Mattgreenbelt

Thanks for the replies. The ms261 with the 15" is fantastic and great to use all day. I do agree Logan, a bar in the middle would be good.

Frustrating yesterday as my MS261 15" was hacking away at a 3ft sycamore, it got through but was hard on it! I'm looking at a ms461 as my first big saw and buying two bars to change between jobs, 25 " if I need it but also a smaller bar for smaller work. Does anyone do this, swap the bars around depending on requirements of a job? Would I be as well going the whole way and getting the 661 as it's only £100 more? I'd still keep the ms261 for everyday duties Cheers

I've had good results with my John deere x305r. It cuts the grass at a development through the summer months. I've put around 150 hours on it since buying it new at the start of last season. I'm expecting to only get a few years out it before things start to go wrong but by that point it's been involved in 10s ogre thousands worth of work so earned it's keep. It was 5k new.

I demoed the grillo climber, they are good also but struggled to justify buying it

Finally settled and bought a Greenmech arbtrak 150. Thanks for the info.

£271.00 per day including 2 staff. Some of the smaller domestic work costs me money to take on.

I'm thinking of keeping it also just for the tight access jobs.

Can you please forward pics and information and price please? [email protected] Thanks

Ahhhh right, I would prefer the tractor as it would have a multitude of uses.

Which manufacturer does these?

Thanks for the info. I'm not to fussy about it chipping 6inch it's really the feed rollers I need. Do you have any pics, and what model of tractor and chipper are they?

I also see John deere are doing a deal where you buy a tractor and get a free front loader, tempting.....

Hi all I'm going to be upgrading from a CS100 this year, it's a good enough "wee chipper " but I feel it's now time to upgrade to 6inch with roller feed. The main benefit from the wee chipper is it can be wheeled to anywhere and chip in to beds or in to wheelie bins if we need to take the chip away, bad things is the vibrations (I'm still suffering from 8 hours use on friday), snedding up even the smallest of forked branches, it's slow and the blades need to be ultra sharp in order for it to draw the branches in. I could go on. As I run a L200 and 16ft caged trailer a road tow isn't an option but I'm thinking of a compact tractor and PTO chipper. We also do a power of grass cutting, mainly big sites where it would come in handy if we bought a deck. The only drawback with the tractor is I'd need to do a double run at the end of the day to dump the chip at the yard then collect the tractor other than that is there any drawbacks of a pto chipper? I was looking at a 26hp tractor and a 33hp tractor, obviously the 33hp would be better but would the 26hp do? Thanks

I've got a CS100, good for what it is, especially when it's saving a drag through tight spaces, we chip into wheelie bins! I'm thinking of upgrading or buying an additional chipper this year, problem I've got is it run a mitsubishi L200 and a 16ft caged trailer. I was thinking of a compact tractor and PTO chipper, only downside is can see is having to do a double run at three end of the day to take it back to the yard or if it's local enough I could drive it on the roads!

Mary Hill allotments used to take chip and logs. First left after the science park roundabout heading east. Up a wee dirt road. Failing that you have kelvin Valley turfs site in Kirkintilloch but 20 a load.