Service & Repairs
Servicing, diagnostics and repairs on arb machinery. Chippers, stump grinders and other machinery. Booked in, fixed properly, back out earning.
Repairs & servicing

Machinery Engineering & Arb Hire Company
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The difference
Hire from the engineer who owns and maintains the machines.
You will deal face to face with the owner rather than a receptionist. He is the one who maintains all the hire machines.
Every machine that leaves the workshop on hire goes through a thorough checklist, with the grinder teeth and the chipper blades sharpened, before it is handed over.
That is not a claim a pure hire company can make. It is just what happens when the owner is also the workshop mechanical engineer.
What we do
Servicing, diagnostics and repairs on arb machinery. Chippers, stump grinders and other machinery. Booked in, fixed properly, back out earning.
Repairs & servicingRing for advice before you buy, hire or bodge. If we know, we'll say. If we don't, we'll tell you that straight, and try to find you the answer.
Talk to the engineerChippers and stump grinders, serviced and sharpened between every hire. Day, weekend or week. Rates POA, so call.
Fleet & hire enquiryChipper blades sharpened in-house on the Chippermaster, hollow-ground or straight edge. Not sent away. Sharpening is normally a 48 hour turnaround, depending on how much is in.
How sharpening worksRotary grind for Green Teeth only at present: the 500, 700 and 900. Back with the curved edge that makes them grind stump instead of polishing it.
Teeth sharpeningBlades, belts, bearings, filters and teeth on the shelf. If it is not in stock, it comes in on trade accounts with the manufacturers.
Parts & stockArb machinery hire
Every machine goes out serviced, sharpened and ready to work, and gets the same again when it comes back.
The hire fleet today: a Timberwolf 230 DHB towable chipper, an FSI B23 self-propelled stump grinder, FSI B21 and B20 pedestrian stump grinders, and an Ifor Williams 8 x 5 single-axle caged trailer.
Rates POA. Call for today's rates and availability.
Sharpening & parts
Chipper blades are sharpened on our own Chippermaster with a hollow-ground or straight edge at the angle the manufacturer specifies. Blunt blades chew fuel, stress the machine and leave stringy chip. Sharp ones pay for themselves.
Rotary grind, Green Teeth only at present: the 500, 700 and 900, back with the curved edge that makes them grind stump instead of polishing it.
Turnaround: Sharpening is normally a 48 hour turnaround, depending on how much is in. Drop off and collect at the workshop, Dewar Court, or ring and we'll sort collection.
Parts on the shelf: blades, belts, bearings, filters and teeth. If we haven't got it, we'll get it quick.
We service and sharpen the major arb brands: Först, Timberwolf, GreenMech, FSI, Jensen, Bandit, Rayco and more. Brand names here mean we work on them, not that we sell them.

Tree and grounds work
Plenty of people ring wanting a tree down, a site cleared or a pitch marked out, not a machine to do it with. Ring anyway. Describe the job and we will put you in touch with someone from our network who does that work for a living.
To be plain about it: the work is theirs, not ours. We make the introduction and help get it organised, and the job itself is between you and the contractor who turns up.
What you get from us is a recommendation from the person who maintains their machines. We see which outfits look after their kit and which ones turn up when they said they would.
Why Sky-Arb
An engineer, day in day outArb machinery is the job, not a sideline.
A proper workshopRoller-door unit at Astmoor, the Chippermaster grinder, and a parts wall stocked with Kubota, Sparex and Briggs & Stratton.
Local and fastRuncorn, just off the M56. Drop kit in, or ring and we'll sort collection.
Honest adviceIf it isn't worth fixing, we'll say so before you spend a penny.
The trusted local arb machinery specialists.

What customers say
Left on our Facebook page by the people who own the machines. Quoted as written.
Top company worked on all my chippers 100% spot on thanks andy
Had all my blades sharpened by you and always been great
The best
As expected. Andy did an amazing job and my FORST ST8 has never chipped as good before. Mark H.
Contact
Machine down, blades blunt, or a hire to book? Pick up the phone.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 6.30am to 5pmSaturday to Sunday ClosedHours can vary, so ring first.
