Greemech 220

[Mountain man]

There is a 2007 one with 700 hours on for 6850 plus vat. Just for reference

 

Where's that? I'm usually averse to second hand stuff, but that's tempting.

[swinny]

Near me, barnoldswick, lancashire from local agg dealer will try get a link

[Mountain man]

My 1928 weighs about 1300kg, I think the 220 was 1400, so not much in it really. I would definitely demo a 1928, the infeed is a couple of inches wider than the 220, so you can feed more in at once, the 220 may be better for big timber, but we never really chip much above 6".

 

My situation ATM is I have free tipping of chip. Wood is a problem.

Doing a lot of spruce, cedar etc.

[swinny]

Cant find on website but seen it in their yard last week still

Agrispares Trading Co Limited, Barnoldswick, Lancashire.

[Mountain man]

Ill call them on Monday, Thanks again. 700 hrs is not too much on a bigger unit like that.

[Tom D]

If you are doing loads of timber I'd consider a bandit, they are heavy though.

 

I hadn't realised that you were buying new, they have stopped making the 1928 and replaced it with the 190, same size infeed but the rollers are vertical, I don't know much about them....

 

TP is another one to consider if you are doing a lot of timber...

[fen01]

Definitely worth considering a Tp as well. I've been very happy with mine.

[Mountain man]

Okey dokey, well I bought that one from lancashire, fired her up in the workshop, everything seemed ok, nice engine, started well, the guys who had it knew very little about it, they were ag engineers. Wheel span nicely on its bearings. Strange way of engaging the drive, you sort of drop the engine. They assured me the stress control worked. It was pissing it down outside, they seemed straight so I paid up and took it away.

Got it home and put some wood through it...uh oh! Hopeless it would just push bigger wood against the wheel not chipping at all, small stuff was ok, and yes, at one point the stress control kicked in.

So no panic, it was a good price, I'm reasonably handy so if I have to throw a few quid at it, it's not the end of the world, and I still have the TW for the moment.

Some questions and pictures for you GM aficionados to peruse.

1. The blades. Here they are, you couldn't cut yourself with them, not mullered just well blunt. Are they really that bad? Would blades like that cause such a complete collapse of chipping ?

2. The anvil. Opinions please, the disc blades were a good 6mm away, seems a lot even for a machine of this power.

3. Rollers, few dinks for sure, worth forking out for new though?

BTW. It's a 2007 chip master 220 with an Isuzu engine of 50 or 55 hp.

Thanks in advance.

Ps I'll have to lad the photos separately, my iPad won't do multiples.

[Mountain man]

Anvil

[Mountain man]

Discs. ..