Chipper pictures

[ScottAR]

If you don't mind me asking, how much $ was the 160? Looks to be the best bang for the buck of their line...

 

[Rowski]

It's really hard to say what it actually cost me. They lumped the together the tractor, loader, backhoe, cab, and chipper. But I think they go for around $4k with hydraulic feed.

 

[ScottAR]

Hmmm, less than I thought... Many thanks.

 

[DocHeb]

Here's a web page with Valby CH 160, hydraulic feed chipper Sawmill City lists the hydraulic unit for $6800. That's a lot of rentals to break even!

 

[Rowski]

Hmmm.....

Must be they forgot to add $$ for the hydraulic feed when they sold me the tractor package. $6K is pretty steep and your right, one could rent a unit many, many times before you break even and you don't have any maintance. I just had my knives ground at a machine shop, $75 ouch. Was my own faulty, waited to long before having it done. The machince shop said if I bring them in sooner it would cost a lot less.

Live and learn.

 

[gerard]

Are the knives something you can re build with welding rod and grind yourself? I just did that with the cutting edge for my post hole digger and used an 80000 tensile rod and it seems to be holding the edge a lot better than the original. Not quite hardfacing rod which is 100,000 but better than mild steel. I've seen chipper knives and it seems like the same principal would apply.

 

[Hootie]

Here is my chipper. 1100 HP CAT made by Peterson Pacific.

 

[Boondox]

Good to see you having so much fun, Derek! How's it going?

A chipper is right up there with the tiller on the short list of implements I want but don't yet have. Unfortunately, at Empire Farm Days the Wife saw the price tags and nearly flipped! She insists that burn piles are much cheaper...then orders chips by the truckload. Sure would like to make those chips for her!

Pete

 

[Rowski]

It's going pretty well, busy, busy, busy! Between work, moonlighting, the 10 month old Nik, my dog it is a hand full. But that's the way I like it.

If you are interested I can let you know if I going to chip again, right now the job is done. I may be gatting another job later this fall. You can come up and give you a demo.

Its almost time for another mini get together?

 

[Boondox]

<font color=blue>Its almost time for another mini get together?</font color=blue>

If we wait much longer we could have it on the bobsled run I'll be making again this winter!

Pete