Chipper PTO Wood Chipper Question

[Warren28]

Hello, have a Kubota BX25...thinking of adding a Wallenstein PTO chipper. Have been told either a BX32 or BX42 model will work although tractor having17 hp @ PTO might cause BX42 to have trouble with 4" logs. Anyone have experience with this tractor and or chipper brand. Recommendations appreciated and pricing info too !

 

[Couple of Achers]

I have the BX42 behind my BX23. I can't say as I have ever ran 4" stock through it, since that size stuff is fire wood to me. I run the throttle wide open and let it eat. Seems to be a good match. Wide open on the BX23 is just a hair over 540 pto speed any way. It will slow down occasionally on the tougher stuff, but I have never killed the tractor, not even close. If you do hear it slowing down, just hold on to the limb a second or two and then let it go again. I like the Wallenstein because of it's simplistic design with no belts to worry about. It is not something I use a lot any longer, but when ever the wife wants some more mulch for around the trees and different areas, I go make some for her. It's kind of fun actually.

 

[brandoro]

I don't think you will have any trouble with 4" material unless it is dry hardwood. Anything green will go through okay, might pull the RPM down a bit for a few seconds. The B7610 (24HP and I think 19PTO HP) I had before would be working with 4" material but never stalled out. I don't usually chip 4" material but had to try it at maximum once. The B3030 doesn't seem the least bit concerned with anything that will fit through the chipper.
In regards to the 'anything green' remark, green willow twigs make the twig breaker into a twig folder and will spring open and plug the chute, best to let willow dry a bit before chipping. Only thing I have ever had plug my chipper.

 

[Dead Horse]

Yeah likely the only 4 inch stuff you will put through the chipper is punky junk wood anyway. I am unfamilar with the specific chipper you reference. I use a Valby two stage behind my 3710. The feed speed is important for the type of material you are feeding. I cannot imaging using a low powered single stage chipper for anything beyond 1 inch brush......

I do not think I would be comfortable with a single stage chipper. it would neither be strong enough to do real work, nor safe enough for anything but chopping near weeds. You get a big enough flywheel chipper moving at speed and the flywheel itself does the real work...... moderate the feed rate to keep the rotor moving at functioning rpms.........

 

[Couple of Achers]

Yeah likely the only 4 inch stupp you will put through the chipper is punky junk wood anyway. I am unfaamilar with the specific chipper you reference. I use a Valby two stage behind my 3710. The feed speed is important for the type of material you are feeding. I cannot imaging using a low powered single stage chipper for anything beyond 1 inch brush......

I do not think I would be comfortable with a single stage chipper. it would neither be strong enough to do real work, nor safe enough for anything but chopping near weeds. You get a big enough flywheel chipper moving at speed and the flywheel itself does the real work...... moderate the feed rate to keep the rotor moving at functioning rpms.........

I don't want to hi-jack this thread and get off topic, but I have ask, what are you refferring to when you say single stage or two stage chipper?

 

[Dead Horse]

sorry. The Valby has a hydraulic motor, feed drum, that is speed adjustable. This takes the material to be chipped from the feed shute and feeds it to the blades and anvil box of the chipper. I was responding to someone's comment about managing the feed speed by holding on to the material to be chipped with his hands. With a two stage chipper, once the material is in the feed shute, you do NOT handle it. The feed drum is also reversable for when you get a jam.

Pickies added.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming..............

 

[brandoro]

I am also curious about what a "two stage chipper" is??
Two stage snow blower I understand but haven't heard of a two stage chipper.
Getting back to the topic though, I can assure the OP that the Wallenstein is capable of "real work". It also self feeds so feed rate is not a big concern either.

 

[Couple of Achers]

Yes indeed.
Let me clarify. I did not mean to suggest you need to hand feed each log. It self feeds very sufficiently. I was just suggesting that if you were feeding 4" stock and it happened to start bogging down your tractor, just grab the log and hold onto if for a second. It is not that fast of feed that you cant let go. And it goes without saying they you never put your hand on the log once it clears the hopper. And I never reach parallel to the hopper, always at 90 degrees the hopper so my arm would hit the hopper long before it even came anywhere near the cutter. Sorry for any confusion. But I assure you, I have never needed a hydraulic feed on my chipper. And it is indeed capable of real work.

 

[natem]

Just bought a Liberty chipper, With the power feed. I am looking forward to getting this and trying it out. Fair price too.

 

[Dead Horse]

Yes indeed.
Let me clarify. I did not mean to suggest you need to hand feed each log. It self feeds very sufficiently. I was just suggesting that if you were feeding 4" stock and it happened to start bogging down your tractor, just grab the log and hold onto if for a second. It is not that fast of feed that you cant let go. And it goes without saying they you never put your hand on the log once it clears the hopper. And I never reach parallel to the hopper, always at 90 degrees the hopper so my arm would hit the hopper long before it even came anywhere near the cutter. Sorry for any confusion. But I assure you, I have never needed a hydraulic feed on my chipper. And it is indeed capable of real work.

No worries my friend.

I am a freekazoid about safety being job 1, and I set my own personal standards as to what that entails. I ain't going to lecture anyone about it..... not my style. Best to ya!

PS, the (two stage) Valby feed chute is pretty near horozintal, (though never negative camber) somewhat depending on the tractor and implement positioning on the ground. In the case of single stage chippers the feed chute is generally at a 45 degree angle = or -, thus the "self feed" feature. The thing I most like about the two stage is that you can control the feed speed with an adjustable flow valve and you can stop and reverse the feed drum with the "crash bar" feed control lever which surrounds the top and sides of the wide end of the feed chute.

Saftey first......... Valby did a good job of designing that "feature" in, as far as I am concerned.