Any recommendations for a chipper for B2601?
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I have a Wallenstein BXM32 chipper/shredder for my B2620. Very happy with it. It sure seems like I run stuff bigger than it's rated 3 inch through it. I do know anything that is too big to fit in it, is big enough that I cut up for the wood stove. My yard is mostly hardwood maple, so that is what I do mostly. I have yet to even sharpen a blade.
And I love the shredder for leaves. It turns them into dust and I just blow back over the lawns.
And I love the shredder for leaves. It turns them into dust and I just blow back over the lawns.
w900b
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The very best and the best value for the money ae the Woodland Mills chippers
oosik
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You haven't indicated how big your trees are. With your tractor, you will be limited to about 3" maximum. I run a Wallenstein BX62S with my Kubota M6040.
Almost( didn't get around to it this spring ) every spring I will thin then chip my pine stands. It's a major, annual project for me. I identify, cut, drag to pile and then chip - 1000 to 1200 small pines. They run from 1" to 6" on the butt. I've had my chipper for nine years now and have not had to reversed nor sharpened the blades. Pine is very soft and I'm careful regarding dirt & rocks.
I considered rental. Up until I found that there is no place locally that rents chippers. I chip when I feel like it and when the weather is nice.
I've had two Wallenstein chippers. The first one was BX42S. I bought the bigger chipper when I bought the M6040.
The two Wallenstein chippers have been flawless. Both were/are manual feed. I certainly do not need hydraulic in-feed to handle small pines.
BTW - Ponderose pine is the only type of tree I have here on the property.
Almost( didn't get around to it this spring ) every spring I will thin then chip my pine stands. It's a major, annual project for me. I identify, cut, drag to pile and then chip - 1000 to 1200 small pines. They run from 1" to 6" on the butt. I've had my chipper for nine years now and have not had to reversed nor sharpened the blades. Pine is very soft and I'm careful regarding dirt & rocks.
I considered rental. Up until I found that there is no place locally that rents chippers. I chip when I feel like it and when the weather is nice.
I've had two Wallenstein chippers. The first one was BX42S. I bought the bigger chipper when I bought the M6040.
The two Wallenstein chippers have been flawless. Both were/are manual feed. I certainly do not need hydraulic in-feed to handle small pines.
BTW - Ponderose pine is the only type of tree I have here on the property.
Dataway
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I've got a knock-off Wallenstein 42S on a BX2200 ... works fine for us up to 3" ... anything larger we are burning for firewood anyway. It's manual feed ... but it sucks things in by itself pretty well, sometimes too well. But we just use it for property and trail cleanup on our 12 acres, and for the maybe 3-4 good size trees we take down each year. Bullet proof little machine, nothing really there to break, couple of pillow block bearings, a shear coupling, some blades. The BX2200 will easily break the shear pins if over-loaded so I don't worry about damage to the drive train.
However if you are clearing a lot of mature trees you'd want something WAY larger. If it's a bunch of 12" dia pines you'd probably be ok, if it's 12" and larger hardwoods you are going to spend a lot of time standing next to the chipper.
BTW ... when we designate a trailer load of chips for the compost pile we park it next to the compost pile and feed the chips through the chipper again, takes them down in size about 50% and they compost way faster.
However if you are clearing a lot of mature trees you'd want something WAY larger. If it's a bunch of 12" dia pines you'd probably be ok, if it's 12" and larger hardwoods you are going to spend a lot of time standing next to the chipper.
BTW ... when we designate a trailer load of chips for the compost pile we park it next to the compost pile and feed the chips through the chipper again, takes them down in size about 50% and they compost way faster.
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PTO chippers are most satisfactory when fed one type of wood. When fed mixed hardwood and softwood the knives dull pretty fast.
I used to own a Wallenstein 42S. Sold it and returned to burning.
I used to own a Wallenstein 42S. Sold it and returned to burning.
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wawajake
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I have had a Wallenstein bx42 for 6 or 7 years now. I do a few trailer fulls of chips every spring and fall ....spruce , poplar, maple , birch and some Hawthorn...Knives are still great , havent flipped them yet. I would reccomend a wood chipper like Wallenstein for anyone that wants to have control over the job timing and have some good uses for the chips ( I use on my Atv trails and as mulch in garden between rows.
hslogger
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I second that. Douglas fir, western spruce, Western Red Cedar. sunflower stalks. brush and blackberries. I couldn't be more pleased.
diesel85
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A few years ago I cleared about 5 acres of densely wooded area, and I rented a commercial diesel powered wood chipper. I think it was in the neighborhood of 100 hp+. I'd load the log sections using pallet forks on my tractor and feed them into the machine. A grapple would've made it easier, but I only have my little BX2200. I rented it for about $750 for a weekend. I used the heck out of that weekend. I ran it almost 40 hours hard.
I was feeding it 12-14 inch diameter logs by about 6 feet. I'd chunk them up so it was easier on my tractor and a little easier that chipper. It was amazing that it still had a heck of a time eating the logs up even at around 100 hp.
The best part about it, I rarely had to leave the operator station of the tractor.
When the chip pile got too high, I'd use the tractor to push some of it down.
It was actually lots of fun.
The little stuff I piled up and burned.
In any event, if it was little saplings or little stuff, then a tractor wood chipper is OK. But not for clearing land or heavy duty use like I was doing.
I was feeding it 12-14 inch diameter logs by about 6 feet. I'd chunk them up so it was easier on my tractor and a little easier that chipper. It was amazing that it still had a heck of a time eating the logs up even at around 100 hp.
The best part about it, I rarely had to leave the operator station of the tractor.
When the chip pile got too high, I'd use the tractor to push some of it down.
It was actually lots of fun.
The little stuff I piled up and burned.
In any event, if it was little saplings or little stuff, then a tractor wood chipper is OK. But not for clearing land or heavy duty use like I was doing.
