buying 2nd hand wood chippers

[swinny]

I may be selling a tw150 but havent yet decided. Will be looking for 4k

 

Bought a tracked chipper so not sure wether to keep 150 aswell...

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

I got stitched up on an Ebay machine for about £5k about 8 years, be carefull.

 

I've just saved enough to buy a new Greenmech cs100, no risk on another second hand machine. They're great bits of kit, and worth looking at if that's your budget. Check out the wee chipper club thread to read through some thoughts on them. They're not 6" hydraulic feeds, but they are great wee machines, and you can get a new one for around the £5k mark. I'm still amazed at what they can deal with!

[defenderjack]

for what its worth , I bought my first chipper for just over 2500 and it lasted me nearly 4 years with only minor faults so it is possible to get something ,it just probably wont be very shiny ! oh and if you do get a bit more money look at jensens ! ive bought one and and ive gota say I don't think id go back to a timberwolf . best of luck and try Robert at arborcut , very good to deal with and has stacks of machines so ring him with you budget and spec your after ,don't just look on the website give him a call in person

[padman]

There is a TW150 ending tonight on ebay. I bought a dosko machine a few months back, so far its been great, drinks fuel mind you as its a petrol. Thought about bidding on the TW on ebay and then sell my dosko - but just bought a tipper so NO money left now.

[tim361]

I got stitched up on an Ebay machine for about £5k about 8 years, be carefull.

 

I've just saved enough to buy a new Greenmech cs100, no risk on another second hand machine. They're great bits of kit, and worth looking at if that's your budget. Check out the wee chipper club thread to read through some thoughts on them. They're not 6" hydraulic feeds, but they are great wee machines, and you can get a new one for around the £5k mark. I'm still amazed at what they can deal with!

 

 

Im doing the same sort of thing. Ive just gone through buying somewhere so my savings have taken a pounding. Im putting down £500 deposit and doing the rest on finance of a cs100. It will cope with most things i do and when i do larger jobs i sub people in who bring larger chippers with them. While the interest rates are so low borrowing money is costing next to nothing.

[Billy]

You should be looking for late 90s early 2000s bandits and vermeers. Most sub 750kg machines will be completely shagged in that price bracket and £4k is too much for one anyway!