Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[ROLLACOSTA]

Put it this way Rolla, would you screen your chip if you were getting £50 a tonne for it?
Anyway I thought you had a landy not a pickup!

i did have a Landy but didn't like it that much ,bought myself a new nissan navara for xmas lol...humm £50 a ton for chip then i would/might screen it but we will never get that price for it imo i'd love to be proved wrong though

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

hi skyhigh.
ive used that predator stump grinder.....total pants. the only good thing about it is the speed you can track along on it....still not much good if it wont steer though.
sounds like you have a pretty decent set up going there though. nice stock of premiers.
as for those ldv's....ive got one too. cant knock them in my opinion, they have the most spacious cab interior out of any of the vans, and they also never look overloaded. ok so they look crap but who cares

your LDV might look a lot better with a wash down once and a while..and it would look a lot better with 'HIGH ALUMINIUM SIDE'S'

 

[Ross Turner]

If it was a Transit people may think its pikies do the rounds lol

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Yo Rolla, I have the nissan twincab, but with 190hp - Vroom! Vroom!!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Sorry Skyhightree, forgeting my manners welcome. I'm a newbie too, did i see you in fbt a few years back?
ACER - yep i can sell your chip in midlands no probs... and dont worry about farmers, those oversubsidised cretins will soon find their DTi funded willow is ????e for anything but powerstations. Plus its a bugger to harvest

 

[skyhightree]

Sorry Thor not me. A comp up north somewhere with same name. Always get asked that one. S Bullman. You must have read wrong or i didnt write clear enough. 3 chippers in total 1 x prem 1x tw and that Jensen! Your right about predator though. Truly bad. Good for about 6 weeks now breaks at least once a week. 8 months old but looks 10 years and I think i look after my stuff as good as anyone. Stuck with it now. Will have to run it into ground as can,t find anyone to buy it.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

High skyhightree welcome to the site and thread

 

[jamie]

new forum

you know i reckon with this many posts we could almost require a seperate forum?

welcome skyhightree

jamie

 

[Thor's Hammer]

S'funny thing, nobody has a good word yet about jensen. And yet they are everywhere, very popular despite the fact that their not cheap,(£20,000ish for 6" tracked) and you lot say they fall apart quickly. very odd. must start selling chippers soon. seems you can sell loads of crap chippers easy peasy

 

[Thor's Hammer]

you know i reckon with this many posts we could almost require a seperate forum?

welcome skyhightree

jamie

Nah, I reckon the yanks love our posts, and have you seen how slow the proclimber forum is?

 

[Ross Turner]

Thor,Proclimbers forum is only a side line for Andrew & Caroline as the shop side is there main interest.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

shall i ask Darin if we can have our own forum ?? got to admit the posts are getting a bit blurred on here

 

[SteveBullman]

i check in the proclimber forum everyday, shame theres not more activity there

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Don't get me wrong, Andy and Caroline are top people, love dealing with them. (the tirol fighter boots she sold me are the dogs bollocks) Forum just seemed a little slow.

 

[Ross Turner]

I agree it is slow but it will only get fast if more people use it.

 

[skyhightree]

Thor. Talking to other people who had had similar probs with Jensen. All been made same promises when buying. Next day parts / backup on the spot advice. Loan machines if yours breaksdown. I've had none of this. Biggest thing that pi**ed me off was the price. Paid £12500 on intrest free. Told best deal you could get as should be £15k. Have been told since company close to me paid £11000 because did't want finance. Phoned comp I bought off and pretended to be new customer. Got it down to just under £11k. Price only £12500 if you have finance. Thats not intrest free. Once you get used to machine you learn just how bad it is. Not proper metal. Tin is the best description. Never again. Both Prem and TW have double the hours of the Jensen and have spent less running the pair!!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

But Marge! the jensen looks so nice and shiny - Doh!
What do you think of Bandit & Morbark et al?

 

[Ross Turner]

Never have used a Jensen & reading these posts i dont want to.I have used various chippers over the years like Bandit,Arbor eaters,Entecs,Timberwolfs,Greenmech & Premier & Kwick chips.
I would recomend Timberwolf & Greenmechs both are great machines to operate.

 

[skyhightree]

Trouble is with Bandit & Morbark is too big for domestic work.Couple of comps near rum Bandit and vermeer big chippers. Seen them carting brash couple of hundred feet because they can't get chipper and truck close enough. Wood cut so small so they could drag it. 6 or 7" chipper right on site job would have taken a good couple of hours less.

 

[skyhightree]

Ross I nearly agree. Had a previous bad exp with Greenmech. Premier is v good but TW is so easy to use and better on bigger stuff. Both v reliable. TW wins by a whisker because of price.