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Tip, If you want to check your knifes before fitting for cracks, spray with brake n clutch cleaner, as the fluid evaporates any cracks will be the last to evaporate and soon become apparent as the fluid will seep into any hairline, this will also clean your knifes ready for fitting.

First chipper, Then if you want a good all round machine and have an old style driving licence and can tow over the stupid 750kg law then don't buy any British made chipper, look to buy a used USA chipper with a letter box infeed, some thing like a Bandit 65, Vermeer or the Terex 700 chippers . These type of chippers will give you high performance and low running cost which includes fuel costs as they will eat up your wood with out the anti stress allways coming in and they will take true dia materal. As a rule a 6x6 infeed will not do 6" material. You dont need to be on site trimmimg up all day for it to fit in the infeed of your chipper. you want to be able to feed and go. This all sounds great but only if you can tow over 750kg as the USA chippers will come in around the 1100kg. Hope this helps . Good luck.

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Orange Plant, York Depot have a Carlton 7015TRX. hope that helps

Orange Plant are the new UK agent for Greenteeth I think they have stocks due in this month. Give them a go.

Anyone know much about blowing mulch etc. Hydroseeders, Straw Blowers, Bark Blowers, Landfill Solutions, Erosion Control Equipment, Material Transfer System, Consumables - Finn Corp.. Barkblowers, looks like a good tool.

If you want to get through a lot of stumps then I would not go for a swivel type grinder. The problem you will find is when you push the grinder hard the wheels will swivel rather then the cutter head going thorugh the stump! common problem when the teeth get worn or the ground is slippery, JBM had a lot of problems when they brought this type of style out. The best grinder on the market of this size is the Carlton 2010. reasons being, It is 29" wide, has a very strong build quality, has a sandvik cutter head so will cut through stumps with easy without you having to put much effort into trying to swing from side to side, tooth life is measured in 100hrs not no 10's and sharpening is done on the wheel so no need for spanners and down time. also the machine is very low maintenence with only 2 grease points. Oh and it will grind deeper then any other ginder of this type because Carlton had the sense to mount the engine tilted back towards the operator so the engine when at work will not run out of oil like the other grinders out there. The big plus is back up, I think Carlton is now supported through five outlets in the UK, I heard that Liston and Orange plant have got together so anyone can go to any of those dealer depots for parts and service. Hope that helps , Good luck.

Before you buy, check out Woodsman 730B, seen loads of these in the USA and Germany. these chippers have been giving Vermeer a good run for their money. http://www.listonequipment.co.uk

HEY Liston have standard Dura disk complete wheels for a Vermeer 252 for £975 x vat . Don't get confused with the Dura disk 2 as this has more teeth then a standard dura disc. Have a word with the Liston Parts guy Alan, he is very helpful with regards grinder wheels. I hired a Carlton 4012 from Prochip which had 300 hrs on the clock two thirds of the teeth were original from new. You don't get that from vermeer super teeth nor rayco supper teeth. That Sandvik wheel cutters deeper then any tooth i've used before.

If Liston are not the dealer for Woodsman then I think you might want to drive past their depot as they have got three brand new machines parked outside or did last week any way. I checked out woodsman chippers web site and they are listed as Dealer for Europe ?.

The best drum chipper you can buy is the one that you can get full dealer support and spare parts for as if you can't, then even the best machine is useless when down. Your choice in the UK is: Woodsman from Liston Bandit from Global. The choice is yours, both are USA made, both have heavy duty build and both have dealers with engineers and parts departments. plus most important they both have full CE certs.

The sandvik will cut a lot smoother with less power draw when down in the ground it appears. I also spoke to a 4012 user the other day and she said that they are getting over 150hrs plus on the Sandvik teeth. But overall the Carlton seamed to have a better hydraulic system that was very quick on response. The Bandit just appeared to me to be a bad copy:thumbdown: of the Carlton, I'd say about 3 years behind in build and workability. However that is my personnal opinion.

Carlton 4012 stolen with trailer right out side the job. they gas cut the chain securing the trailer to the landrover, even left the smoking chain link in the road. In just under 5mins of arriving at job. going with customer to view stump in back garden, return to road, WHAT NO GRINDER:confused1: Looks like pro job, followed to the job and then taken. (could easely been next Oceans 14 film) Anyway. Its a 2003 Carlton 4012 Diesel, Red paint work and has greenteeth fitted. If you get it offered to you get, the s/no.

Most gear that tree companys should be looking at now is USA equipment. The Dollor is stil low. example German chipper 7" £20,000 USA Chipper 7" £14,000 No brainer climbing gear, 20% lower in price. Long term investment in hardwear, USA last over 15% longer so less depreciation on your books. At the moment the USA is in big slow down so you can get a good deal on most equipment from a UK outlet on almost any thing to do with the treecare stuff.