PeteB

Big Al, our man for the North and Scotland tells me that Alan Mason has an 09 in his yard.

Michael Large and his team are top people to deal with imo. Give them my best regards please.

I think Stevie Blair's set up is Top, with a capital.... put up some pictures Steve....

You dont need the help of Jez Smithers, the English rep for TS. An engine specialist is needed.

Thanks for the good words about Mac and Jason, I'll make sure the office gets to hear your views about some of our dealers too. FYI, Jason is a visitor to Arbtalk occasionally and blushes bright pink when your worthy posts are put up on the company notice board!

Dave Oliver might sell one of his, Arbtech at Witton Gilbert.... I had one which Mac and Jason fettled but the order came through yesterday! They are in short supply and there is a waiting list now and someone is going to order a dozen soon so the wait is going to get even longer!

I got loads of experience..... get me the serial number and I'll let you know the build date and original destination. 400+ hours since 2006 sounds low tbh. Good, strong solid machine - the tracked versions is the favoured machine for rail work. 50hp and the 11" wide opening adds up to a hell of a 7.5" machine!

After many years of experience and being somewhat a fan of both items, I will confirm that anything fitted with either will be expensive, time consuming, judgement confusing and heart breaking! Good luck to you for the future with both, btw? Any puctures of either?

I may work for GreenMech, but I did own two of them back 1990's. Am I therefore biased?

Try a pre filter or clear out the existing one more regularly while these conditions exist.

I did see an advert on ebay for a couple of guys in the North Nottinghamshire area who could perform such a service. Plonk "woodchipper" into the search box on ebay.... there was also an advert for chipper hire from a small firm close by Doncaster - but it isnt a GreenMech!

Hmmm, I would ask where the dust is coming from? I would like to think that a pre filter is unnecessary in usual circumstances otherwise one would be fitted as standard. Make sure that all the mechanical bits are in order first but if you feel the need - see if you can acquire a centrifugal pre filter. It certainly wouldn't harm anything.

I thought Kev Petley's post spot on! If there were fewer "local" dealers, how far would you drive to get a warranty repair completed? Quite often, Kevin's staff fix things under warranty, for which they can claim a labour rate per hour which is fixed by the supplier and that may be less than they would ordinarily charge for routine servicing. Well done Kevin for your post and welcome to the forum.

Not yet Rog, but they have been delivered with lighting towers, lit infeed chutes, electric recovery drive and different colours. They gave gone to America, Australia and also Brazil recently too!

Cannot remember the fuel consumption figures - rule of thumb would be 1.5ltrs per hour? Is that about right chaps? Reliability? Generally yes! We had a few drum failures but changed them foc, and then changed the welding process. Other than that - nowt to confess to! Keep your blades very sharp and your brash very clean, and that goes for any chipper!

Good thought Roger but the spray booth doesn't do complete trailers! Another factory tour day will be announced soon too...... GreenMech green is Glebe Green - I'll post the RAL code asap for the original poster!

Ironic thread this! Our family have had a few VWs over the years, and I'm considering selling my Hot Rod to get a T4 or T5 for the weekends! But I don't want to fall into the trap of getting one, then 6 weeks later, finding out that I don't really like the camping thing! The Hot Rod fits in the garage and is lots of V8 fun and noise, a Van will just take up space on the drive when not used....

Eddie, those Canberra's weren't bombers really, their main role for many years was a very stable platform for very high spec photographic equipment. They could get unstuck at only 75% throttle and fly for many hours at getting on for 60,000ft, yet were highly manoeuvrable and very robust. They lost their role with the emergence of digital photography and satellites. Dad crashed landed one in Malta back in the 60s - officially, he was a bad pilot having one more take - off than landing!

Quite! The Vulcan crew took a lot of convincing that they wouldn't burn through all the leaks in the refuelling system even though the Victor pilots lived in jet fuel! 13 Air to Air tankers to get one Vulcan there and back! They were fated as the hero's in the film but little or no credit was given to the Tankers because they refuelled everything on a daily basis worldwide!

Mum's Dad ran a Post Office and was the ARP Warden but was a sniper at Ypres in WW1 where he met his future wife who was a nurse. Dad's Dad was in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment and walked across Africa then back and then up Italy and back before getting injured in a truck accident. He is 103 this year..... Dad was a Pilot for the RAF from the late 1950s upto the late 1980s. One of his postings was flying a Valiant or Victor bomber with a nuclear payload and insufficient fuel to get back from Russia during the Cuban Missile Crisis on the Quck Reaction Force. He also flew a spy plane around the Mediterranean, Africa, the Near and Far East. He was on the Ops Wing to get the Vulcan to Port Stanley and back in the Falklands Conflict and was days short from that campaign medal.

I read with delight at the proposed action on the stolen dog trade which costs an estimated £57 million per annum. The must be fantastic news to all those who have suffered dreadfully for their loss and the animals that have been traded, sometimes internationally. Now doubt that, when caught, these vile people will get a stern ticking off and asked to some good works in the community for 80 hours - work which they will not find demeaning and will complete as a matter of common decency and personal honour! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! When will Whitehall and the Judiciary smell coffee! While these crimes are heinous enough, far greater thefts occur daily, cost the individual and the insurance industry untold amounts, yet, largely go undetected an unpunished when the bastards are caught! while I stop at vigilantism, surely it is high time that punishment fitted the crime and was a deterrent, punishment and realignment! Make perpetrators loose out financially for their crimes, if they dont have the resources, start taking it from their families and relatives!, throw them out of the country without a thought if they are originally non UK Nationals, leave them homeless and at the mercy of their friend's goodwill even! Do something for pity's sake! Prevent from being able to procreate would be a good start!

Touche'!

Jez Smithers is the rep in the seat! Ring 07825 012261 with your serial number and he will help you out.

You can take a machine to whoever you like! They don't even have to be a woodchipper dealer - that is your perogative. But we would prefer you to take it to the authorised dealer. Ifyou want to do any service work yourself, you may and many people do - we cannot tell to spend your money with someone you might not want to. Dealerships can and do change, if your are happy with one, then stay with them. If you feel you have a legitimate gripe then talk to them and involve the sales staff as well as other departments. Contact your GreenMech rep directly if you want. Or the rep for which ever make of machine it is, because this scenario applies to ALL makes and all machinery sold through a dealer. If that machine is worth you spending your money on, then the manufacturer or importer should also take ownership of that deal and do what they can to resolve your issues. After all, they want happy customers too.

It makes sense to do the dealer route, from an accounts pov and support pov. Some dealers are bound to be better than others and some will carry more spares - depending on the amount and type of machines in their patch. Sometimes problems can arise from them, sometimes the customers expectations are wrong, GreenMech can screw up too! Trying to support any product that needs the level of care and maintenance that a chipper can need is difficult. But we can only do our best to support you with a "local" dealership network otherwise we would stretched too thin and many of you would get simply huge bills to cover transport, mileage and driving time on service calls.