newbury
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- Joined
- Jan 8, 2009
- Messages
- 13,539
- Location
- From Vt, in Va, retiring to MS
- Tractor
- Kubota's - B7610, M4700
I'm in a serious hunt for a PTO chipper.
I will want to use the chipper in two locations - Alexandria, VA and Fulton, MS - about 820 miles apart. And with 2 different tractors. In Mississippi a 30hp Satoh or bigger, in Virginia I presently have a Kubota B7610 (18HP PTO) but may add a larger 40HP tractor,
Jinma brands two - a 6" and an 8". ~ $1600 and ~ $1750
Circle G advertises both sizes, and they are about 100 miles from my site in Mississippi.
Ranch Hand Supply only stocks the 8" and to pick one up it would be about 100 miles out of my way on a trip between my sites.
On some site (RHS?) I ran across the comment that the 6" model is Chinese and the 8" European, but I can't track it down again.
My B7610 beats the minimum spec for the 8" (15HP) and the largest I envision chipping with it would be about 4". Down in Mississippi I know I will go bigger, both with branches and tractors.
So my question for the TBN borg is are there any disadvantages y'all can see from going to the 8"?
I will want to use the chipper in two locations - Alexandria, VA and Fulton, MS - about 820 miles apart. And with 2 different tractors. In Mississippi a 30hp Satoh or bigger, in Virginia I presently have a Kubota B7610 (18HP PTO) but may add a larger 40HP tractor,
Jinma brands two - a 6" and an 8". ~ $1600 and ~ $1750
Circle G advertises both sizes, and they are about 100 miles from my site in Mississippi.
Ranch Hand Supply only stocks the 8" and to pick one up it would be about 100 miles out of my way on a trip between my sites.
On some site (RHS?) I ran across the comment that the 6" model is Chinese and the 8" European, but I can't track it down again.
My B7610 beats the minimum spec for the 8" (15HP) and the largest I envision chipping with it would be about 4". Down in Mississippi I know I will go bigger, both with branches and tractors.
So my question for the TBN borg is are there any disadvantages y'all can see from going to the 8"?