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Urmmmm.... GreenMech Green!?! when I ran Barrowcliffs, the kit was Ford Radiant Red with green writing, that burnt an imprint on the retina, and when you blinked, you could read - D.J.BARROWCLIFF LTD TIMBER CONTRACTORS 01509 8618606 - you could not forget that! Go for it, it stands out and in my book, that counts.

I still feel that if you have to keep "resetting the infeed with the button", then you have a malfunction in the stop bar controls. IE, a micro switch or other sensor is being told to switch off the infeed rollers, and by pressing the button, you are telling them to start again. That solenoid valve (electric tap) may be a part of that system in that the 12v supply is interrupted by the stop bar mechanism and the button re-energizes it to regain flow!

I don't do many forums at all, but I was fairly disgusted by some of the pornographic comments, links, etc posted on a car forum! I'm no prude, but I cannot see the point of that in an open forum which can be viewed by all. Well done to the Moderators for keeping that lid on....and well done to the majority of members for abiding by the rules and keeping it sensible. I don't do the Facebook thing or twitter etc for that reason too. I'm not interested that "so and so" is walking his dog at dinner time or what "this persons" toilet habits are, or how drunk "This twit" got on saturday night! Am I odd or just too sensible?

I thought this was going to end up a pagan/Christian thread then for a minute!

If it keeps going to "stop" and you have to reset the "feed in" with the button. Then the first thing I would look to is the stop bar. It seems that that is the issue. It is activating too early or unnecessarily thus your need to press "feed in".

Who's asking?

Rowan Bell at Thorne Engineers is a good bloke who knows his onions.... I would start to look in the magazines that cater old machinery lovers and tractors etc, you might be lucky and find such a think or set about building your own fan and shroud/housing...

090 "on cam". The exhaust can is smaller than on a 201! Echo CS4600 (?) twin cylinder went rather well but was thirsty, good noise too. Had two of those!

The Hunting Accident A guy was hunting when a gust of wind blew, the gun fell over & discharged, shooting him in the genitals. Several hours later, lying in a hospital bed, he was approached by his doctor. "Well, sir, I have some good news & some bad news. The good news is that you are going to be OK. The damage was local to your groin, there was very little internal damage, & we were able to remove all of the buckshot." "What's the bad news?" asked the hunter. "The bad news is that there was some pretty extensive buckshot damage done to your willy which left quite a few holes in it. I'm going to have to refer you to my sister." "Well, I guess that isn't too bad," the hunter replied. "Is your sister a plastic surgeon?" " Not exactly answered the doctor. "She's a flute player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She's going to teach you where to put your fingers so you don't piss in your eye."

Thanks for the PM WoodyPaul, If that is the one I think it is, some damage to the machine did occur, it was a tracked machine and they used an anchor point above the ring gear to attach a rope and pull something. Not advisable... I think that we had a couple of locking pins seize when the transport lock has not been used, but the platform and ring is a solid piece of stuff!

I would be interested in the Quad story, that turntable doesn't bust easily. PM me the details please. Why did a local engineer "fix" it when the factory would have done it buckshee!

I'll ask the factory today what the story is. It could well be that Lister no longer supply the part....

Hey Rob, I wish you guys had a bit more time and a stack of brash to chuck through the QuadChip and the 1928.... chipping sticks is okay but gnarly brash is what is best at. Less snedding and more chipping! You guys struck me as a good bunch of blokes! Good to have met you all!

GreenMech are on tour in conjunction with Simon Tullet Machinery and Richard Overton. We shall be at Aske Hall, Richmond on May 15th, Leeds Sports Complex in Huddersfield on May 16th and Thoresby Park in Nottinghamshire on the 17th. There will be the range of Scag professional mowers as well as the other machines from STM, GreenMech woodchippers and the Overton range of street cleansing equipment. I understand that refreshments will be available as well as a prize draw. When I have further details, I post them!

Fair comment Dean... I recently saw a a machine which had 430 hours on the clock and still had the original filters on it! He will get a phone call today:sneaky2:

Give the moggy a few more revs! Adding a few more will have the effect of giving the Jensen a "cushion" of power to use before the nsd clicks in. Are you running it at 540 or 1000 speed?

Come on chaps!, the op was asking about small chippers, this is turning into a knockfest against one machine! There was I, basking in the glory! Now the shift has turned.... The GM 1523 turbo is a good tool too.

My Matador did not have a cab like that shape. The roof was a curve, the front glass (no curved corners) was different and the cab sides were vertical. Looks like a Douglas to me! Sweet either way!

Simon, when considering an engine type swap, there are many factors that need to be thrown into the pot. Things like the cooling pack, exhaust route, gearing, output shaft, linkages, pump drives etc need to be considered. Don't forget the balance and nose weight of the machine too. At the moment, you have a piece of scrap, is it worth doing anything with or is it time to move on? I have seen a couple of "conversions" and they where not done well. An industrial engine is totally different from an automotive engine too. Can the old unit be rebuilt if you cannot get a new or newer chipper? Have a trawl about the various web sites and forums to see if you can acquire another Quick-Chip/TS or even engine to use in place of yours. Don't forget though...no matter how much you spend, you will still be the owner of a an old machine! A sound piece of advice would be - buy a newer machine. Money is cheap at the moment, so use it while it is available....

I saw a couple advertised either on mascus or agriaffaires in some far flung land. I did think of taking it on myself if I could find a backer and a load of other products......

Too true Marko, too true. I've been on the other side of the table myself.... Anyone can contact me and a have a right moan about anything to do with GreenMech - that is what I am employed for. I then pass on your comments to the appropriate people. But if we buy it in for silly money and sell it one for silly money plus 10% , we cannot help it! All those 10%'s add up to people wages, the cost of having things on the shelf (or back order:sneaky2:), warranty claims that we get stiffed for and so on including profitability. We sometimes get held over a barrel and sometimes we then change suppliers, but it isn't always possible to get that component from elsewhere... The APF is a sales portal not a special reason to gripe at the suppliers about their spares costs specifically. That act can be done at any point in the year... Please feel free to come to the APF even if you are not buying machinery now but talk to your suppliers all the time....

Longest Nerve In The Body Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus? It's called the Optirectal Nerve, and it is responsible for giving people a s&**^% outlook on life. If you don't believe it, pull a hair from your ass and see if it doesn't bring a tear to your eyes. My public service is done for the day!

Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend. In addition, Husband uninstalled many other valuable programmes, such as Romance and Personal Attention and then installed undesirable programs such as Rugby, Football, Sailing and Continuous TV. Conversation no longer runs, and Housecleaning simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do? Signed, Desperate ........................................................................................................ Dear Desperate, First keep in mind, Boyfriend is an Entertainment Package, while Husband is an Operating System. Please enter the command: 'http: I Thought You Loved Me.html' and try to download Tears. Don't forget to install the Guilt update. If that application works as designed, Husband should then automatically run the applications Jewellery and Flowers, but remember - overuse of the above application can cause Husband to default to Grumpy Silence, Garden Shed or Beer. Beer is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta. Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources). Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband. In summary, Husband is a great system, but it does have limited memory and cannot download new applications quickly. It also tends to work better running one task at a time. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food and Hot Lingerie. Good Luck, Technical Support

Subject: Bitches till the end Bitches 'til the End ! The doctor, after an examination, sighed and said, 'I've got some bad news. You have cancer, and you'd best put your affairs in order.' The woman was shocked, but managed to compose herself and walk into the waiting room where her daughter had been waiting. 'Well, daughter, we women celebrate when things are good, and we celebrate when things don't go so well. In this case, things aren't well. I have cancer. So, let's head to the club and have a martini.' After 3 or 4 martinis, the two were feeling a little less sombre. There were some laughs and more martinis. They were eventually approached by some of the woman's old friends, who were curious as to what the two were celebrating. The woman told her friends they were drinking to her impending end, 'I've been diagnosed with AIDS.' The friends were aghast, gave the woman their condolences and beat a hasty retreat. After the friends left, the woman's daughter leaned over and whispered, 'Momma, I thought you said you were dying of cancer, and you just told your friends you were dying of AIDS! Why did you do that?' 'Because I don't want any of those bitches sleeping with your father after I'm gone.' And THAT, my friends, is what is called, 'Putting Your Affairs In Order.'

FLYING SOLO This is the story of a poor blonde flyingin a two-seater airplane with just the pilot. He has a heart attack and dies. She frantically calls a May Day: "May Day! May Day! Help me! Help me! My pilot had a heart attack and is dead. I don't know how to fly. Help me! Please help me!" All of a sudden she hears a voice over the radio saying: "This is the tower. I have received your message and I will talk you through it. I've had a lot of experience with this kind of problem. Just relax. Everything will be fine! Now give me your height and position." She says, "I'm 5'4" and I'm sitting." "O.K." says the voice from the tower. "Repeat after me: Our Father. . . Who art in Heaven. . .. "