolf 230 out September the 1st.

 

 

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Hi what tree shows are on this year?

[walkerboys]

I demoed the forst and got a greenmech arbtrak 150 it was a bit cheaper over all and with the side rollers it seems to snap every thing so a lot less snedding up!just my opinion but realy didn't like the forward backward sensors on the side on the forst

[Forst Woodchippers]

Very good machine only downside is the feed roller jams up easy but is easily fixed just means a bit of downtime. Overall sold machine well worth it.

 

Alexander

 

Sorry you are having feed roller jamming issues, this is something which occurred on some of the earlier machines. We are rectifying them all with an upgrade, you will receive a call today to arrange for it to be sorted.

 

Many Thanks

[Marc]

Having now used ours in anger we are overall impressed. Although a bit disappointed in the changes made from the demo model.

 

It appears the Forst grip has been removed as it no longer grabs eagerly with minimal kick up, so a little concerned that the small diameter feed rollers will in time lose their grab as they wear.

It also chokes on stems, which means we have to back the pieces out with the touch buttons this means it fully let's go of the piece which will the. Have to be presented again to the feed rollers, some sticks would choke the machine 2 or 3 times before they would chip. Again maybe this is down to the re design of the feed rollers?

 

It's grabbing ability is what impressed me most with the demo model, ours is different, if the change means an overall reliability improvement then I guess we will just have to live with it.

 

Overall it is an impressive machine that is well built and handled brash with ease with good support as shown here by Forst. It'll be a bit heavy behind your Mitsi though Mark

 

 

One thing to consider is the new Timberwolfs coming out as you have good support for parts where you are, and the Greenmech 150 I hear is also a good machine though not familiar with it myself.

[monkeyallan]

Had some problems with our 2, but can't fault the after sales service. Most of the niggles seem to have been sorted. Our greenmech has become 3rd choice behind these two unless we need the vari track. I really like the forward/reverse buttons.

[Buffy]

Really good feedback. Thanks everyone. That was a concern of mine Marc with the weight issue.