Small chipper

[dan494]

Nothing worse than having a toy to try out and can't! Remember my first chipper, got it to site and was throwing anything bigger than a twig through it inside of 5 minutes of arriving!

[njc110381]

I was looking around the garden earlier to see if I could find something to prune. My copper beech needs some attention but I'm going to leave that to the pro's I think. I could climb it and probably do an acceptable job, but it's not really my department.

 

It's time will come I'm sure.

[njc110381]

Well it's been out a couple of times now. One day for garden prunings - budliha, pyracantha along with some dead sycamore windfall and a bit of conifer, and another for a larger poplar take down. I have to say, I'm quite impressed!

 

On the small stuff, the wide infeed opening means you can chuck in a big arm full of cuttings in one go, and they still feed. My old Entec wouldn't have that as the hopper was very cone shaped. It would push down until it wedged and stop feeding so needed to be given half a dozen bits at a time which was very time consuming. The conifer flies through. I didn't block it once, although the revs did bog right down a couple of times as I was getting a feel for how hard I could push it.

 

On the poplar it also did well. I shoved a couple of logs through that were up around the 5" mark, and with a bit of control from me so it didn't over feed it handled them fine. Again, it got the job done much quicker than my old Entec, and threw the chip further.

 

One thing that I did find odd is that there isn't much of a noticeable blowing effect from the discharge spout. The chips fly out at a hell of a pace but if you put your hand over it you can hardly feel a breeze? The Entec was like holding your hand in front of a leaf blower? I reckon that could be a real advantage for filling sacks because they won't blow around so much.

 

I also picked up a wheelie bin yesterday and went to look at a little trailer for it. I'm thinking of making it so it will fit a bin either side of the discharge chute and the chipper will be usable on the trailer when it doesn't need to come off.

[PeteB]

This is a machine that a landscaper I do bits for owns.

Single roller but very capable, decent crushing power, maybe 4.5 in capacity.

20hp petrol engine.

I've used a lot of chippers, and usually turn my nose up a bit at the smaller (25hp and under) ones. This one impressed me though.

He gets a lot of work done with it, seems bombproof as well.

 

I have to say that I'm not convinced that this Caravaggio is fit for work. Is it a chipper or a shredder? I seem to remember something from the past that says that the bottom of a chipper indeed has to be flats or even uphill to the rollers. And never downwards. Or is this gravity fed only?

[Ty Korrigan]

What is Carravagio doing straying from Renaisance painting?

Surely his forte is not in light engineering?

Best to leave such matters to Leonardo Da Vinci.

Ty

[Mick Dempsey]

I have to say that I'm not convinced that this Caravaggio is fit for work. Is it a chipper or a shredder? I seem to remember something from the past that says that the bottom of a chipper indeed has to be flats or even uphill to the rollers. And never downwards. Or is this gravity fed only?

 

It is a chipper with blades with a single roller, the hopper goes downhill to the roller which negates the single roller uselessness issue a bit.

It throws it into the back of his truck well enough.

As for the legality of the downhill bit I don't know.

I wouldn't have one myself but on the odd occasion that I climb for him and he insists on us using it (to save him money on me bringing one of mine) I've been reasonably impressed.

It's under 500kg so legal on continental roads without insurance.

As I said I don't want one but I'd prefer it to anything gravity fed.

[Bill - Chipper Specialist]

Hi,

 

As your local GreenMech dealer, T H White @ Tetbury, I recommend that you ask for a free, no obligation chipper demo - and view the capabilities of the CS100.

 

These machines have proved themselves in the market place, being value engineered for quality, strength and performance.

 

Let us know if we can assist.

 

Regards,

 

Bill Johnston

Chipper Specialist