Wood Chipper recommendations

[Gem99ultra]

GEM - - WHOA!!!!! The owners manual with your new chipper should have EXACT instructions on how to shorten your PTO shaft - if its necessary. If you do not have exact instructions - - let me know - - I will attach exact instructions to a post here. Don't play silly games with the PTO shaft shortening. At the very least - it can cause serious damage to the chipper or your tractor.

I sure did find the instructions, read them, and understood them. As well as a dozen other video's on youtube. All are a bit different methods in the measuring, but the results were the same. And I did for sure get the measurements correct for the cutting. It was the protective outer tube guard that ate my lunch.

The first of 4 times I took it off and put it back together, the large end caps just snapped right in place; no problem. Then that last time - it just would not go back together, no matter what I tried. Upon close inspection, I 'think' I broke the nylon bearing collar on both ends. At least they do pull apart very easily and won't snap in place.

I went ahead at put the sleeves on loose and chained them to the tractor for a measure of safety. I've also found that Tractor Supply sells replacement parts for that PTO as well. Mine seems to work fine, but I'd like it to be 100% correct and safe, so I'll take mine to TSC and see if I can buy the replacement parts.

PS - That Woodland WC68 is one hoss! I'm loving it!!!

 

[oosik]

Ha - - GOOD on you. I think I used my first chipper - Wallenstein BX42S - at least a dozen times before I realized there were grease zerks on the plastic PTO shaft cover. Soooo... something broke on that cover - - I just chained it on to one of the lower arms and went on about business. On my new BX62S I grease the cover/shield zerks right along with everything else.

 

[MNBobcat]

I have a Wallenstein PTO chipper rated for 4". It self feeds, too. I paid $1,900.00 for it. I'm likely going to sell it as I haven't used it for several years.

I found 4" to be plenty big enough. Anything bigger than that I keep to burn.

 

[NTG]

Delivery from Buffalo, NY to Warm Springs was 7 days after placing my order. Heck - that's Amazon kind of service!

Small world, I'm over in LaGrange. I too went with the Woodland Mills WC68 and mine is supposed to be delivered tomorrow.

 

[sea2summit]

Anyone know the flywheel weight of the Woodland Mills WC88?

 

[oosik]

Anyone know the flywheel weight of the Woodland Mills WC88?

Excellent question - their web site specs list EVERYTHING except the weight of the flywheel.


However - I can give you an approximate weight - - my Wally BX62S flywheel - 30" x 1" = 197 pounds The Woodland Mills WC88 flywheel - 24" x 1" ~~ 160 pounds.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Small world, I'm over in LaGrange. I too went with the Woodland Mills WC68 and mine is supposed to be delivered tomorrow.

You're going to like the WC68. Let me know if you want some training and/or experience in the cutting & stacking phase Seriously, if you need any help with the assembly, let me know and I'll come give you a hand.

 

[sea2summit]

Excellent question - their web site specs list EVERYTHING except the weight of the flywheel.


However - I can give you an approximate weight - - my Wally BX62S flywheel - 30" x 1" = 197 pounds The Woodland Mills WC88 flywheel - 24" x 1" ~~ 160 pounds.

I found the WC68 spec-ed at 120#, can't remember the reference sorry. Even at 160, four blades seems like it's going to ask a lot more of the PTO than the Woodmaxx with two blades and more flywheel.

I'm still in decide mode so no flaming please

 

[sea2summit]

You're going to like the WC68. Let me know if you want some training and/or experience in the cutting & stacking phase Seriously, if you need any help with the assembly, let me know and I'll come give you a hand.

How about a demo 20 miles east of columbus

 

[oosik]

I've only had one problem with the Wally chippers and it had NOTHING to do with flywheel weight. When I had the BX42S on the 26hp Ford 1710, the discharge chute would plug up because pine pitch would coat the inside of the chute. Solution - cut, stack and then let small pines dry for a year prior to chipping.

My new Wally BX62S does not have the pine pitch plugging problem - larger discharge chute - higher air flow.

One thing I have noticed, for sure. Heavier flywheel means smoother chipping. The difference between the BX42S vs BX62S is noticeable.

JMHO - but about the only advantage of going to any chipper that can handle anything bigger than 6" diameter stuff - heavier chipper flywheel.

Its a real PITA for me to drag and stack 6" diameter pine trees. I can do it for about two hours and then its break time.

If I had a chipper that could handle trees bigger than 6" butt diameter - honestly - it would not do ME much good - I could not drag the cut trees out to stack and chip.

If you need a real monster chipper - - Valby - - they have PTO driven models that have 600+ pound flywheels - will chip up to 10" material.