Mani

how many hours has the 250 done and what jensen model are you comparing it to? is the 250 the double wheel trailer one? if so then its useless for the tight access work i do, if its tracked then thats ok.

yes, but they are very good.

Re your new chipper - I think you should concentrate on a basic model before you jump the gun with a turntable - extra weight, extra cost.

well, if thats the case I look forward to seeing this amazing new chipper of yours, i'll be watching this space, if its crap, you've got no excuses. are you one of those patronising sales people at all the shows? hope not. in any case i'm too busy with the tree surgery side of things to be bothered with chipper maintenance which is why i bought a jensen as all you need to do is grease a few nips and sharpen/change the blades, unlike a TW which falls apart after 40 hours. Possibly.

you had a conehead? saw one of them in ireland once, very amazing to see it in action.

try keeping the blades sharp, its not rocket science! Ha HA! you sir, are indeed the forum comedian. i salute your sense of humour. a small TW is the equivalent of a B&Q Homelite chainsaw and the jensen? - a Husky 372xp.

long term, a TW is the wrong chipper to buy if you are gonna be doing a lot of larger tree surgery work in confined streets/driveways. its not rocket science. a 6 inch Jensen is the way to go if you need a robust small chipper, the germans know how to build woodchippers and they done built a good one with the a530 and the old a528s. How many times have you seen a TW 150 chute block up? I reckon TW150 chute blockage is responsible for over a million lost hours per year in tree surgery work in the UK. All those wages standing around while one guy tries to dig out the chip from the puny flywheel area. why are TW150/190 chutes so skinny anyway. Want a real chute look at american chippers, how many times does a Bandit get blocked.....never.

is it legal to remove a dead TPO'd tree on the grounds of it being a danger to the public without contacting the LPA?

correct, cameron is a wimp and too left leaning for me, although he does have a disabled child which makes me think he isn't all silverspoonified, he's had to deal with the NHS, so he knows how bad it is. why does he not say anything different from new labour?

ha ha! its the only chipper he's had that does that, all the other chippers didn't need to be clean out regularly! TW are good for people who do leylandii hedge reductions ,, in fact thats what they were designed for which is why when you give them a large beech removal, they done sh*t themselves.

one of my friends has a TW150 and he had to remove that crappy black plastic box that covers the rollers because it kept getting jammed up with twiggy sh*te and stubby stuff, now he uses in residential areas with the cover off - hse wouldn't be happy. i'm waiting for one the workers to stick their had in it. didn't that roller cover bit on the old Entec version used to be made of steel? weight issue then i guess, my friends 150 also doesn't have brake.

i think he was talking about TWs. That small Jensen is well built.

by TW do you mean timberwolf, the build quality is terrible compared with Jensen or Schleising. i reckon you could drop a Schleising off the white cliffs of Dover onto the rocks below and it'd still work, albeit that you'd be chipping seaweed and the odd bit of driftwood.

is that the one with the molded hopper that cant be shut. looks like about 5 inch infeed? I tried that one for a few days, couldn't believe Jensen made it.

thats why they need to put vertical teeth on them like a shark rips flesh, i mean..sharks dont just have one big bloody flat edged tooth, they got multiple fangs