News/Useful Information

• The GreenMech web site (see below) contains a useful fact sheet describing the different designs used for wood chipper and shredder construction. Click here to visit fact sheet web page.
• TER. The national plant and equipment register. Stolen equipment database.

Legislation

• Health & Safety at Work Act Etc 1974 (HSWA)
• Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPE)
• Noise at Work Regulations 1989.
• The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have published the following information sheet as an Acrobat (PDF) files for on-line viewing and printing (see footnote regarding the Acrobat reader program).
  • Power-fed mobile wood chippers - Operator protection at infeed chutes. (AIS 38).

• Forestry and British Timber. UK. Monthly.

FASTCo Publications. Available to View On-Line at the FASTCo website.

• Wood Chippers. Safety Guide No 604.  July 1999.
• Mechanical Roadside Processing. Safety Guide No 605.  Sept 1998.

Journal Extracts (see AIE Abbreviations for abbreviations and links)

• Chippers - trailer mounted chippers, towing chippers & the law. Short article. The Landscaper, LS Issue 12, Feb 2000.

Publication Extracts (books, handbooks & bulletins)

• All Bar None: Woodchipper article discussing latest safety requirements.  Landscape & Amenity Buyer. October 2000. Horticulture Week.

Suppliers & Services

• Arbor Eater Ltd. UK agents for the Caravaggi & Pezzolato chipper/shredders. Tel. 01293 852652
• Arborplant. UK. New & used chippers.
• Bandit Woodchippers. UK Importer, Kendall Machinery, UK. Tel. 01444 831008  Fax. 01444 831027
• Bearcat Chippers.  Saxon industries, Hungerford, Berkshire. Tel. 01488 684545  Fax. 01488 681525
• Camon. Tracmaster Ltd. UK. Tel. 01444 247689   Fax. 01444 871612
• Chippers International Ltd. Hampshire based. UK agents for Gandini Chippers. Tel. 01789 414871  Fax. 01789 269537
• D&S Recycling Systems Ltd.  UK agents for the Doppstadt shredders & screens.  Tel. 01698 307172   Fax. 01698 307173
• Dosko. UK importer, Dan Equip, Surrey.   Tel. 01420 476248    Fax. 01420 475898
• Entec UK. Tel. 01449 767838  Email. sales@chippit.com
• EZ Beaver. UK. Tel. 01753 831218  Fax. 01753 853155
• Globe Organic Services. UK. British made shredder/chippers.
• GreenMech Ltd. UK manufacturer of chippers & shredders. Tel. 01789 400044   Fax. 01789 400167  Email:  sales@greenmech.co.uk
• Industrial Improvements MKTG.  UK agents for the Menart shredders & screens.  3 Crosby Gardens, Yateley, Hants. GU46 7RT.
• Jinma (UK). Producers of agricultural equipment including PTO driven chippers.
• Junkkari PTO Powered Chippers. Jas P Wilson. UK.  Tel. 01556 612233
• Kwikchip. Fletcher Stewart (Stockport) Ltd. UK. Tel. 01614830007
• Landforce Equipment. UK manufacturers of the Duo range of chipper/shredders. Tel. 01476 515500
• Masons. UK. Secondhand chippers.
• NHS Series Chippers. Alpha Contracts, 252 Leyland Lane, Leyland, Lancs, Tel:01772 621435  Email: treecheck@aol.com
• PSL.  UK agents for the Tim and Backus shredders.  Tel. 01202 511580  Fax. 01202 511680
• Rekord Sales (UK) Ltd. Seko Bio-Chopper (shredders). Warwickshire, UK.  Tel. 01827 712424   Fax. 01827 715133
• SCH Supplies Ltd.
• Timberwolf, (see Entec) Suffolk, UK. British made wood chippers. Tel. 01449 768019    Fax. 01449 766062   Email. sales@timberwolf-uk.com
• TP Chippers/ Lindana. A.T Osborne Ltd, Southampton, Hampshire, UK. Tel. 02380 814340  Fax. 02380 812941
• Traymaster.  Norfolk, UK. Manufacture turners & screens.  Tel. 01692 582100  Fax. 01692 582211
• Vermeer. UK importer is B-Trac Equipment Ltd, Wellingborough UK. Tel. 01933 274400   Fax. 01933 274403
• Wessex Woodchippers. Importers of the Jenson Chippers. Hampshire. Tel. 01420 478111
• Westcon Equipment (UK) Ltd.  Importers of the Gravely Chippers. Cobra Chippers/Shredders. Winborne, Dorset. Tel. 01202 880380  Fax. 01202 885938
• Wilkie Recycling Systems. Agents for Premier Chippers and Johli, Mabe shredders . Tel. 0118 981 6588    Fax 0118 981 9532
• Willibald GmbH.  Essex, UK. Manufacture shredders, turners & screens.  Tel/fax. 01621 782224

National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC) -   Scottish Skills Testing Service (SSTS)

• NPTC Training Units for Chippers and Related Operations. Link to NPTC information page.
  • AO0698 - Brushwood Chipper

AIE Links

• Main Subject Index
• Log Splitters, Personal Protective Equipment, Stump Grinding Machines.

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