monkeybusiness

A quadchip is an incredibly versatile bit of sub-750kg kit, good little chippers ime.

I was tempted by that machine tbh - bargain there, good work!

Sorry - just catching up. 1928 Greenmech’s have been helping to pay my mortgage for at least 10 years (probably longer than that tbh) - the Isuzu engined machines are powerful, robust and easy to maintain, and will happily swallow anything you can drag to their rollers if you keep them sharp. I’ve owned/operated machines from Timberwolf, Jensen, Schleising, Bandit, TS etc etc so have plenty of competitor experience. Not sure why GM are thought of negatively in some circles but think it might partly be because the disk blades will keep on chipping when blunt (unlike conventional blades on just about every other machine which really do need to be kept sharp to do any work). This coupled with a lot of GM machines being part of large plant fleets ‘maintained’ by general plant-fitters with no knowledge of/interest in keeping knives/anvils/rollers sharp, and subsequently fed by brash-draggers who inevitably have suffered miserable shifts trying to force thorn through blunt chippers can’t have helped build a positive picture from some operators. I think GA Groundcare are the Greenmech dealers catering for the 6-toed inhabitants of the South West. From what I’ve seen they are incredibly proactive in their approach to supplying Greenmech machines and looking after their customers - I reckon you could have a mega second-hand machine sourced, fully gone through and set up perfectly within your budget from them if you could see past the orange tinwork that is currently taking your fancy!

If you want ultimate bang for your buck and towing weight isn’t an issue then find a Greenmech 1928 roadtow - they are probably the most underrated chipper on the market. 7.5x11 inch feed, blast chip into next week, cheap as chips, easy to maintain and last forever.

What do you think of it compared to your CAT?

What experience do you have owning/operating any chippers out of interest? Obviously you have an opinion on it (as you seem to about every-last-fooking-topic) - it’d be nice to know where you have gained the know-how to comment with such authority on a post where the OP is seeking information.

Yeah, the Ozzie’s use it when referring to Mediterranean’s, and it certainly isn’t meant to be anywhere near as offensive as when used in the northern hemisphere. Not a nice word, but no issue with the context here IMO.

Bristol or traveller nest?

Even cack-handed freaks-of-nature are supposed to use their right hand on the throttle - the saw’s safety features are designed around holding it to the right of your body. But you aren’t dead so I’m guessing some rules can be broken!!!

Suffolk: 83 suspected stolen dogs recovered in police raid WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK Police are now trying to find the owners a year after dog thefts spiralled in the first lockdown. There is no way anybody on that site could have been ‘unaware’ of 83 stolen dogs. Thieving scum.

This thread confuses me - answers aren’t in order so don’t appear to make sense. For clarity I should have quoted the OP’s post that appeared before my (tongue-in-cheek) reply - ‘I'm not trolling I am just seeing if I have done enough that the tree will die. So local council can't keep the pto on the tree as they put the pto on it even seeing that to it’. (I should make it clear that any ‘advice’ I put forward on this or any other Internet forums should only ever be taken with a pinch of salt). Apologies for any confusion, or appearing to take myself too seriously...

Get a price for a contract lift and have the crane company sort the ground protection would be my recommendation. We put a 40 tonne crane on a brand new drive identical to that last year and it was fine - we put the outriggers on 5m bogmats to lower the ground pressure. The only issue was when the crane ran close to the edge of the block-paving on the way in - a few moved and had to be re-layed but it wasn’t a great expense to put right. I’m guessing bin lorries etc use that driveway?

If you want to be sure then I'd cut through it from the side furthest away from your house until your saw sticks in the cut. It'll definitely not live then, or be of any use driving mounted implements.

This thread is full of mega bits of kit - this one is definitely one of my favourites though!

My 11 year old niece has a tank full of tadpoles from some spawn she rescued from a puddle at the start of February (just before the heavy freeze)! She lives by the coast in North Wales which has it’s own microclimate but it is still odd I reckon...

He’s going to another new broadcaster and this has been a convenient load of spin to help launch the platform/give legitimacy to his exit...

£55k for a new Hilux - that’s double what I’ve just been quoted in the UK! Same 6 month lead-time though.

It sounds like the pto possibly wasn’t in 1000 speed - maybe 540 eco so the tractor had to rev hard to reach the correct shaft speed. If the tractor has a 1000 speed pto (I’d be amazed if it didn’t) then it would need selecting/changing into etc, and the engine would deliver 1000rpm at the pto at more economical revs. I’m disappointed (but not surprised!) that the ‘instructor/assessor’ didn’t know how to operate it properly! (I was ‘assessed’ for my NPTC chipper ticket by a bloke that had never used one - he had been trained up to help give ‘naughty boys’ a vocation).

Prees Heath Forest Nurseries - 01948 841353. I don’t know what their stock levels will be now though.

Yeah, it’s licensed to be processed etc.

Approx 40cm

Hi - I’ve possibly got 300 tonnes of larch to sell, being felled because of phytophthora. It is in Cheshire with decent access - it will be presented roadside to the buyer’s spec. I’ve had a couple of offers for biomass - is that ultimately the best market for it? Cheers, Dan

I’m not 100% sure but a load of stuff came loose/undone (as though it hadn’t been tightened up in the factory or during PDI), I’ve got a feeling the flywheel or a cover moved so the blades were fouling, and the hydraulic pump drive failed (all at different times in the first couple of weeks). All significant issues, with no support from the supplier until they said ‘bring it back to us and we will look at it in our workshop’. Terrible service - if it had been mine and I’d had to take it back to them I’d have made the journey once and returned with my money. £30k for a 6 inch chipper with no support unless you are local to the supplier - no thank you very much!!!

Doesn’t your mix have a dye in it? Operator error for not checking at fill-up IMO.