Chipper Comments on Salsco 600 PTO chipper

[art]

They also made Bush-hogs unit if I'm not mistaken.

 

[jinman]

Art, you must be correct. That's a "dead-ringer" for my Bush Hog CS-100P except for the red paint. I also have the blower option which is about another $500-$700 option, I think. When I bought mine, it had been used only once. The fellow who bought it got his hand caught in some brush and he got jerked toward the shredder chute. It scared him so bad he took it back to the dealer and asked him to sell it as a consignment. I bought the whole unit for $2,400, so I saved myself $500 or so and ended up with a "new" chipper-shredder. I'll have to check with Goosen about spare parts and maybe a leaf grate for it. One nice thing is that all the covers come off easily and all bearings have grease zerks, even the two bearings for the blower.

 

[art]

Jinman, I sell both brands and I sometimes just don't volunteer all, but you can safely go and get blue parts for your unit.

 

[GRUB]

<font color="blue"> You can't safely feed that through a chipper, but if you drop it into the shredder chute, it will be chopped into a fine mulch. </font>

Sorry for the ignorance, but why is feeding 1" stuff a safety issue?

Also, only a little of the subject, but I sure would like to here some updates on the chinese chipper thread. The one with the almost too good to be true price from the guy in Maryland.

 

[Dave___in___CT]

Hi...


Another option is a standalone chipper/shredder... here's one from BCS...
~$1,150...

I have one that attaches to my 8HP 2-wheel BCS tractor... works well... good quality... chips 3+"... shreds 1"...

Dave...

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( why is feeding 1" stuff a safety issue?
)</font>

I have a rule I go by when chipping: I will not put my hands inside the chute. When the limb becomes about 2-1/2' long, I can either push it through with another limb or just drop it into the shredder chute which has a large opening and the shredder is self-feeding (meaning it grabs the brush and pulls it in). A green cedar limb (...and when isn't cedar green?) has lots of small green leaves. I could spend hours trying to force feed that through the chipper, but its shredded in about two seconds if I drop it into the shredder chute. This weekend I'll locate my user's manual and scan some of the pictures.

 

[jinman]

Re: Chipper and Shredder Explained

Grub, the photos of my Bush Hog and internal components are attached. I included photos of both the PTO and engine-driven models. The "guts" of the chipper-shredder is shown in the lower right of the photo and sits in the position shown in red. If you drop something into the chipper chute, the chipper blades cut it. If you drop something into the shredder chute on top, it drops into the shredder blade part of the basket. The shredder will "eat" anything 1-1/4" or less in diameter. I hope this helps you understand how the machine works and why I say having the additional shredder is important.

Remember, Bush Hog no longer sells this unit, but Goosen produces the identical unit, as Art mentioned in a previous post. I believe Bearcat's unit is nearly identical also.

 

[farmyid]

""Thats why a shredder is so important to a complete job of cleaning up limbs and brush."

Thanks for the expination, but I still am a bit confused. The crew on the side of the hihway runs all the limbs big or small into a machine i always assumed was a chipper and all that remains is CHIPS. Where is the part left to go in the shredder? Mark

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The crew on the side of the hihway runs all the limbs big or small into a machine i always assumed was a chipper )</font>

I think you are right. Most commercial machines have a powered roller fed hopper. I have seen many of these self-fed machines do a fine job of chipping both large and small limbs. The cheapest of these I've seen is about $6,000. On our smaller machines, the 5" feed opening to the chipper means you will have to take a stick and force the small stuff into the hole so the chipper can get at the material. With a shredder, as soon as any part of the small limb touches the shredder drum it self-feeds the rest of the material in a flash. The issue here is just a case of efficiency. Since I have my shredder which will dispose of 1-1/4" and smaller diameter material almost instantly by simply dropping it into the hopper, why would I stand in front of the chipper chute trying to use a stick to poke material into the chipper blades. For an under-$3,000 machine, I just think the chipper-shredder combination is the most efficient way to go.

 

[Larry_Van_Horn]

Jim,
thank you for your thoughtful posts on both threads. It appears that what is truly important then is the size of the opening on the business end of the chute. The bigger the better. I am going to measure that Wallenstein's business end tomorrow morning and see if it is large enough. Also see if I might get my dealership to let me give it a try pre-purchase.
Larry