Pedestrian grinders
The FSI machines go through a standard gate and turn in a small back garden. If you cannot get a tracked machine down the side, this is the one that still does the job.
Widnes
Chipper and stump grinder hire in Widnes
The workshop is on the Runcorn bank of the Mersey, one bridge from Widnes. Close enough that collecting a machine for a single day is worth the trip, and close enough to bring blades in on their own.
One bridge from Astmoor · Serviced before every hire
How close
One bridge away.
Of every town on this site, Widnes is the one where the honest answer to "how far are you?" is "look across the river." Unit 11 is on the Astmoor estate on the Runcorn bank, a couple of minutes off the M56 and a couple of minutes from the bridge approach.
That closeness changes what is worth doing. Collecting a machine for a single day makes sense when the trip is that short. So does bringing blades in on their own rather than carting a whole chipper over.
Worth knowing: both Runcorn crossings are tolled. Halton residents can register for local travel, so check that before you write off a collection as too much faff.
delivery area: to confirm
What the work looks like
Narrow gates
and rear entries.
A lot of Widnes is terraced and semi-detached, built tight, with rear access through an entry or a standard gateway. That decides the machine before anything else does.
Sub-750 kg towables
Small enough to sit on a terraced street without blocking it, and light enough to go behind a van on a standard towbar.
Blades on their own
Ten minutes each way means it is worth bringing blades in loose rather than moving the machine. Off, in, ground, back on.
Widnes questions
The ones we get asked.
How far is the workshop from Widnes?
It is the far side of the river and not much else. Unit 11 sits on the Astmoor estate on the Runcorn bank, so you come over on the Silver Jubilee Bridge or the Mersey Gateway and you are more or less there.
Both Runcorn bridges are tolled, so factor that in if you are collecting. If you live in Halton it is worth checking whether you are registered for local travel.
Which machine suits a Widnes back garden?
Usually the pedestrian stump grinder. A lot of Widnes housing is terraced or semi-detached with rear access through a standard gateway or an entry, and a pedestrian machine goes through where a tracked one will not.
For the chipper, the sub-750 kg towables are the ones that will sit on a street outside a terrace without blocking it.
Can I drop blades in and pick them up the same trip?
Ring first and we will tell you what is on the bench. Being ten minutes away is exactly the situation where it is worth a phone call rather than a wasted crossing.
turnaround: to confirm
Do you cover Halton generally, not just Widnes?
Runcorn and Widnes are the two halves of the same borough and the workshop is in one of them, so yes. Hale, Halebank, Ditton, Farnworth, Upton Rocks are all the same short run.
What we do for Widnes
Same four things,
five minutes away.
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HireChippers and stump grinders, serviced and sharpened before every hire. See the fleet.
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RepairsDiagnostics and mechanical repair on the machine you already own. How that works.
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SharpeningChipper blades ground in-house on the Chippermaster, and stump-grinder teeth brought back. Sharpening and parts.
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A straight answerRing before you buy, hire or bodge. That call costs nothing and often saves the trip.
Widnes enquiry