Chipper Woodland Mills Chipper WC68 Review

[BLSXJ]

I'm at 28-30 hp at the PTO. I think what you will find is... you'll set the feed rate as slow as you can. even then 1 person cant really keep up feeding the chipper and it will chip everything your talking about. ( assuming branches about 8' long in a less then perfect pile)

 

[mcastles]

great and thanks. I have ordered the WC68 and should arrive end of the week. Will posts some results. I have lots to chip

 

[Gem99ultra]

Seeing your article today was very timely. I was ready to order a Woodmaxx WM-8H. About the same price and performance. BUT - Woodmaxx doesn't seem to want to answer their phone nor answer eMails. I'm not sure what's going on with them, but I'll give them today. If no response, I'll be ordering the WC68 tomorrow.

 

[mcastles]

I seriously considered the WM-8H but decided it may over power my tractor. The WM-8H weighs 950 lb vs the WC68 is at 700 lb. Plus my PTO is 21 HP and it just seemed too much. So far Woodland Mills tech support has been fantastic. I talked to them several times about the WC68 and were very knowledgeable.

Also, WM-8H will take at least a month to arrive where my WC68 will arrive this Friday, 1 week after ordering.

 

[ericm979]

21hp is not enough for an 8H unless you only want to run small material through it. The same is probably true of any 8" chipper.

 

[mcastles]

Right, but the Woodmax salesman tried to convince me it was fine since their min requirement in 19 hp....just didn't seem right

 

[ericm979]

With 32 pto hp on my Branson I have to throttle the feed way down to take 6" and larger material. Many people don't chip stuff that large but I sometimes do. For that I could use another 10hp.

 

[bkrgi]

I think people need to understand that bigger wood is going to require bigger HP no matter the chipper. Minimum HP just gets you through minimum wood size no matter what.
I looked at the WM-8 but decided for the TM-6H as it is better sized for 19PTO HP. No way am I going to chip big material so looking for the best chipper to handle at max 4" material using 19PTO HP. I think we have to be realistic regardless what any manufacture says

 

[Gem99ultra]

Seeing your article today was very timely. I was ready to order a Woodmaxx WM-8H. About the same price and performance. BUT - Woodmaxx doesn't seem to want to answer their phone nor answer eMails. I'm not sure what's going on with them, but I'll give them today. If no response, I'll be ordering the WC68 tomorrow.

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Ordered the WC68 yesterday. Delivery due next Friday. Customer response was incredible.

 

[mcastles]

My experience as well. It sure is nice to do business with people like that. I will receive mine today. Took exactly one week from purchase to delivery.

With your 28-30 hp at the PTO you are right in the optimal range