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And don’t forget that feeding a chipper (by hand or mechanically) is much much harder if you can’t see the feed rollers clearly - guessing what’s going on down there is a real pain, more so on smaller machines. Mounting any sort of chipping or branch logging machine on your unit for crane feeding needs careful consideration in terms of how/where you position the indeed so the operator can monitor it.

You’d feed that Jensen faster by hand than with a crane - this is only going to be brash and that chipper won’t take massive gob-fulls. I love the general idea and there may well be a nice little gold mine niche out there but you could very quickly have a good chunk of money in a machine that isn’t really any better at doing what off the shelf chippers are already doing IMO.

Bandit 105 would be awesome, but that’s some lump (I don’t think you’d get one much under 2.5 tonnes). What weight can the forwarder carry?

From a reuse/cross-contamination point of view I wouldn’t personally worry - 25 litres of petrol will happily dilute a few teaspoons of kerosene dregs without issue. However, if you are talking about a run-of-the-mill 25 litre disposable plastic oil/diesel drum, they aren’t the best for storing or carrying petrol. They swell up and leak through the cap at the slightest rise in temperature, and I don’t think are in any way safe for that particular use. Get a steel Jerry can from Screwfix for about £20 and don’t die in a great ball of fire!!!

You will have problems with a crane that can breach the vicinity zone working around network operator’s apparatus from a compliance perspective unfortunately. A tracked 8’’ chipper is under 2 tonnes and is also low impact, and crane feeding this size machine isn’t really economically viable. It won’t speed up production unfortunately (manpower will feed this sized machine faster than a crane) - you should aim at removing manual handling and the risk of slips/trips/falls if you are trying to find a market for such a device IMO.

I think you’d probably be quicker hand-feeding any chipper that only has 44hp tbh - crane feeding only really works efficiently on big machines IME.

Did you sell the bags on or use yourself?

Would that not just move the issue a bit further downstream, to the edge of the concrete pad? Not trying to be a smartarse, genuine question.

Bought 2 of these earlier - just had an email from Amazon saying the transaction has been cancelled and I haven’t been charged. It’s obviously a phoney listing to get people interested (it’s worked to be fair - there must have been a lot of views of this thread alone, some from people who wouldn’t previously consider looking on Amazon for a chainsaw).

Have you weighed it with the Engcon fitted by any chance? What size hitch, and is the tilty direct mounted? Have you got a price in mind?

It’s great stuff, but not sure if it would work in tubes.

Do you need the tubes? Have you ever tried OKO?

Just use the string with glue, or is it tubed?

If you are looking at going down the tilt rotator route you could do a lot worse than reading through this huge thread of Eddie's from the now largely defunct CEForum - there is an incredible amount of info in there that may help inform decisions. http://ceforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=357&highlight=Wideboy He has been massively pioneering with his various set ups and done a lot of research (and invested heavily in his ideas) along the way, and really is the person to listen to with regards different specs and future-proofing your investment. It is very difficult to get your head around the multitude of setup options available at the beginning, but one thing I would definitely recommend if buying a new machine is to spec it with s-type buckets and hitch (even though UK machinery dealers might look at you with a glazed look of incomprehension when you mention these). They are a much better design than the traditional UK quickhitches, and make a future transition to a tilty much more straightforward.

Decide what spec you want/might want in the future before getting prices, and speak to a few manufacturers (but be careful that you are comparing apples with apples!). Do you want to operate a grab/hydraulic hitch/anything that requires oil under the unit? I would recommend that you spec any unit you go for with that functionality (however it is controlled) as you greatly limit the benefits a tilty can bring if you omit that option (and that isn’t really an economical retrofit later).

We are just back from a 2 week driving holiday across France, for my cousin’s wedding in the Alps. I love Britain and I love my little piece of it, and have always missed it wherever in the world I’ve found myself. However, this time France blew me away to the point where I had regrets about returning home (and I’ve been a bit of a Francophobe in the past if I’m honest). I totally understand your nostalgia with regards our fair isle, and I would definitely miss everything you described in such a colourful way. I’m not sure I would be rushing to swap an outdoor French life for a British equivalent nowadays though!

Get an electric Winchmax - really good, great value for money. Keep your engine running when using and for a while afterwards as they will quickly drain a battery.

Why wouldn’t you tell them (unless you love loud bangs!)?

If you can bypass the tank filter just put the plastic inline filters in the fuel hose (away from any heat source!...) - they are pence so just chuck them and replace when blocked would be my advice.

As long as you have a new pair of wellies and a good pair of Velcro gloves I’m sure you’ll keep yourself entertained during any slack periods...

They are the same bales, loaded cross trailer on the first and lengthways on the second. Stupid dangerous fools, they need prosecuting really as the cost of damage will be negligible (if it even falls to them to pay).

What happens after 3 years when the battery runs out? Another £250 or does a new device get sent out included within the annual subscription?

No mate, I work for me but have run a lot of chippers from various manufacturers over the years. Greenmech machines seem to work very well in our application and I subsequently rate them (and the company behind them) very highly indeed. I bought a tidy second hand Quadchip at the end of last year as it was a bit of a bargain - (we generally run 1928 sized machines as we aren’t limited by towing restrictions and they are great for getting rid of brash quickly) and had no previous experience of the QC - I have to say that I’m really impressed with it! I was going to sell it on but it will probably stay here now as the turntable is really really useful on certain jobs. In your shoes I’d buy the cheap QC - it is a no brainer from where I’m sat (but some people do seem to struggle to see past the colour orange)...

Quadchip sounds like a bargain - I’d get it bought if I were you!!

Amazing machine - what a beast! I’m not sure that Ben is your target customer though, you should be selling into the bigger fish who will be crying out for his product and your machine surely? Or buying/clearing for free Ben’s feedstock and selling it on yourself?