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Hey Brian, it would be worth a call to Rowan Bell at Thorne Engineering at Wheldrake in North Yorkshire. They have rebuilt a few Gravelys over the years and may be able to help or do the job!
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I go with the theme that.....for belts, moderate pressure on the middle belt, in the middle of the longest stretch, should reveal that belt below the other two. You could use a tension metre, once you have factored in the tension required, belt and pulley size etc.... For blades, always, always, always use genuine parts and sharpen to the correct value too.
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Take it out yourself, off to an engineering company, weld and balance after a blade bed check and away you go! Batter and plate the holes in the wrap and outer shell and get on with life. Or......write it off and get a GreenMech!!!!! ;-)
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Keeping powder dry? Maybe, maybe..... Bringing a totally new product through conception, development, birth and delivery takes a long time - especially when there is so many other things being considered for the world wide market. GreenMech is Europe's largest manufacturer of woodchippers with a broad range of machinery and a huge supply chain to consider and keep in order before we start doing other things!
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Indeed, their are loads of things that originate from foreign parts that are worthy - iPhone, Honda engines, etc. And there is a market for everything somewhere. But it is cheap for a reason and local backup and support costs, quality engineering costs, pedigree, research and value costs. A cheap machine has non of these and the moment you pay out, it is worth so little to anyone else against a bigger machine - it is scrap. Yes it may chip a bit of brash but for how long? If it needs warranty work, who does it? And how near are they? Think on this, you have invested in a machine to do a job and invested in a located supplier. When it doesn't work who will help you and invest in you by doing so.
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I did it once for Keith Mills at Pirton. Worked well too. When I get near a confused next week, I'll look for a picture....
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I chopped a chute for Keith Mills at Portion years back, he said it worked fine, just ditched a wedge out of the side wall and bent her down then fish plates added for strength. Job's a goodun!
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Please don't. Please, please don't. Save up or finance something that will do the job justice, have some value, integrity and purpose. Something that has pedigree and supports the British, European or American market - not a bloody copy that means nothing to our economy. And buy it from a local dealer too....
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As the title said.
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Makes it an even better find for being from the trade!
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Thought of a crane type device?
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More like some kind of stamp for strip steel as the two halves meet when the handle is depressed. Maybe for fitting something to the strip of steel that sits in the brakets on either side with clamps. nice find though, can imagine it blacked up with gold highlights.....
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Steve, you have an ECM150MT30D. Also known as a Combi, the only truely dedicated chipper and shredder with indeed rollers available.
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Nice one! had me a giggle there....
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Help fixing A530t tracked chipper stuck in Glasgow!
PeteB replied to jeffa999's topic in Maintenance help
Jeff, give ILH a call at Kirklingtilloch, Ian and his sons are handy enough and know their onions. -
Define "very large domestic scale" please. Sometimes it is better to go oversize than go too small and I'm awfully afraid that some shredders are too much on the hobby side of things for the scale that you want to carry out. Is budget a real limiting factor?
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Sorry Steve, mind wandered a bit. Back on track chaps......
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Off to Crete with a car hired from Charnia and my current thing doesn't appear to want to do Crete. What are the recommendations for a replacement? Cheers.
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2200 tow capacity!?! Sweet amount and a sweet ride to boot! Can you fit a tow bar to the RS6?
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My old Rodeo did 264k in 5 to 6 years and and the current Ranger has 64k in 20 months.
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Probably more than an Audi estate should tow maybe?
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Will agree with, good show and if you want to go it is quicker to pre book online! Also, remember to look at where you left your wheels as I saw a couple of folk looking for theirs and we were parked in rows on a runway! Confusing for some! Good to see this show gaining in size after what happened at SED. Didn't see one chipper though!
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Hi Martin, you are correct in that you can over grease bearings and do more harm than good. The gallery that carries the grease from the nipple to the bearing races can get blocked and then it is hard to get grease to where it is needed and pumping in too much grease can pop the seals out too. Sometimes it is advisable to rotate the part will introducing the grease, this could get it in fairly equally. Ine something a grinder, there is the school of thought that purge/cleaning is best but on a chipper, I would've said 2/3 pumps once a week would be ideal.
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The current people for TS woodchippers which are Quick Chip are a company called PSD or Gibsons Machinery in Colne, Lancashire. You could your old roller into a engineering company and ask them to re cut tge keyway or copy the complete thing.
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For private use, I run a circular saw on a grey Ferguson dual fuel. Works a treat! I would imagine a splitter, either cone or blade should go okay but a hydraulic woodchopper maybe a hit much in terms of cost/benefit ratio.
