Chipper Chinese Chipper Review

Michael_C · Jan 5, 2006

I picked up the chipper last week. Working through China Best Products worked out fine, but there was minimal status given during the whole process, which may have been fair. If I had known it was coming, and all "players" were reputable, I wouldn't have desired any status - However, not knowing if China Best Products was legit, I had hoped to hear things like the unit is on the ship, and will be arriving on Tuesday, etc, ect. Anyway, now knowing they do as they say, I would order through them again without any hesitation. I've assembled the unit and still need to do the service. I'm hoping to do the service sometime in the next few days - that is if other "required stuff" doesn't pop up demanding attention.
Anyway, bottom line is China Best Products delivered as advertised, and is another viable way to get a Jinma chipper.

Scozz · Jan 5, 2006

What was your final out of pocket $ thru China Best?

cwarrix · Jan 5, 2006

( If I had known it was coming, and all "players" were reputable, I wouldn't have desired any status - However, not knowing if China Best Products was legit, I had hoped to hear things like the unit is on the ship, and will be arriving on Tuesday, etc, ect. )

I can understand wanting the status. I like it when companies give you UPS tracking numbers for stuff as well. But I was just thinking, even if they were a big scam, they could still give you status reports. You'd really have no way of checking. At the same time, if they are sending you status reports, at least you know they are still around /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'm not very patient with waiting for stuff like that, so I would have probably paid too much for one locally and got it sooner /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

( Anyway, bottom line is China Best Products delivered as advertised, and is another viable way to get a Jinma chipper.)

Glad it worked out for you! Should put other people at ease when ordering from them. Have fun chipping!

Michael_C · Jan 5, 2006

When ordering from China Best you get the chipper with an extra set of blades. I ordered an extra set of belts for an addditonal $15.

I paid $1565 to China Best, $25 for forklift fee at the warehouse in Alemeda, plus the cost of driving 60 miles each way to the warehouse. There was also a $25 fee to wire the money to them - could have avoided this by sending a check and waiting for it to clear, but didn't want to take a chance on it coming in while I was out of town. Otherwise, I could have had a couple weeks of storage costs at the warehouse(above and beyond the week of free storage they allow). Total out of pocket costs were $1615.
When I ordered the chipper, Steve at China Best said it would take 30 to 40 days. I placed the order on Nov 17th and it arrived at the warehouse on Dec 22nd. Steve was qucik to respond to emails, but it looked like they only get status updates when the shipments are just about here
This was the best price I was able to find in California, and the month delay in getting the chipper wasn't an issue for me - since we won't need it until spring time - I'm sure that doesn't fit everyones life/schedule.

rameye · Jan 5, 2006

Best of luck..

I paid 1450 delivered to the East coast..residential delivery last July.

Took it completely apart..reworked knuckle joints for smoother operation in addition to most of the aforementioned pre-maintenance.

Made mine eat a 6" tree, 30 feet long as advertised had to give my C42 a brake with the feed roller disengage to catch up on RPM's one time.

I would reccomend this unit to folks who are:

A mechanically inclined AND
B looking for a low cost, large capacity chipper AND
C will use the unit infrequently (ie project time, etc)

Litmus test= would I buy it again....yep!

kayssupply · Jan 5, 2006

I haven't read all the posts on the chipper. I would add that I had to add a brace to my arms for the 3 point. While bouncing around in the woods, they were starting to show a little bending. I used a slab of channel iron weded to them and redrilled the pin holes. I also put a 1" wide piece of flat stock on each side of the feed roller. I put them on a steep angle to help keep Honey Suckle vines from wrapping around the shaft of the feed roller. So far the thing I have had to deal with more than once is the pulley on the feed gear box working loose. I am afraid to put any more behind the allen wrench to tighten the set screw. I just watch it close and retighten.

cwarrix · Jan 6, 2006

( So far the thing I have had to deal with more than once is the pulley on the feed gear box working loose. I am afraid to put any more behind the allen wrench to tighten the set screw. I just watch it close and retighten. )

Would some Loctite help that set screw stay put? Just a thought.

moeh1 · Jan 9, 2006

I don't specifically remember the gearbox pulley, but the one on the other end of the belt had tapped holes for 2 set screws ( they are offset 90 degrees to keep thee pulley tight). The reason I remember is that one was missing. You may want to check for this on the gearbox end as well.
Are your arms that bent extended? Mine are all the way in, if they are still at risk, I'll reinforce now before they bend. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

DickThomas · Jan 19, 2006

OK, I ordered mine: Couldn't find a Jinma close enough to avoid shipping, so I contacted a FarmPro dealer nearby: He 'just happened' to have one assembled in stock, that they had demoed for someone, but not sold. I'll pick it up in a week or so - have to get my trailer out of the mountains! Thanks to all the discussion here, I'll know what to check over closely when I get it home. Wish me luck!
DickT