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  1. GA Groundcare
    Read a comment the other day that said "either the pick-up is the tool or the owner is the tool"
  2. GA Groundcare
    We have a year old CS100 coming into stock shortly. 2 years warranty remaining.
  3. GA Groundcare
    Go to a trailer supplier. ATE are helpful.
  4. GA Groundcare
    A set of digital bathroom scales will sort out any weight issues. However, a few grams isn't going to make much difference. When you consider that when timber is going through the flywheel that's turning anti clockwise, 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock is loaded with chip, then 12 o'clock back around to 6 o'clock is largely empty.
  5. GA Groundcare
    Only if you've got soup again.
  6. GA Groundcare
    Retail of the CS100 18hp is £5470 + VAT. Will be some discount on that though and most dealers sell a shade under 5k ex vat.
  7. GA Groundcare
    Jim Upson / Upson Mowers are a good outfit 😎
  8. GA Groundcare

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    2011 Jensen A430DI for sale, just come in part exchange and in the workshop being serviced at the moment. Work being completed is as follows. New Bradley complete hitch coupling, new brake cables, new brake shoes, 3x new tyres and engine service. 1137 hours, Kubota V2403-T 55hp Turbo diesel engine, 8” + capacity. 1500kg weight. In good working order. £7,500 + VAT. Sale by main GreenMech dealership. Delivery available.

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  9. GA Groundcare
    Not PTO. But we have just part exchanged a 2011 Jensen A340 9" road tow, 68hp Kubota diesel. Easy enough to drag around with a tractor and not running hours up on it either or tying the tractor to the job,
  10. GA Groundcare
    We carry all the flywheel bearings in stock should you wish to order.
  11. GA Groundcare
    1) Have you got photos of the cutter discs? You can usually tell the difference between blade-anvil contact and debris damage. 2) I wouldn't overly worry about the small amount of damage on the orange fan blades. 3) Your flywheel alignment adjustment on the front bearing is up, down, left and right. The gap down each side of the bearing may not be identical. When setting up a flywheel you are looking for a good rotation with no tight spots, no creaking from the rear self aligning bearing and a 2mm blade gap. Getting these three key points correct may give an uneven gap down the side of the bearing. 4) Slacken your drive belts and get a bar under the flywheel, check for play up and down plus end to end. If there is play then either the bearings are worn or the front bearing has been turning on the main shaft. If the latter then you will need a reconditioned exchange flywheel and the updated NTN front bearing setup.
  12. GA Groundcare
    Just bought and fitted the Stovax Stockton 5 wide for home. Really pleased with it.
  13. GA Groundcare
    Our workshop here is separate to our main building and we use a plug in 32amp heater. It doesn't really heat the area until about 4pm after being on since 8am. We have priced up air con and it is pretty reasonable. We should be able to get the workshop up to temperature quickly but also in the summer cool the area from mid 30's to a reasonable 20 odd. You can get air con units that'll service a double garage space for a few hundred quid. Worth looking into.
  14. GA Groundcare
    This is common on belt v hydraulic anything. An outfront ride on flail or rotary deck will perform better being belt driven over hydraulic unless the hydraulic has a lot more hp behind it. The upside of hydraulic driven stuff is it's generally less maintenance with no belts, bearings or pulleys to tension or maintain. From a build quality point of view FSI is in another league compared to the American or eastern European grinders.
  15. GA Groundcare

    D-Max

    GA Groundcare replied to Donnie's topic in Arb-Trucks

    HI Pete, we had it done. By Isuzu main dealer and supported by their warranty.
  16. GA Groundcare
    When it cuts out does the RDS screen go off? When it does cut out is it instant?
  17. GA Groundcare

    D-Max

    GA Groundcare replied to Donnie's topic in Arb-Trucks

    We have a 1.9 Dmax, bought new in 2021 and has done 50 odd k now without a fault. We tow wood chippers and can be pulling in the region of 3T when towing a tracked one with a plant trailer. Our salesman said it felt a little under powered on some of the hills when heavy towing. But to be honest I expect most pick ups do being under 200hp. On the last service we had the approved Isuzu remap done by the Isuzu dealership. MPG is a little better however I think we have only towed road tows up to around 1tonne since.
  18. GA Groundcare
    90% of Discovery's have been converted from 2 seat with bulkhead to a family car with rear seats. Have a look on eBay at Discovery Commercials.
  19. GA Groundcare
    Not every. A pick up has to have a rear payload of 1tonne for it to be classed as commercial and to get the tax benefits.
  20. GA Groundcare
    Is that a universal inline filter fitted there? If so, its the wrong style.
  21. GA Groundcare
    There is a 90 degree fuel filter in the outlet of the fuel tank. It isn't visible and you need to remove the tank to change it. Although popping the tank off is a 1 min job and there is a fuel tap also. We keep them in stock 01380 828863 / www.gagroundcare.com
  22. GA Groundcare
    We can supply a lightly used TP270. It has done about 30 hours!
  23. GA Groundcare
    And save a few grand!
  24. GA Groundcare
    The problem I see (and happy to be corrected) regarding small chippers on tracks is that something pedestrian moved is generally more manoeuvrable than something on tracks, shunting it around a customers lawn for example. If you had to get say the length of a football pitch I bet I could get there quicker pushing a CS100 than tracking a gravity fed style tracked unit. Obviously they come into their own on tougher, wet, boggy, steep ground where pushing is an issue. However if its a big job then you'd want a proper tracked hydraulic fed wood chipper on site. So really, the tracked gravity fed wood chippers which there are plenty of manufacturers offering only have an advantage if you're in boggy ground with narrow access? Pretty niche situation for the money spent?
  25. GA Groundcare
    Re tank cleaning, has it been fully drained, cleaned, dried and refilled with good diesel? Majority of engine issues are fuel related. Those Kubota units give very little trouble.

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