Chipper Great Deal On China Chippers

[Highbeam]

Thanks Larry.

The bugger nearly weighs 1000 lbs though so it will need to be loaded on and off the trailer with the tractor 3ph.

That is a great deal but it is still 1400$ plus tax and that's a lot of pocket change.

I grew up in Bremerton and drive there frequently.

 

[crazymike]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The Bremerton dealer quoted me $1400 (excluding tax) but couldn't give me a delivery date. He said the shipment had already left but he didn't know if any chippers were on it. It doesn't make much sense to me to have a container on it's way and not know what's it it but that's his story.

MCE Equipment out of Canada let me have it for $1600 delivered to Port Angeles so it was a little more than I would have paid with taxes. )</font>

When ordering from these factories, it takes longer to get the implements ready than tractors. So if you make a large order of multiple containers you will sometimes get the tractors first, then the implements and possible the rest of the tractors. They don't necesarily go into detail what is in each container.

 

[LarryD]

My friend brought it over in his truck and I used the bucket to just lift enough for him to drive out and the lower it to the ground. Didn't seem to even lighten the back end at all(box blade on). It was at the limits of the 7308 loader capacity but I wasn't going anywhere.

I got out again tonight and chipped up another 15 trees, beats the heck out of burning.

 

[nomad]

I bought my 6" chipper for $1200 directly from China two years ago. Imported it myself. It had costed me about $1500 (custom fee, etc.) I was OK with it, but, I am about to make a new, simpler one which will cost me $500 only. That 6" Chinese chipper weighs about 375 kg (~800 lb.) This is unnecessarily heavy item. Especially, its flywheel can be made smaller and thinner. Also, their flywheel is steel cast. I believe they made this (steel cast) to reduce the cost. But, nonuniformity due to the voids in the cast (it usually happens in steel cast) is also causing unbalance problem giving damage to the bearings and other relatively weaker parts. That flywheel could have been made of, say, 1" thick steel plate. Anyway. Do not buy any chipper. My $700 chipper is coming soon /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif ($200 is profit of course

 

[rambler]

Interesting. I will agree with you on castings from China, not very good. I'm sure your part of the world can produce better quality today. However, a heavy flywheel is better than a light flywheel to grind through stuff?

--->Paul

 

[awlchu]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Interesting. I will agree with you on castings from China, not very good. I'm sure your part of the world can produce better quality today. However, a heavy flywheel is better than a light flywheel to grind through stuff?

--->Paul )</font>

Need to remember the angular velocity squared contributes to the kinetic energy of the chipper. Increasing the flywheel size (inertia) only changes the energy linearly.

In chipper I would be surprised if it sees a duty cycle greater than 50%. Thus we spending alot of energy keeping something spinning that isn't used 50% of the time.

 

[Ed_Indiana]

Picked up my Jinma 6 chipper yesterday in Starlight, In. Had reserved the price at 1399.99 even though his price is now 1599.99. Have taken ALL the fine input from you guys on all the differant brand chippers. Will begin assembly today and the maintenance some of you advised.

 

[DFW]

I've had mine (FarmPro version) for about 6 months now. I followed the suggestions of others here on TBN as to the initial setup and other than a stripped bolt it's worked perfectly, heavy, crappy castings and all.

 

[nomad]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( a heavy flywheel is better than a light flywheel to grind through stuff? )</font>

heavy flywheel is of course better than light flywheel because of bigger centrifugal force. But, do you people really chip 5-6" woods so often? Woods I am chipping are mostly (99%) are of less than 3" diameters. Size of this 6" China chipper flywheel is 1 1/4" thick and 2' diameter. I can easily chip the woods less than 3" dia. by a flywheel with 1" thick and 1' diameter. Also, we don't need so big pulley which increases speed from 540 to ~1500 rpm. 500-700 rpm will be enough. I already tested this with a simple set-up and it worked without a problem.

 

[Egon]

Uhoh we have problems all over Nomad with the voids in cast steel! What should we do?? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif