PeteB

GreenMech is going to set up some Factory Tour dates. Likely to be toward the end of November and most likely on a Friday. I'll confirm exactly when in a few days. It could be from 09:30 until 16:00 or so, comprise of a meet and greet/coffee thing, introductory speech, power point presentation and discussion forum, buffet lunch, factory tour then depart after another coffee/chat. You don't have to be a GreenMech owner, it is open to everyone in the trade who wants to see how a GreenMech woodchipper is made and the manufacturing facility in Warwickshire (B49 5QG). We are saying that each date will be limited to 20 places. Please send me a pm to get on the first event.

Get it made by a local fabrication company or good Agri Engineer.

I should say "go back to your dealer", look in the yellow pages and go to your nearest "fastener supplier" for the bolts....Blades should be done by someone you trust, your nearest GreenMech dealer.....

Despite not being German or Scandinavian make, I have to say that they are underrated. Best saw I had was a twin pot Echo -blinder, absolute blinder....

Another bits and bobs from our past. tug n start.PDF

Following on from a recent thread about factory tours etc at GreenMech, i decided to reflect on the 50 years (next spring to be precise) of manufacturing at the GreenMech factory site. We made flail mowers of different sizes for many years before Turner Engineering was amalgamated to become Bomford Turners. At that time there was a three shift set up employing some 200 people. We also made (under licence) the Turner Ranger which did win a design award and were well ahead of the game - now prized by the tractor people. We made the Elswick Envoy, a wheelchair carrier which had the bodies made by Reliant at their factory in Tamworth. We have made the small airplane tugs too. The Nickerson Turfmaster was also from this site.

Phone Jeremy Smithers at Eric Hunter - or send him a pm here...

Part of my role within GreenMech is to keep a watch as to what is going on in the second hand and used market....I see so many "professional" chippers and other non-compliant machines that are advertised on eBay and other such sources that I do wonder who buys them!?! I occasionally contact the seller to inform them that their machine is non-compliant to save them from possible further litigation or any injuries but i am surprised with the reactions at times. "It comes from China and they don't make s+=t!", "Get lost, I don't care if some Muppet feeds his arm in!", "it is a private sale, therefore I'm not covered by HSE!" are just a few of the examples. Even when I do guide them to the HSE website, they still don't think that the regs apply to them! I would provide the link to show examples but that would be wrong:sneaky2: Everyone has a right to earn a living but why do these things get sold and who too?

There is a vermeer thing for sale in the Arbtalk Classified section.

Some look really idyllic - just right to get away to for the weekend to escape from modern life - I liked the satellite dish and solar panel by the Yurt!

That was a good video, well done on that.... I can see merits in all of the tools, the swing is a good option but heaverier, the boxer - great but rare, the Avant too is good but not so good maneovuering on a slope, MultiOne gets heavier too... Pay your money and take your choice....

With holes like that, why did you bother taking to the garage?

I'll let you know when Dan! The guy with the gas axe was Pete Brookes, talented artist, well read, intelligent, humorous, considerate and a first rate fabricator. He died of a brain tumour only a few months after the picture was taken. The factory closed for his funeral. RIP Pete.

That should be good when finished! Well done and keep us informed...

My GreenMech woodchippers were done in Ford Radiant Red to match the vehicles. GreenMech have done powder blue, dark blue, orange, sand, yellow, red, brown, white and few in between as well as green! We try to get a close match if the customer gives us an RAL number, but it can never be an exact match...

My girlfriend just had a go at me for leaving the toilet seat up....... Even after I explained that I only left it like that so all the piss would run off it.

I was watching the women's hockey with my girlfriend and started taking the mickey when they only got bronze. "There's nothing wrong with bronze" she mocked "It's nothing to be ashamed of at all!" Yet when I told her later that she's the third best girlfriend I've had, she went chuffing mental!

I was visiting my daughter and son-in-law the other night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. 'This is the 21st century, old man,' he said. 'We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.' I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit it........

Merry Christmas!! Sorry, i suffer from premature congratulation.....

After being married for 24 years I have finally found the wife's G-Spot - who would have thought her sister had it the whole time ?

The laser cutter can cut upto 25mm and we have a water cutter available for future use too. The two presses, one which is a 220 tonne, the other at 100 tonne, were fitted alongside the laser bed only a couple of years ago when we also fitted a new shot blast and powder coat facility. This also incorporates a washing machine for de-greasing some parts, and automatic shot blast booth, a manual shot blast booth with a full recycling/recirculating set up, and a two powder coating booths and two ovens. The powder coaters recently achieved the 1000 hour status from the industry body. To get this status, a piece of steel is shot blasted, then the two stage coating is applied. This is then scored back to steel and then sprayed with salt water for 1000 hours at which point the corrosion is measured. If this corresponds with certain criteria, you are awarded a certificate. Some car makers only go to a 250hr status! During the summer, GreenMech expanded its floor space and changed the layout so that we now have 4 possible assembly lines, more fabrication areas, storage space for "goods in" and "goods out". A few months ago, at a Sales Meeting, they sales teams from GreenMech.de and GreenMech.fr were teamed up with the British guys with the task of doing a presentation. This was about what else GreenMech could make, it did not necessarily have to be for arboriculture or groundscare, but it was predominately made from steel - the idea was "we make things - what can we make as well as chippers" I'll post newer pictures when time and opportunities allow.

A short while ago, I took some "Arbtalkers" on a factory tour. A couple were GreenMech owners, the other guys owned other maakes. The GreenMech factory is - well, a factory where we make stuff! The visitors really found it an enlightening experience where they weren't baffled with sales bull dust or patter but got an insight into how we make woodchippers! Steel goes in a big door and circulates around inside a building (or two) until it comes out as a chipper. With this in mind, we shall be offering more factory tours which will be open to just about anyone. Wether they are GreenMech users or not doesn't matter. The visit may incorporate a short period of time in our Training Rooms (when I get that copier shifted!), a walk around the manufacturing facility, a buffett lunch and a Q&A session which would give us an idea of what you (the customers) think, want, need. This factory makes stuff...it can be anything that involves steel or assembly or just a shot blast and powder coat! These pictures are from a while ago, but they are a taste of what goes on...

Jez is referring to the new shredder which was at the APF. Jez does indeed sell them, previously he has sold GreenMech, worked for Bandit for a brief spell, worked for Vermeer twice and Arboreater as well as doing tree surgery for Michael Dalrymple. You could say that he knows his onions....

Richard Court = top man! Jez Smithers is the rep for TS, it is worth having a chat with him too. His number is 07825 012261. Jez was a tree surgeon in sussex years ago and has been around chippers on and off pretty well all his working life!

Richard Court = top man! Jez Smithers is the rep for TS, it is worth having a chat with him too. His number is 07825 012261. Jez was a tree surgeon in sussex years ago and has been around chippers on and off pretty well all his working life!