You can own a Greenmech Wood Chipper for as little as €16.57 per working day.*
*This offer is a Lease-Purchase price and is based on the Arborist 15-23 Petrol model. Terms and conditions apply. Treacy Mowers working in conjunction with Cooke Financial Services.
The new generation of wood chipper combines GreenMech's unique "Disc Blade" system with proven technology, reliability and durability. Meets the needs of Tree Surgeons, Landscape Contractors, Public Authorities and Hire Industry.
Green waste management is our business !
April 2008
Press Release from Treacy Mowers
Extending the Success of the Greenmech Safe-Trak Woodchipper System.
If you drive down any motorway or ride any train, more than often your view across the countryside will occasionally be obscured by the sight of an overgrow verge or embankment. Quite often the cost of maintaining this encroaching jungle becomes too costly to run into any maintenance program and therefore tends only to be tackled when the road or rail is affected by overgrown limbs or fallen trees. More than often the only implement that can tackle this problem is a chainsaw.
Once the timber is cut this raises another problem, what to do with the waste, its too unsightly to leave on site, its too costly to lift and take away and obviously you can not burn it. Therefore a wood chipper is the only answer, typically one of these will reduce the brash down to small chip size and can be left on site to inevitably rot away.
Normal towed chippers are okay on level solid ground but have serious limitations when access is limited and ground conditions get rough, so more and more people are opting for a self propelled tracked chipper which enables the operator to get the chipper nearer to the fallen timber and to chip on the spot. However, most tracked chippers, which are based on similar running gear as a mini excavator, have two inherent problems, limited ground clearance, which means that they easily get stuck in mud or can not track over rocks or tree stumps, and poor stability on slopes, the latter being a serious safety issue.
Initially, GreenMech Limited, a UK manufacturer based in Warwickshire, used the same running gear and had the same problems, until an idle comment on a demonstration sowed the idea of having the tracks mounted onto the ends of two independent telescopic legs that are built within the chassis crossing each other at around 45°. This meant that not only could you extend both legs to get better ground clearance but, by leaving one leg in and sending the other leg out, the machine could work safely on a 35° bank. This patented concept has resulted in many contractors and companies across Europe specifying the GreenMech SAFE Trak chipper as their product of choice.
One such company that has specified the SAFE Trak chipper, the Deutsche Bahn Railways in Germany, were that impressed with the increased productivity over their traditional machines, that they requested GreenMech to look at manufacturing a self propelled, SAFE Trak style unit, fitted with a full cab and the ability to power a 1.5 metre mulching head, capable of handling 100mm diameter standing timber. Two years later, the Multi Task was delivered.
The Multi Task is built on the similar concept to a large skid steer loader. The 120 h.p Deutz engine is mounted to the rear of the unit; this powers two powerful hydraulic pumps, one that is designated to drive the steel tracks and the other to power the implement. The SAFE trak stabiliser legs have 600 mm of travel on each side allowing the chassis to remain level on a 30° slope. In addition to this the operator can remain level on angles beyond 35° by electrically swivelling the seat 20° either way.
Although the Multi Task has initially been fitted with a 1.5 metre Mulching head that will cut and process standing timber up to a thickness on 100mm, to make the machine more multi functional, the Multi Tasks attachment mounting plate was designed to accept other skid steer manufactures implements. In conjunction with this the unit is fitted with the Parker IQAN system that will allow hydraulic flows and pressures to be altered to match the application, making this 5 tonne machine a very useful tool for embankment maintenance.
Already the Deutsche Bahn and some of their contractors have taken delivery of their first units, and have been very impressed by the improved productivity generated by their machines.
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