Chipper Wallenstein BX42 woodchipper

[alexinPA]

Thinking about getting BX42 woodchipper. Did not find one issue addressed: what's a smallest size branches I can feed? 1/2"? Smaller? Got alot of small pine branches with needles. Is it going to clog the chipper? Thanks,

AK

 

[SevernDH]

Have not put a lot of small stuff through, but what I have run through was passed through just fine. I do end up with a fair number of twigs that get kicked out without being broken down all that much, but again, have yet to see any signs of a clog.

 

[tessiers]

If I run a lot of softwood bows through I have clogged it up before but not all that often. It seams to help if I run a couple of good wood chunks through every so often, to help blow out the needles.

 

[wallace]

Thinking about getting BX42 woodchipper. Did not find one issue addressed: what's a smallest size branches I can feed? 1/2"? Smaller? Got alot of small pine branches with needles. Is it going to clog the chipper? Thanks,

AK

Tell ya what.... you come buy one from me and if it does not work as well as you would like it to, I will refund all your money!

 

[amkfken]

Been using mine for 3yrs, nothing is too small, will only clog with green leaves sometimes, will not have any problems with pine, if it does clog, 1bolt, open it up ,clean--1 minute, back to chipping!!

 

[brandoro]

The only thing I have plugged mine with is green willow twigs. The twig breaker becomes a twig folder and they spring open and block the chute. Let them dry for a few days and they blast through like everything else. I have put a fair bit of pine through it with no problems. :thumbsup:
Should you manage to plug the chute, shut the tractor off, put the key in your pocket then unplug the chute.

 

[Elcid76]

I have been interested in a chipper, but in Kansas my predominant trees to clear are hedge (hard as a rock with small thorns), and locust (soft with EVIL thorns that flatten tires and kill things). What will the chipper do with thorns?

 

[FxdGrMind]

Just got mine yesterday. Assembled from the crate, NICE packing job from the factory!!!! Very Solid.

I chipped everything from 1/16" to nearly 2" stuff with it yesterday. No cloggs and most debris was quite small exiting the shute.

I suppose green leaves or such might clogg, as I haven't tried pine bows yet. But it's a solit pice!

I ran it at 2100rpm on my B7800 so somewhere arround 490 rpm on the PTO. NO hesitation and still nice outflow. I'll have some heavy use for it this w/e and in the near future. I'll report with more then.

 

[nickel plate]

I just ran some pine through my BX42 last weekend and it jammed on the last cleanup load of very small broken off prunings. I think the fix for that would be to do several cleanup runs during the whole process or just discard the small stuff in another manner.

 

[Runner]

I second the comment about willow leaves clogging up the chute.

I like to keep my old Craftsman chipper/shredder handy. Anything too small for the BX42 goes through the Craftsman.