PTO Chipper Advice -- maneuverability and center of gravity concerns

[bigtiller]

Pair that up with an electric top-handle chainsaw and you'll be ready for some fun times watching all the brush disappear.

 

[oldballs]

According to my notes from a phone call, the flywheel weight of my WoodlandMills WC-68 is 80 lbs. ??

Just used mine last week to clean up the wind storm damage of the past month.

 

[Code54]

Pair that up with an electric top-handle chainsaw and you'll be ready for some fun times watching all the brush disappear.

Even better yet is a battery-powered saw (I use a Dewalt) - awesome for trimming odd shaped branches while chipping.

 

[outdoorben]

I have one! Other than replacing those ridiculously expensive batteries, it's fantastic.

 

[outdoorben]

According to my notes from a phone call, the flywheel weight of my WoodlandMills WC-68 is 80 lbs. ??

Just used mine last week to clean up the wind storm damage of the past month.

I'm not sure where I go that, but I can't find the info on their website. If it is really just 80lbs, that is not good.... I thought I had been very thorough....

[ Edit: I found a video from WM that says it is 100lbs. Grrrrrrrr.... ]

 

[bigtiller]

I have one! Other than replacing those ridiculously expensive batteries, it's fantastic.

Great, they play well with wood chippers.

 

[drumminj]

I'm not sure where I go that, but I can't find the info on their website. If it is really just 80lbs, that is not good.... I thought I had been very thorough....

[ Edit: I found a video from WM that says it is 100lbs. Grrrrrrrr.... ]

I'm not knowledgable about the impact of flywheel weight, but I will say I'm very happy with my WC68 so far. Been chipping up a lot of cherry trees lately (we had a bunch taken down from our septic/pasture area). Cutting up the trunk/lower limbs for firewood and chipping anything 4" down.

Not regretted the choice for a moment.

 

[Hughman]

Price point, including shipping and included lift gate service. While not promised, they said it was pretty common to get box truck delivery instead of a tractor trailer if requested.

Make sure you call the shipping company before they deliver. They weren't planning on sending mine out with a lift gate truck until I told them I had no way to unload it. The female driver that showed up the next day was able to manage it by herself because of the phone call I made. Very quick delivery time when I got mine.. about 4 days from the time I ordered it (to California).

 

[ericm979]

I tell the trucking company dispatcher to send their smallest truck and oldest driver. That usually gets a laugh but the young drivers are more likely to get scared by the road and refuse to come up.

 

[outdoorben]

I tell the trucking company dispatcher to send their smallest truck and oldest driver. That usually gets a laugh but the young drivers are more likely to get scared by the road and refuse to come up.

I will definitely do that!