Best Chipper

[Ian F]

Build! Christ don't give him a spanner! he's much better with a pint pot.

[PeteB]

Pete, I hear you on prep and paint. Modern hot powdercoats are as good as galving nowadays.

Do I take it you build chippers?

 

I'm a "shopkeeper" to quote a previous thread.

Before that I was in the trees for only 17years. My family was felling by hand in the early 1900's and two of my uncles followed the path, one was tushing by hoss whilst still at the village school in the late '30s. T'other was killed in a crane accident in the '50s. I brought the crane by accident in the '80s and was obliged to cut it for scrap. Many of the North West Leicester and Staffordshire coalmines are propped up by Elm felled, tushed and converted by David Barrowcliff in the 50's, 60's and early 70's.

[PeteB]

Build! Christ don't give him a spanner! he's much better with a pint pot.

 

Pint pot or wine glass, either will do. Spanners, they don't have the same effect, but can bring a certain amount of joy!

[High Scale]

I got to say Bandit, at least the ones I used because of there awsome chipping capability and also the easy maintenance, they are not fancy at all, just purposeful.

 

I also like the Premiers and Jensons and think that the little and big Timberwolfs are very impressive.

 

Greenmech I do not favour.

[PeteB]

Some like us some, some don't. I personally see merit in some other chippers, but there are those that I would not give yard space to!!! I've tried many, pre and since I've been with GM and my previous comments stand. CHOICE IS PERSONAL. FACT IS STRAIGHT UP, FICTION IS FOR bULLsHINERS AND SMALL BOYS!

[Pete Mctree]

CHOICE IS PERSONAL. FACT IS STRAIGHT UP, FICTION IS FOR bULLsHINERS AND SMALL BOYS!

 

 

Good post!

[A_lopa]

Ive used a rayco drum 12" the other day,seemed a very good machine.Could get alot done with it.

[Mike]

One more thing to add and it's something PeteB will agree with. I've seen the worst built chipppers out perform the best many times.

 

Why?

 

Complete lack of maintenance.

 

Any chipper is only as good as the maintenance it gets. Abuse it and it will be c**p. On many a demonstration you hear the customer saying how bad their current machine has been. You look at it and really want to ask him if he knows what tools look like. It doesn't matter what machine you sell, there are times you would like to run away from the deal because you know all you are going to get is future hassel.

[Mr Ed]

I'm amazed sometimes by some contractors lack of mechanical knowledge. when faced with a chipper, all they know is 'branches go in here, chip comes out the spout, and we put deisel in here. Knives? dunno mate, never seen them.'

[A_lopa]

Im currently field testing a linishing device for a melbourne company thats working quite well on chipper knives.