PeteB

Good luck on this! All conversions end up as a labour of love. How much do you think it will carry? How easy was getting an O licence?

Is the ignition actually switching everything off at the key? Sounds like you are producing enough while running anyhow, I'll give Jase a nudge to see what Intel he can give you!

John, good comment on Scotch blocks. Should be banned as a lazy, temp solution! Only useful to get you home!

Check battery earth and engine earth strap too. I wonder if the charge unit is breaking down and your battery is gradually being drained. Put a Meyer across the terminals when running and see how much it is producing?

Saw this on AgriAffaires when looking for something else. Someone needed to get across some boggy ground I think.

I got one day full, another full day being discussed, one day for Lantra people and next week is currently around the 16 mark. But, as per usual, about 3 dozen have said they'll come but haven't fully confirmed!

Okay Folks, the cut off point for Arbtalker people to book a place on the next factory tour is this Friday at 19:30 before I hit the Gin! Several people are staying locally and I'm told that fresh straw in the stable with morning nose bag will be mid 50 sobs. Others are travelling and some will no doubt ring on Tuesday night! But, please do email me if you really want a spot! peter@greenmech. co. uk

For those who think that we are too far away, I have already booked a couple of people into the Hotel at the end of the drive at the GreenMech preferential rate.

Original thought came from taking the wheels off the Wench's Mini, wondered how she would manage. Thought about getting one to leave in the garage for when I'm fettling, so more domestic use than serious things like truck wheels etc. I could go Air, as there is a compressor int'garage!

Thinking of getting one and wondered what the advice is? What voltage, make etc

New pocket is a good idea, change bearings and shear bars whilst it is out too. GreenMech do offer this service of rotor rebuilds etc. Take it to Hamilton Bros at Bishopton and they'll get down to us. Damage may have been from impact with something hard in the past or loose blade.

Andy Hall will be, he is a Judge!

Someone is getting a red SafeTrac!

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provisionally put you down Ken! Was going to ring you....

Morning All GreenMech is putting on a couple of dates for factory tours etc. The first date will be Wednesday 25rd April and will be limited to 18 to 24 places for the first date with another proposed a week or two later. I have a few names already on the list but if you wish to come, please email your contact details to either [email protected] or [email protected] to book a place. The factory is at B49 5QG The day will start at 09:30 with coffee and bacon bun. There will be a short welcome speech, followed by a Power Point slide show showing the pedigree of manufacturing at the GreenMech site and a few facts and figures about what it takes to manufacture machinery for a year. The GreenMech factory tour can take a couple of hours and this will be followed by a buffet lunch. There will be a chance to try various woodchippers and following an open forum/coffee break the day will end. We try to get visitors away by 14:30/15:00 to allow for distances etc. If attendees have a special dietary need, please add this detail to your email and we will try to accommodate you. It is a proper working facility and we would ask that you dress appropriately - especially if you wish to use a chipper too! Applications will be screened but otherwise, are open to anyone who has a 'bent' for machinery, factory processes, is considering a purchase and is curious etc. Previously held events have been well received by all and your picture may well end up in the national trade press/social media. Thank you.

In their day, they worked well and had a good spec. I brought one off of the Northern Rep, Nigel Wright (retired over ten years ago) and the second for my Unimog off of Hubert Nightingale in 1996(?). I went to work for GM a couple of years later and eventually got Hubert's job. I had a hand in building the last of the 152 and 202 units.

Ask them where you need to be! Look at eBay and auto trader and these others and prepare yourself for a shock. LandRovers are better than stocks and shares at the moment!

If my memory serves well, a crew cab has to be able to carry a tonne to qualify as vat reclaimable and a few tow 3500kg too.

I may well be wrong but something in the back of my mind makes me think that Jo Beau and Rajo once 'shared' a design team - (euphemism for plagiarism). We liked the Rajo but while it worked well, it was a tad expensive in the UK. Hence us coming up with our version. We have thought of putting it on a driven base (I think Steve Blair first did this to Gloria) but it was too complicated to do it using the V twin and putting another engine in the mix added to the cost and we got back to square one! The access issue is usually put right with some thought and muscle. Rob Rainford tells me that years ago he dismantled his in to 4 parts and carried her up flights of stairs to a roof top garden! Every machine is an attempt at covering as many points as possible and always a compromise in one way or another. That may be cost, size, weight, specification, engine etc.....a design may pinch and idea or two garnered from elsewhere (think back to the Barford/Landforce chipper, think back to the Jensen X track, think back to the Bandit/AusChip - the list goes onwards and that is just in the world of chippers!).

Oh, I not threatened by the Peruzzo, after all, it is a blinding facsimile of a cracking machine and plagiarism is the best form of flattery! I'm not threatened by the cheap Chinese either, everything has a place in the market and I'm quite enjoying the banter and the attention it brings to the brand. The 'just saying' tag is a legpull too!

At least we had the decency to say "brilliant machine but a tad too dear for UK market, please get your prices right!" They said that the price stayed the same. We said that if they wouldn't build to shoot UK price structure, we would. They said that they wouldn't so we did so that you could have a professional kit that retained value! Just saying.....

No little tracked one, why didn't they just copy our manuals, they did everything else! I even saw a copy of one of our tech drawings on one website!

Nice work! If it was the Original and the best, a GreenMech, it would have still gone through but without the exhaust fumes filling the place! Just saying...

Okay, I'll look into a day for a group of tree people. It may be in a couple of months, we start at 09:30, meet and greet with coffee. Introductory speech followed by a Power Point on the pedigree and facts and figures. Grouped up (depending on total number) and a tour of the facility. Buffet lunch and then you can have a play on whatever demo units we have. Last thing is coffee/tea and open forum. We try to get you away for 14:30/15:00. We would look to have 18 or so people to split into three groups so as not to hinder the workforce while getting a good look about. We naturally expect that if asked, you do not mention something that you have seen in the factory that may be commercially sensitive (prototypes, methods, materials etc). If you wish to come, please send your contact details to [email protected] and advise if you have any special dietary requirements (Vegan/Gluten free/Lactose Intollerant etc) I'll also advertise this elsewhere on the forum and it is open to all (well, nearly) people with an interest in machinery and manufacturing. Date to be confirmed later - but usually done mid-week.