Hi folks, this is Alan from rock machinery. I have found this post on our 13hp stump grinder. If anyone has any questions about them then I am more than happy to reply. We will shortly be putting our mk2 grinder into production so anyone that does own one at the moment i would appreciate both positive and negitive feedback in order for us to further improove the design.
A few points that I would like to clarify about our grinders are listed below , in addition to this there is a list of modifications we plan to add which will increace th production cost by app 200quid.
Firstly the main frame is produced in a factory that frames for various grinders come out of. Each company has their slight variations etc but essentially is the same frame.
Time and time again we hear the cheap chinese phrase coming up, we do have the components produced in china BUT the quality control system at point of production is our own with our own guy out there watching over to ensure quality is high.
PRICE PRICE PRICE!!! Everyone assumes that because we are half the price of everyone else the quality is not there, this is not the case, from manufacture to point of sale there are no middle men. This means there is only one slice out of the pie essentially rather than passing through 3,4,5 sets of hands. As a business model we have pledged that we will never allow more than ourselves and a storefront in the chain. By sticking to this we will always be able to provide high quality products cheap! It will also allow us to closely monitor our products performance and improove design where needed.
Tooth type. The tooth style on our grinders works really well as im sure owners of our grinders know, however in my opinion I think this is stopping a lot of people from buying. Please come back to me on this one but we are planning on fitting finger teeth in future.
Future design changes - please respond with comments
We plan to loose the dead mans handle and fit with a emergency stop swith to allow for the machine to run at idle hands free.
Foldable handles to half the transport height so they can fit in the boot of an estate car or van.
Industry standard tooth config
Engine options of standard or kohler and output of 13hp and 15hp
Replacable blade guard
As i said earlier on we want to make this one of the best small grinders on the market whilst keeping the price below 2k plus vat. I look forward to comments both positive and negitave
