PeteB

While digging out the foundation pits in made up ground from when the site was the Turner Flail Mower factory from the 60's until the 80's, some builder threw in some of his old scrap!

The foundations and formwork dug and fitted and the uprights going in.

The Mill Industrial Park, home to GreenMech as well as several other companies is running out of Industrial space and to cope with GreenMech’s need for more space, is having to erect a new facility. This new building will allow two companies to move from the main building and into these purpose-built premises to free up over 12,000 square feet for GreenMech to expand into over the next year or so. The following photographs show the building going up since the beginning of the year and I’ll add to them as the project nears completion. Angstrom will take up the main part with their press designing and manufacturing business, which supplies the Midlands Automotive trade with press moulds for pressing out shaped components for the likes of Aston Martin, Jaguar and Landrover while E & J Tooling are involved in the very specialist world of Thread Rolling Tools which effectively roll the threads into bolts and screws etc.

Hi Nick, there wasn't one in the factory the other day and I'll have a look through the archive that I have. It is mounted on a stanchion that is above the roller box and lies along the bonnet. It also incorporates a light into the infeed which works well too.

We do one which you could modify and do flat blades as well as our disc blades!

To be honest, I think that their pencils were always sharp, probably too sharp, if the truth is known. After all, if we suppliers​, have to eat meat at weekends too!

I enjoyed it! Good to see and talk to various folk both for business with chippers and fun with owners, ex-owners and just friends as well as friendly competitors and other suppliers too.

Any woodchippers gas to have sharp blades to function properly. Check the condition of the blades frequently by looking at them by taking the covers off and remember that a wood chipper is that! It isn't a stone crusher or a steel shear! The supplier should have given all this information to you when they sold the machine to you.

Why not book it in and have them do it? £40 per side isn't a great deal and you could be out earning while you spend. I'd budget for a brake reline while hub us off and think on a couple of cables just in case they are knackered too. I always found that getting a job done like that more fun done by someone else while I earnt the money to pay for it!

So terribly sad. Condolences and best wishes to those affected.

Apart from it was a GMC van!

'One wife - leave it!'

Not tree related but machinery folk may be able to shed some light! I got a Toro 82" Contour mower to top the fields at her place (horse gone now). It was a runner but with knackered engine so I chucked in a Peugeot 105 diesel and can get it to drive back and forth, steer and lift/lower the deck. But I am stumped on how to get the pto drive to the auxilary pump to work. I don't seem to get power to the switch or when I put 12v direct into the loom, nowt happens! ANyone know what the pto clutch consists of in the Saur HST unit?

I got a picture somewhere of a Fordson that I pass on the way to Cromarty, I passed and thought that the bonnet was longer than mine was and it was​ covering a long six with a massive turbo!

I thought that the V6 was going to be introduced! Isn't one available in the Amorak? GreenMech have two being changed this year so what do you guys recommend? Which has a good in built carphone, radio,cd player, sat nav etc? Which tows loads well? Which has decent service costs/intervals?

The old Isuzu dealer in Leicester was always good and reasonably priced and Shepshed Ford did me a favour by fitting pattern disc brakes as Ford bits were unreasonably expensive! So they can be out there! Bristol Street in Redditch are very much the other end of the scale mind!

What is it with motor dealers? They are either woeful or superb! GreenMech have had such a poor Ranger dealer (we had five in one year), that when we change, Ford will not get a look in!

[quote=Huxley McLoch;1576371. Id be astonished if green mech make all the components in uk or even assemble them here. Actually, they are made under one roof in Alcester, Warwickshire. I would think that the factory employs in the order of a hundred people to cut steel, fold it, weld it, shot blast and powder coat it, assemble it, test it and deliver it to a dealers showroom. The building has a number of other tenants but we need more floor space so a new building is being erected for them so we can have their units. You are welcome to come and have a factory tour! The logistics of the operation would give you an understanding of why things cost what they do.

Downhill sky line! Big cajones! Brakes would be a tad warm after that! Good find.

Anything that stops the opportunistic thief is a bonus, trying to stop the determined and equipped is another matter. I've, regrettably, seen many occasions when no amount of locks, chains, trackers or immobiliser has stopped it going missing. And that includes from compounds with cameras and 24hour security! Fit whatever your insurance stipulated in their paperwork and hope for the best! Good luck all.....

Nice one Steve, the original and the best!

I'd be a little circumspect about the stated capabilities. Sleepers? No....Steel? No.....Stone/Concrete? No..... I think a lot of Graham Satchwell, the importer. But shredding stuff and blowing out a chute is hard, TW did a shredder but decided that the volume isn't there, Salean and Bugnot are French machines but don't do well here, we sell enough but ours is two machines in one! Burn it and then in future, keep it clean and put it through a chipper!

The joys of Mog ownership! I asked a supplier in Tewkesbury to supply mine with the upright exhaust, his version fell off quickly and a genuine one from a Mercedes commercial place was £900+vat just for the stench pipe and guard. The silencer had to be cut/shut as it was too complicated and expensive to order the correct unit. As Mike says, they are only hydraulic pistons and your good local Ag engineer should sort this.

GreenMech have continued their dealer realignment programme by replacing T H White from May 1st with new dealers New Forest Farm Machinery and GA Groundcare, whilst existing dealers Burden Brothers Agri Ltd will be extending their coverage area. All existing warranties relating to GreenMech chippers, sold by T H White, will be supported by these new dealers. Based in Ringwood, New Forest Farm Machinery will be providing sales and support throughout the Hampshire and Dorset regions. With over 25 years of engineering experience, New Forest Farm Machinery will be adding the GreenMech brand to their range of professional groundcare equipment. Taking over the areas of Wiltshire, Berkshire and Gloucestershire will be GA Groundcare. This Wiltshire based business specialises in professional and commercial Groundcare, as well as Arboricultural Equipment, and will be changing woodchipper suppliers to represent GreenMech. Finally, Burden Brothers Agri Ltd will now be servicing new and existing customers in Surrey, adding to their established areas of Kent and Sussex. Commenting on the new arrangements, Sales Director for GreenMech Martin Lucas said, “We are very pleased to have joined forces with a number of new dealers in the South West. All of these partners have proven track records for providing quality sales and customer service and we look forward to the opportunities this will offer new and existing customers in these areas.” ENDS

Contact the importers - PSD, part of the Gibsons Garden Machinery in Colne, Lancashire. Bearings should have a part number on them on one of the outer faces of the race. If they come off okay, a good bearing supplier should be able to match them up for you anyhow.