Chipper Wallenstein BX40 Chipper
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BandDcabinet
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I have a 6 inch Wallenstein, (BX60). My B3030 handles 5 inch soft wood logs without any problems. The chipper shoot and blade design pull the material in with a minimum of effort. Most of the material I am chiooing is in the 1 to 4 inch softwood. I burn the hardwood except for the branches which the chipper handles without problems.
With branches from hemlock or fir or branches with lots of wet leaves I have to be careful not to plug the discharge shoot. I selected the 6 inch unit because it is easier to feed odd shaped branches and the larger softwood. I haven't tried 6 inch material but the occasional 5 inch plus material feeds without problem.
I have 15 to 20 hours on the chipper and wondering when to give the knives a touch up. I have avoided a steady feed of dead drive braches. My thought is the green material runs cooler on the knives so I have mixed the green and dead material. I don't go crazy worrying about it but it seems to have helped.
I don't remember the exact price but I'll look it up when I'm in the shop. If your interested I'll have a try at inserting a picture.
Let me know if you have any specific questions.
Regards,
DandB
With branches from hemlock or fir or branches with lots of wet leaves I have to be careful not to plug the discharge shoot. I selected the 6 inch unit because it is easier to feed odd shaped branches and the larger softwood. I haven't tried 6 inch material but the occasional 5 inch plus material feeds without problem.
I have 15 to 20 hours on the chipper and wondering when to give the knives a touch up. I have avoided a steady feed of dead drive braches. My thought is the green material runs cooler on the knives so I have mixed the green and dead material. I don't go crazy worrying about it but it seems to have helped.
I don't remember the exact price but I'll look it up when I'm in the shop. If your interested I'll have a try at inserting a picture.
Let me know if you have any specific questions.
Regards,
DandB
BandDcabinet
Silver Member
I was concerned about not having a power feed when I bought the BX60. The dealer convinced me to give it a try. If anything I have to be careful with the larger material. The chipper will pull it out of my hands. So far I'm happy with the manual feed.
DandB
DandB
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I demoed a BX40 this summer (before I bought another brand). I fed 3"+ green willow trees/branches up to maybe 25' long. Admittedly pretty soft stuff, but the BX40 sucked it in until the branch tips got to ~ 1/2" and all leaves. In addition, this unit seems very well built. I've visited with an owner who has had a BX40 for more than a year, chipping cherry (!!), hawthorne, and scrub maple. He's very happy with this unit.
Is this the Wallenstein painted red and marketed by another canadian outfit?
http://www.split-fire.com/chipper_4003.html
http://www.split-fire.com/chipper_4003.html
rugs
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I'm pretty certain that the Split-Fire is not the same as the Wallenstein. From the picture on the S-F site, the base of the S-F chipper is quite different from the Wallenstein, as is the exhaust chute. The feed chute is also different: it looks to be detachable or swing away like the Valby CH140. Specs (total weight, size of chipping flywheel) don't match either. Somewhere I have a tear sheet from the US distributor of the Split-Fire. I *think* I remember that this chipper is belted up to run at greater than PTO speed (but hey, I've been wrong before!). I'll see if I can find the sheet.
Rugs,
Based on your prior research, I trust your opinion.
For those of you who didn't see Rugs post a couple weeks ago check out his summary of the research he did before buying ....truly THE definative work on chippers and chipper/shreaders that are available /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Check out his site:
http://www.rugwire.com/chipper/index.html
Based on your prior research, I trust your opinion.
For those of you who didn't see Rugs post a couple weeks ago check out his summary of the research he did before buying ....truly THE definative work on chippers and chipper/shreaders that are available /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Check out his site:
http://www.rugwire.com/chipper/index.html
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I also purchased a BX60 this summer and had very different results. My chipper would not feed good at all. I had to push & push and the wood would chatter real bad. It was brand new but maybe something was wrong with it. I ended up returning it and purchasing a BX60 w/ power feed. Now that's a sweet chipper. You can put anything in it and it pushes it through, and pushes it hard so the knives cut large chips and keep the cool. Sometimes I have the speed set a little too high and it puts out chips the size of charcoal briquettes.
I'm very happy with my Wallenstein.....
I'm very happy with my Wallenstein.....