hddnis
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Some time back when I needed a chipper I was looking at PTO chippers and decided against them because they plug up too often with evergreens. I'd run big chippers in the past when I did high climbing and really wanted that capability, but it comes at a price.
After a bit of shopping I picked up a used Bandit disc chipper with 125hp and 14" capacity with 18" infeed opening. It is a small chipper compared to what I used to run, but big enough that I wouldn't be fighting to feed stuff through it. It cost me less than what a PTO chipper with half the capacity costs. The main advantage has been that the chipper hooked to the truck leaves the tractor free to move material.
A note on safety, we never run the big chippers alone, ever. Rule is if someone is feeding someone else is standing by just watching. When you have a chipper that can devour a whole tree in thirty seconds you only have two or three seconds to react if some gets caught in brush that is being pulled in.
After a bit of shopping I picked up a used Bandit disc chipper with 125hp and 14" capacity with 18" infeed opening. It is a small chipper compared to what I used to run, but big enough that I wouldn't be fighting to feed stuff through it. It cost me less than what a PTO chipper with half the capacity costs. The main advantage has been that the chipper hooked to the truck leaves the tractor free to move material.
A note on safety, we never run the big chippers alone, ever. Rule is if someone is feeding someone else is standing by just watching. When you have a chipper that can devour a whole tree in thirty seconds you only have two or three seconds to react if some gets caught in brush that is being pulled in.