Stephen W

On 02/10/2018 at 14:56, GeorgeM said:

Steve, I considered the Jansen too. In the end I got the Jo Beau M250 ("garden line" instead of "pro line") for a bit more money and have been very happy.

What turned me off from Jansen was not only that it's Chinese made but that the same machine appears on the market under different names (and prices)... see for instance here. So probably they are all made in the same place and simply painted over.

 

But the last straw was that I asked for the dimensions of the GTS-2000 (I was considering this one and the 1500), and they sent me this:

 

On Deleks' website I found what amounts to the same machine and (surprise!) the following pic:

 

 

Looks like they had just photoshopped the brand into the pic ? Makes one wonder about the machines themselves.

 

So in the end I went for something made by a company this board trusts.

 

Hi George

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have now purchase the JO Beau 250, the same model as use have and its preformed remarkably well. Glad I spent that little extra. Good services from Dean at Global Recycling. Regards Steve

Hi George

Very interesting post and I agree with yourself a lot of these machines are just rebadged.

I spoke to chap a Rock Machinery about their 13 HP Briggs and Stratton chipper, as I had concerns that this was also likely to be yet another rebadged product. They informed me that only the metal fabrication was undertaken in China i.e the hopper/shute and the quality control and assembly was undertaken in the UK, so I thought this might also be an option.

I am please your happy with your Jo Beau M320 and I will revisit the spec as most of the chipping on my plot are likely to be on conifers . Thanks for your very useful comments. Regards Steve

Sorry bad spelling should be Jansen. This was the one I was referring to.

https://www.woodmanstore.com/526/product/jansen-gts1500e-shredder-timber-shredders-garden-mulcher--wood-chipper-wood-chipper-15hp-100mm.html

Well have read through most of what on this board and I guess likely to buy new, as I am a domestic user with a lot of trees and at the moment leaning toward the Jensen its 1500E at around £2000.

Jo Beau and Greenmech would be outside my budget even secondhand.

Would be interested to hear what people think. Regards. Steve