PeteB
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Nope! It is nowt to do with the current argument of 'in, out, shake it All about!' but health and safety issue and those tend to cross boundaries! What we make here has to comply there and vice versa! There are 'local' issues but are more to do with trailer ID and transport regs but, by and large, use regs will be very similar. Quite often, suppliers and manufacturers have to keep a watchful eye on 'duty of care' and insurance claims!
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Ummmm, I think I read somewhere that woodchippers with powdered infeed need to comply with a set of regulations. These include the height and length of the chute, safety bars and angle of the chute. Could be wrong but I didn't see any on that Lumag! Caveat Emptor!
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GreenMech chutes still unbolt to fold over the bonnet. Take a look and give the picture to your engineering friend. That would make it easier to store!
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Everything has a place in the market Mick! In the day, they were a decent unit, slow by modern standard but it will find another level!
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Many happy returns Mick Dempsey, hope you have a good day! -
Tractor spot lights / work lights.... go for LED??
PeteB replied to swinny's topic in Large equipment
I added one to the back of my new style Ranger. A lot of vehicles have one light only so the other side is in the dark usually, which can make reversing a trailer slightly hard work! I wired it into the bulb and not the trailer light socket which was easier and nearer. If it goes to the trailer plug, any reversing sensors will not function! -
Who uses it? How do you rate it? Tell me about it as some of this digital age stuff is new to me!
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55 today!
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Are they Bridgestone? Standard fit when new....Backs show no sign of damage but the fronts are definitely damaged! Might see if the manufacturer has a clue!
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Old skool me! Brought up in early LandRovers, grey fergies and Fordson's. To move the wheel, you roll the wheels! Towing with junk in the back means not much nose weight. Jase, go and eat your porridge!
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Pencil and sellotape?
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55 in just over a week! Feel it sometimes. Mum and Dad gave me a telling off because I suggested that someone would come and collect them for a weekend stay, "we are only 80 odd, not decrepit, you know!" Old bugger still had two bottles of white on Saturday night!
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These are on a Ranger, on of the GreenMech tow tugs. About 30k miles in six months, without using the 4x4, mostly towing. The fronts look like I drive on broken glass but the reads are fine! Anyone got a clue? Will be swapping them corner to corner to get the most out them but curious about the ripping treads!
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Spotted when I went to the factory to do an instructional video and had to dig out a tracked machine.
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Hydraulic winch on a tracked chipper anyone done it?
PeteB replied to mitchel's topic in Large equipment
Mitch, what do you want to do with your winch? Tbh, electric would be best, mounting is key and the battery would be okay with the engine going. The rest okay still? -
GreenMech EC150TMP. http://www.balmersgm.com/machinery/item/3664/Secondhand+Greenmech
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I often wonder what happened to mine, it came out thrice in 17 years, usually to get a leaner stood upright! I remember my Uncle David wrestling it on to the back seat of his Vauxhall Viva in the 70's to get a Wellingtonia out of the moat at Bronsil Castle for his sister's family when they were tenants there! When 'a job for the monkey winch' was on, there was some excitement in the offing!
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Could have sworn that was.......no, I done that bit already! what happened to the flap on the chute? Where dit goe? Isn't it too short without it?
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We brought them in before Major and then Predator. Decent stuff, at under 32inches wide, it was narrow enough and the 27hp made it a tad more powerful than the rest at that time. What tips is it running? One piece castings?
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Think Balmers, the GreenMech dealer at Burnley may have something. Call and ask for Thomas Balmer, I'm pretty certain I saw an old TW in their yard recently.
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Lost the will to live watching that! Knowing Merlot stuff, it will be dear, but it does look quality. I wonder if they make it or it is made elsewhere and badged? Bit I'd a departure from their core products and market too!
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Is that a GreenMech that you put on tracks? Oh no, it is a copy from our old dealer in Italy. Plagiarism is the sincerest compliment I suppose!
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Just use the tracked or wheeled barrow to tow it, then you can have the best of both worlds instead of buying a tracked one which does the same but only tracks it about! They don't carry anything but the chipper! The previous post about values is spot on too. Cheapest isn't always the best and quite often, the old adage of 'buy cheap, buy twice' is true!
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Hi JWood, a new 18hp CS100/18hp is listed at £4,730 plus vat. Your nearest dealer would give some discount on this too. Okay?
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Of course you are biased! You sell them! You would be a Muppet to be biased to another make! I am biased to GreenMech because I am have used/owned them and have now worked for them for 20 years. They were one of the first to pioneer the Wee Chipper market and the base for this thread!
