Menzi M515

[Furniss]

Fancy kit working down the same track as us today - thought I would take a few pics as it might interest someone... esp Graham.
Had a quick chat, bloke sounded grumpy ,said it had only done 2000hrs and he had nowt but hassle with it but, we didnt go into what.
still it made light work of some decent size trees
And for the job we are on there has been a road crossing to get a water supply to the other side .......... is it me or does someone want pelting with a ball of their own s**t

 

[Grahams]

Looks a great bit of kit, especially paired with an Engcon and a wood cracker shear. I haven’t heard of any issues with them, but any machine can have issues. A lot depends on the dealer. Tom at Exc@v8 always goes the extra mile, but from memory, you are in France, so no idea what dealer backup is like there.
Graham

 

[Brendan]

Doesn't the m515 stand head and shoulders above the rest of the machines its size and larger for power, reach, working angles etc although comes with a heft eye watering price tag

 

[Furniss]

Doesn't the m515 stand head and shoulders above the rest of the machines its size and larger for power, reach, working angles etc although comes with a heft eye watering price tag

Everythings much dearer again over here
45k € for shear apparently

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Everythings much dearer again over here
45k € for shear apparently

Those shears are megabucks over here too - awesome things but I can’t understand how they are so dear personally.

 

[Grahams]

Doesn't the m515 stand head and shoulders above the rest of the machines its size and larger for power, reach, working angles etc although comes with a heft eye watering price tag

Not sure what the current price is, but you are right, mega money. But, if it suits you needs then it is an impressive machine. Huge power and flow. Compact size, but with an expanding undercarriage so no problems working over the side, or having several sets of tracks for different conditions. Can change a set of tracks with two people in 40 minutes. With the undercarriage out you can run swamp tracks without any modifications then swap back to normal or rubbers as required.
Graham

 

[BertB.]

Not sure what the current price is, but you are right, mega money. But, if it suits you needs then it is an impressive machine. Huge power and flow. Compact size, but with an expanding undercarriage so no problems working over the side, or having several sets of tracks for different conditions. Can change a set of tracks with two people in 40 minutes. With the undercarriage out you can run swamp tracks without any modifications then swap back to normal or rubbers as required.
Graham

Do they have some sort of special quick coupler on the tracks? My guess is as always electronics and emissions if they've been having trouble with it.

 

[Grahams]

[QUOTE="BertB]Do they have some sort of special quick coupler on the tracks? [/QUOTE]
Not as far as I know, but lots of practice and changed so regularly that there are no seized bolts or anything. Just comes apart easy.
Graham

 

[BertB.]

[QUOTE="BertB]Do they have some sort of special quick coupler on the tracks?

Not as far as I know, but lots of practice and changed so regularly that there are no seized bolts or anything. Just comes apart easy.
Graham[/QUOTE]
Ok not a fun job normally.