I've read the various threads about wood chippers and I've pretty much narrowed it down to one of four. A 4" Wallenstein gravity feed or 8" Woodmaxx with mechanical feed or an 8" Tomcat with mechanical feed or finally my last choice an 8" Jinma with mechanical feed. These 4 fall pretty close to what I want to spend with the Jinma being the lowest priced and the Wallenstein the highest. From what I've seen in videos the Wallenstein by design doesn't really need additional feed because it draws the wood in with the blades. Not that speed is the main concern but from the videos I've watched, it looks line the Wallenstein is the fastest at processing wood even though it doesn't have an additional feed. I assume this is because of the fact it has four blades compared to the other three machines having two? Oh BTW, my tractor is a B3300 so 33 engine HP and something like 25 or 26 PTO HP.
The Tomcat holds a slight advantage because the dealer is only 35 miles from me and I can go pick it up and save the freight cost plus if there is a problem parts and service will be close by. Woodmaxx is offereing free shipping right now which puts its cost about the same as the Tomcat but then if I need service it will have to be shipped back. Like I said, even with the shipping cost added in the Jinma is cheapest but I still wonder if all the bugs are really worked out.
I know this subject has been discussed before but any and all input I can get on these machines will be greatly appreciated.
The Tomcat holds a slight advantage because the dealer is only 35 miles from me and I can go pick it up and save the freight cost plus if there is a problem parts and service will be close by. Woodmaxx is offereing free shipping right now which puts its cost about the same as the Tomcat but then if I need service it will have to be shipped back. Like I said, even with the shipping cost added in the Jinma is cheapest but I still wonder if all the bugs are really worked out.
I know this subject has been discussed before but any and all input I can get on these machines will be greatly appreciated.