New DR 3ph PTO Chipper/Shredder

[Tom_H]

This is DR's first chipper to also include a shredder:

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They also seem to have several other new items in the paper flyer I received in today's mail.

 

[RalphVa]

Looks very much like the MacKissic, but just a bit bigger. The Mac will only do up to 3 to 3 1/2" vs. 4 1/2" on the DR. The DR rig is about $1,000 higher price.

The Mac construction is a bit light weight, MUCH lighter weight than my old TroyBilt Tomahawk. The DR appears to be more like the Tomahawk, but bigger. My Mac housing has 2 or 3 small dents from slightly too-large pieces put into the shredder hopper. You'd never dent the old Tomahawk. The screen never got mishaped either, very stiff.

Hope the hammers and spacers on the DR are more like the Mac quality. The spacers were very soft material on the Tomahawk, and the hammers were a bit softer than the ones on the Mac. So far, the Mac hammers and spacers are showing no bending nor hardly any wear on the hammers. Have had the chipper blade sharpened about 4 times. New chipper blades are $57 for the Mac, $5 to sharpen locally.

I've had a couple of the DR products. They're pretty good and made in Vermont. The Mac is also made in the US.

Ralph

 

[cmhyland]

Doesn't it seem that about half the cost of these things is the liability insurance the mfg has to cover....

At a buck a pound it has 430 bucks worth of steel in it. Add labor and overhead and maybe yor to $1500... The unit cost $2999.00

Regards,
Chris

 

[oliver28472]

My brother bought a chipper a couple years ago with 18hp b&s for $1800. No shredder.

 

[cmhyland]

I purchased the Salsco 600 and it was 2K but it's a chipper only...

I like it a lot but if your looking for shredder capability this looks pretty nice.

Regards,
Chris

Salsco woodchippers and brush chippers, PTO and Engine Driven; Gravity Feed and Hydraulical/Power Feed.

 

[RalphVa]

I believe that MacKissic makes a "commercial" model of the TPH-122 that's probably comparable in size of wood it takes and price of this from DR.

Ralph

 

[IslandTractor]

That new DR is pricy. You could get a Bearcat 70554 chipper/shredder for the same money which has a much heavier flywheel (125lbs) and greater capacity.

 

[schmism]

see if this works

DR® Power Equipment - 18 HP DR® Chipper Shredder - Rugged Wood Chipper Shredders

 

[RoyJackson]

That new DR is pricy. You could get a Bearcat 70554 chipper/shredder for the same money which has a much heavier flywheel (125lbs) and greater capacity.

The Bearcats I've priced were cheaper...$300-$400.

 

[IslandTractor]

The Bearcats I've priced were cheaper...$300-$400.

Yes, I guess I should have been more explicit. The Bearcat is more chipper/shredder with higher capacity for less money than the retail priced DR. With DR it is difficult to compare sometimes as they almost never are sold at full retail price (though at the moment they are at full list). Still, the point is that DR shredder/chipper would need to sell for less than 2300 or so to be a decent deal compared to the Bearcat.