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Hey, quite exciting, I'm going to speak to a man in charge at Greenteeth next week who'd like to talk to me about this

Hi folks, just to let you know I have 6 of these left. If you have a Predator 28 or 38 this will save you 100's of pounds every year and I haven't had any negative feedback at all from those who have bought it. Happy to put you in touch with those using one. I have now sold a bigger one to a Predator 50 user and its great Tusker Cutter Wheel ArbTrader Arborists Classifieds Tusker Cutter Wheel ArbTrader Arborists Classifieds

No, only this, but coming up is a wheel for the Predator 50 due to a few requests.

Yeh, go into Arbtrader (right hand side at top of this page), you'll find it there.

Hi Folks To anybody with a Predator stump grinder, I just wanted to alert you to my ad on Arbtrader where I am offering a discount to Arbtalk members if they want to buy a Tusker Cutter Wheel.

Yes my mistake, the 7015 does 80% of the work. The Predator taking 20%.

You're right, it is a beast. In my opinion it is the best and most productive stump grinder out there. I bought my first one in 2005 and wouldn't have anything else. A knowledgable dealer that didn't want to rip you off for parts and service would be nice though. Anyway, rant over, moving on. I used to use a Defender 130 for towing and then changed to a Discovery 3 about 4 years ago. There are very few vehicles out there that can legally tow 3.5 ton, I think the Disco is going to be hard to beat.

I've had a Predator for several years and it comes out when I can't get access for my 7015. I have to say that I haven't had a great deal of problems with mine, but then it's only doing about 80% of my workload. I definitely wouldn't run it as my main or only machine, as I don't think the build quality is there for that. I am looking forward to someone like Carlton coming up with same width machine, I would replace it asap. Also, if you do buy one, you'll need a mortgage for the teeth. Take a look at the Tusker Wheel which fits straight on and takes Greenteeth.

I have been in the industry for 27 years of which the last 12 have been specialising in just tree stump grinding. Like the rest of you, I have experienced good service and bad. I'm a big Carlton fan and in 2012 despite attempts to buy a machine outside of the UK because of the reputation of our UK dealer, I had to buy here and the proceeding service I experienced was in my view unacceptable. In the last month, the Uk's Carlton dealer has showed it's true colours again. My friend bought a new machine, on which he requested the standard wheel so as to fit Greenteeth 1100's. The dealer fitted Greenteeth (very reluctantly because they can't sell their favoured teeth!) and my friend proceeded to buy a further stock of 1100 size GT's from another supplier for future use. Then, it turned out that the Dealer had fitted 900's and when questioned about this insisted to my friend that 1100's would not fit! Those of you with experience of a 7015, will like me know that to be bulls&^t. I fitted a pair of pockets and teeth for him, we took a video and sent it to them to prove otherwise. After some protesting from both sides, my friend has finally had his 1100 GT's teeth and pockets sent through. Whilst changing the teeth, we have also discovered that the Dealer doesn't know how to balance up the wheel either. The straight and crossover pockets were all set on the same side! When questioned they insisted this was correct! I know we're not the only two buyers from this company who have had this experience as I have colleagues with similar tales. I'd love to hear about others experiences, good and bad (I've yet to hear any good).

You won't go wrong with DBM, David knows these machines well, you'll get good service from them. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

Good shout and good instincts. That could have been very expensive. From experience, I am extremely cautious and look for tell tale signs of services from the second I step on site. I've walked away from jobs that didn't feel right where the client isn't prepared to meet your costs of investigation work or take responsibility to investigate themselves.

Can't get into classifieds, just getting a blank white screen

Bit tricky then, interested if you find one. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I'm assuming it's all bank work? Is it too steep for tractor mounted? If you do track one down I may have a job for it too. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I've tried the commercial ones, I know get my own made, a little bit more expensive but they last. I get the frames welded and a local canvas company to cut and stitch the screens to fit. PM me if you want more info, happy to help. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

This may help. I've been in the arb trade since leaving school about 26 years a go. Since about 2003 I haven't picked up a chainsaw, having chosen to specialise in stump grinding only, working in the main for arb and hort businesses. It's changed a lot since I started though, the machinery and the competition. I have more competition in the area now compared to when I started and there are more tree surgeons with grinders (though I do get a great deal of my work from these boys). The investment is quite big too, I run 3 machines from the small in order to access the terraced house awkward access garden, up to the site clearance and big stump machine. Some mechanical knowledge/ability will be pretty useful, keeping up with the maintenance takes some doing too, grinders look tough, but they are easy broken and belts, bearings and other parts are priced like they're gold plated. Also, having had several machines, despite all the promises from the dealers, the warranties aren't worth the paper they're supposedly written on, you're on your own when something goes wrong. Do your research in your area before you jump into it. Alternatively, be Mr 25% like most of those that employ me ,-) http://Www.southernstumpremoval.co.uk Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I've just bought a new 7015 to replace my old faithful. I gave a lot of thought over the last 6 months to upgrading to a bigger machine, the 8018 or Hurricane, but both machines would mean a 7.5ton truck and all the goes with that. Couldn't make the economics work. 75% of my stump grinding is site clearance too and I think the heavier machine would have spent more time stuck in mud this winter than grinding stumps. What does the Bandit weigh? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

I used to sharpen teeth when I first started stump grinding, but quickly came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth it with the cost of grinding discs for the bench grinder and the time spent on it. I used a standard disc for touching up the steel and a green disc for tungsten carbide. These green discs are expensive and they wear out quickly. It's worth considering the health issues too, the dust produced from sharpening the teeth is carcinogenic, so I'd advise a mask.