PeteB

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.

I remember talking to an Ag dealer about a newish tractor with a gearbox issue which was going to be close to £20k to fix. His supplier wasn't going to pay for a lorry to get it from the farm, and he felt that it was going to be rejected as it had been driven hard. Either he or the Ag Contractor was going to suck it up.

Such a very hard question to answer and a minefield all round! I haven't heard of any warranty covering consequential loss of any kind and as far as i can recall, as long as the supplier is trying to sort your problems, there is no time limit to the responding. I was asked at a show about this and if the supplier has a full workshop, packed diary and awaiting the part and agreement to come from his supplier, he is stuck in a hole! Warranty is usually paid at a much lower hourly rate than he gets from service work and he may be pegged on mileage too. Quite often, parts are charged for and he has to retrospectively claim that cost back, and if it is turned down then the customer has be charged!

I got two minds on this, one is to spend and get a quality make from local supplier of ground care machines who will be able to support you, or go and buy cheap Chinese rubbish from internet/supermarket and chuck it when it don't work!

Stop the unintelligent, non working, over weight and those with a criminal record from voting! Sorry, i followed a large woman in the local Asda, whose family are 3rd generation benefit claimants whose chap has been done for theft and fraud, saying that she was going to vote for Corbyn as he was going to take the money off of the "thieving" rich and give it to the likes of her who deserve more help!

I rate those things with the twin disc/rotors! They have stopped making them apparently, and a Rep from one of our dealers suggested that if GreenMech wanted to go back to making stuff like that, he would order 30 straight off!

I got a Toro mower and the trans oil is £50 a litre and it needs changing! Close to five litre us needed!

Interesting point here. I have always said 2/3 pumps on a standard gun every week if used regularly, with high temperature grease. Our bearing supplier recommended that we go to one pump every 40 hours of use! Stay with the amount/frequency recommended in the manual. But do use high temp grease!

Tony Turner, the chairman of GreenMech once towed a special built trailer which carried a woodchippers and could tow another woodchippers to Spain behind his Range Rover!

I got a box full of 'odd' tools like cut off sockets and bent spanners for the Hot Rod and having had a few Land rovers!

Stuart, is your nickname Lucky? A burst grease pipe isn't found because people cannot 'feel' properly and the reason why this was deleted on the Mark 2. But for it to happen twice shows that the maintenance regime needs reconsidering. A faulty bearing is so rare, I would think that poor practice in fitting and maintenance regime is the culprit. Shaft loose on a bearing is something I've seen before and should have been identified during fitting and is linked to the previous failures which were due, ultimately, to improper maintanence regime. GreenMech has been known to bend over backwards to help people but they must help us too!

We have, in the past, sent them the solicitors letter advising them that they are in breach and advise people that we do not sanction the use of these blades. If anything was to go wrong and copy blades were at fault, all warranty would be void and no liability would be coming our way. As said, Patent and Copyright is murderously expensive to enforce. Jensen copied the SafeTrac and many years later and many tens of thousands of pounds later we won and have got a "cease and desist", but we were able to prove that the design was ours which proved that we weren't lying or dishonest in the marketplace.

[ame] [/ame] This is the video we did with the blade grinder. The finish they get is a little rough compared with those blades that get done in the factory but it is perfectly adequate to chip wood! We sell machines to all kinds of destinations and markets and some people buy blades, use the full rotation and then throw them, others prefer to resharpen them a few times with an appropriate supplier and some do them this way! The grinder is available from your local GreenMech Dealer as a spare part and could be set up with a frame on the other stone to do flat blades too or maybe dress out chainsaw blades even?

That is a good observation, the patent relates to the fact that it is a blade, does the same as every other blade, yet when it looses its edge, it can be rotated to reveal another edge. Whereas, a flat edged blade has to be removed and resharpened once the edge goes off it. If we put a full width flat blade in an AT200, it would have to be over 11" long to cover to opening. Each Disc blade is about 9" round so in effect, you have 18" cutting surface available to use per bank.