3.5-7.5 tonne trucks

[Daniël Bos]

I'd advise against getting a C1 licence, C will cost you no more and is better.

[Taupotreeman]

Definitely a nice looking rig Ty. I'm used to slightly bigger stuff here but that looks pretty good to me.

[Billy]

First day out for the new truck.

 

Road lane closure with traffic lights.

 

6m3 of chip by 11:30 then off to the weighbridge on the way back.

 

2.2ton of chip so 366kg per m3 of small oak and chestnut chip.

 

We need to lower the drawbar on the 190 and lower the towball on the Iveco.

 

The truck pulls very well loaded and is a totally different beast to the 3.5t

 

Ty

 

 

It ok to run a chipper with no in feed tray and safety bar In France? Or does his one get around that problem with the height of the hopper and other obscure rules ?

[Ty Korrigan]

It ok to run a chipper with no in feed tray and safety bar In France? Or does his one get around that problem with the height of the hopper and other obscure rules ?

 

Sorry Chap, I have no idea what you are talking about.

It's a new chipper from G.M made in U.K.

Ty

[treequip]

It ok to run a chipper with no in feed tray and safety bar In France? Or does his one get around that problem with the height of the hopper and other obscure rules ?

 

The HSE guidance for the in feed is a minimum bottom height of 750mm (from memory). That looks compliant to me.

 

There is no requirement for an in feed "tray", it can be flat or sloping. There is a requirement for a minimum distance from the leading edge of the in feed protection device to the leading edge of the in feed roller(s). Again that looks pukka.

[Peter]

Not quite. If the feed table is 600mm or less from ground level, then it doesn't need a bottom stop bar. If it's over 600mm then it does.

 

I have a feeling that is changing soon though.

[Mick Dempsey]

Not quite. If the feed table is 600mm or less from ground level, then it doesn't need a bottom stop bar. If it's over 600mm then it does.

 

I have a feeling that is changing soon though.

 

That's how I understood it. (The height of the hopper I mean)

[Mick Dempsey]

First day out for the new truck.

Road lane closure with traffic lights.

6m3 of chip by 11:30 then off to the weighbridge on the way back.

2.2ton of chip so 366kg per m3 of small oak and chestnut chip.

We need to lower the drawbar on the 190 and lower the towball on the Iveco.

The truck pulls very well loaded and is a totally different beast to the 3.5t

Ty

 

Nice truck.

How do you like the 190?

I know it's bigger and more powerful than your quadchip but is the difference just nice or epic?

[silky fox]

Looks great with the white truck and clean chip😎

[Ty Korrigan]

Well... I'm certainly producing more chip now.

Which is good because I may have an order for 170m3 come the Spring at the Chateau.

TBH, the Quadchip is a great machine if rather fragile and totally overused by us.

A Quadchip 190 was what I wanted but an Arborist 190 is what I got instead.

Performance wise it's a major leap up.

Alot quieter than the Quadchip.

I think the rollers require more hydro pressure as they jam fairly often.

The body work, well it's built like a Panzer.

The Quadchip goes out with the climbing team. Chips smaller stuff, pruning waste.

The 190 is for eating conifer hedges and all that nasty wood no-one wants.

If 2 men can drag it, the 190 can chip it.

Although this week we may have a bio-mass chipper on site which Top Trumps them both.

I'll post images if I'm around to see it.

Ty