North British Landscapes Andrew Hancock Arb Officer for Nor th British Landscapes
North British Landscapes maintains around 60,000 properties nationwide which involves both horticultural and arboriculutral work on a wide variety of shrubs & trees at all stages of maturity. We realised the need for a versatile, narrow access woodchipper for use on footpaths in and around housing schemes as well as in the rear gardens. Prior to this, standard towed chippers were used, requiring all material to be brought to the machine for processing. This was
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inefficient and labour-intensive so we began investigating the woodchipper market for a solution. Fletcher Stewart offered us a demonstration of the Jo-Beau Machines and despite our initial cynicism prior to the demonstration, within 30 minutes we had ordered two, an M300/13 and an M500/24. The self-propelled M500/24 has proved invaluable, though the real surprise has been the M300/13. The capacity and processing speed of both units is very impressive given their size, further
more they are extremely manoeuvrable. Within 2-weeks of taking delivery of the machines we placed an order for another M500/24 due to its performance. I am very impressed with the simplicity of the operating systems, reliability so far is excellent, and the build quality is better than that of any of the competition I have seen to date. Long-term we will be investing in more Jo-Beaus as an efficient solution to the management of shrubs and small trees.
Total Arb January 2006