Chipper Shredder

[5030]

Never broke any of the ugly welds on the Jinma and I was really overpowering it (ran it on a 95 horse pto). I could make it talk hard enough to cause the V belts to slip.. All the Chineseum chippers are crude anyway.

 

[5030]

I love chipping or shredding. Always do it naked. Lots of fun. Did it with Tomahawk/Mac for 26 years that way.

Can do a whole tree on the WM WC46. Just stick it into the hydraulic feed, and it just chips away. It's only $2,600.

You are weird. Chipping naked. Don't get your Johnson in the infeed, might hurt.

 

[5030]

Jamming 'em in otherwise adds too much labor.

..and it's very hard on your hands and forearms as well. The vibration of the limb being chipped goes right through you and it's far from pleasant.

 

[old and tired]

I have a chipper / shreader (BUSH HOG CS100P) it sits in the shed... I have 3 piles of brush that I add down trees too. They shrink over time and are super easy to ignore... Find a spot, out of the way, and just start dumping there....

PS. anyone want to buy a BUSH HOG CS100P?

 

[5030]

Put it on CL or FB Marketplace and it will vanish quickly. When I sold the Jinma, was on CL and it lasted 2 days. Finally told all the buyers that the first one to show up with the cash, was theirs. Used ones are obviously hard to come by and the new ones are overpriced.

I got the cash in my hand, loaded the chipper in the buyers pickup truck and that was that.

 

[Snobdds]

I tried to sell mine once, as I thought I finally chipped all I needed at the cabin...then I bought more land.

I had it on all the major selling sites locally, as you have to tow it away. I paid close to 20k and had it for sale for 12 and then 10K. Nobody had the money to buy it, but they all wanted it. I finally kept it and glad I did, or I would have to buy one again. I now know, don't sell it.

 

[hugo454]

woodland mills wc-68 is what I use, bought slightly used for $2200, works great.

 

[Gem99ultra]

woodland mills wc-68 is what I use, bought slightly used for $2200, works great.

Not trying to do the 'My dog is bigger than your dog', but I also bought a new Woodland Mills 68, but before the big price jump for $2K. Love that shredder.

It has been a slow process in cleaning up 13 acres that have been neglected for 50 years, but I'm slowly getting there. Got the trails cleared and now going after the pine beetle infested ones.

With the dangers and bans on burning, the WC 68 saves me a lot of grief. Now I can work a little or as much as I feel like working. But at 80+ y/o, it's easy to get behind If I had a LOT of acreage and a LOT of trees and brush and little time, I'd hire someone with a skid steer and mulcher to just get in there and get it done. But... I don't. (I hope.)

 

[5030]

No burning bans here unless it's inordinately dry and then not banned, just cautioned by the local fire Marshall not to get carried away.

 

[Budweiser John]

The great chipper vs brush pile debate will rage on forever, here’s my take:
Both are necessary. I bought a Wood Max 8H eight years ago and with one minor hydraulic valve issue (taken care of by Wood Max) the machine has performed as advertised. As the question goes, are you cutting down the brush or cutting up the brush? Brush has the same volume on the stump as off the stump, thus the beauty of a decent chipper. My mode of operanda, cut a little, chip a little, Handle the stuff once and done.
For yard clean up and the occasional tree branch dislodged by wind, a quick trip to the brush pile and done. Cutting large amounts of unwanted brush hauling and stacking seems like a colossal waste of time and energy to this ole dude….

B. John

 

[oldballs]

I'm with B John....

Load it, Haul it, Unload it, Burn it, How dry is it..?? How windy is it??? How long will it burn??

I do burn on certain occasions, but find both the small MacKissic Chipper/Shredder SC1650 HTE or the Woodland Mills WC68 have been my method of choice.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Torvy]

I initially had some "unnamed" shredder/chipper. It became obvious that it was WAY too small.

I've had two Wallenstien PTO chippers. First - BX42S. Now - BX62S. I've found that this brand chipper is REAL quality. I thin my pine stands every spring. This means I chip 900 to 1200 small ( 1" to 6" on the butt ) pines every spring.

I've been doing this with Wally chippers for over fifteen years and never had a single machine related problem.

I had initial problems with pine pitch plugging the discharge chute on the BX42S. Solved by letting the cut pines dry for a year.

Now with the BX62S this "aging" situation is not required.

Sounds great, but ouch! The 52S is $4340, the 72S is $6190....I guess they kicked them up an inch. I guess I will have to focus on another brand or look for gently used.

 

[RidgeHiker]

I have had a MTD chipper/shredder, a MacKissick 4.5" PTO chipper/shredder, and an 8" Woodmaxx PTO chipper. For me the PTO chippers are far better. The MTD was useless. I don't often chip nice straight logs that are at the limit of the Woodmaxx. I'd need much more than 32 PTO HP to do that effectively. But the 8" chipper makes is much easier to get irregular branches chipped.

It costs a lot more than your stated limit but it's much more effective.

We have a lot of brush and trees and vegetation grows fast here. We can't burn. There is always stuff that needs chipping.

How was the MacKissic PTO chipper/shredder? I have a Woodmaxx but they do not shred.

 

[oldballs]

I've found that both machines that I have are useful depending on the job at hand. On large major tree work the Woodland Mills WC 68 is my go to machine. But through out the year there are small storms with minor tree damage that my MaKissic SC1650 is all that I need. Brushy stuff, garden clean up, piled up leaves, smaller windstorm brances seem to be a year 'round chore. The shredder is especially useful for this and yet, a 2-3 inch branch can also be chipped. And Yes, sometimes I need a large burn pile.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[RalphVa]

How was the MacKissic PTO chipper/shredder? I have a Woodmaxx but they do not shred.

I had a Mac TPH-122 for 16 years. Worked great on 3 different tractors. Used it to shred leaves as well as wood up to 3.5 inches. My source for leaves dried up. Got a WM WC46 to replace it because we wanted something with more horizontal, automatic feed. The WC46 is great, too.

The Mac is so easy to work on. Rotated the hammers 3 times and then replaced the hammers and spacers. Replaced the one non zerk bearing. Even that wasn't much of a problem. Removed chipper blade several times with socket wrench allen tool.

Oh, I had a Troy Bilt Tomahawk for about 10 years. It's an absolute beast to work on. Rotating the hammers on it is a real job. You can spend hours hammering out the shafts because the spacers deform and "weld" themselves to the shaft. Have to replace the spacers each time, of course.

 

[LFP57]

I had a DR 4" chipper that has 18 hp motor liked it but wanted to do bigger stuff. So upgraded to a woodmaxx 8M. Works great enjoy the self feeding and larger capacity. Definatley would go with PTO option again if I had it all to do over.

I have one of these DR's as well. I have a Kubota LX2610 with a 19 HP PTO which is very close to the DR's power. I was patient and found the DR on Craig's List and for me, it has worked out perfectly. I can store it in a corner in the garage and wheel it out much easier than trying to maneuver it around with the tractor 3 pt chipper type. I can also tow it with my zero turn, car and ATV.

 

[ericm979]

How was the MacKissic PTO chipper/shredder? I have a Woodmaxx but they do not shred.

Since I got the Woodmaxx I've used the MacKissick only to shred, and only a few times.
Almost all the shredding I did was of material that I would chip except the MacKissick didn't chip small stuff well. I can get it down the Woodmaxx by pushing with a branch.

 

[oldballs]

I don't see that it make a differance whether the MacKissic is a PTO unit or a gasoline driven unit. My standalone Kac shreds peautifully with a choice of shredding grates. If it is smaller sticks I can chose to throw them into the hopper/shredder ...or.....larger stuff goes into the chipper chute. All of these machines have issues with some "stuff" that may be thrown into them.....e.g. Yucca

 

[RalphVa]

I don't see that it make a differance whether the MacKissic is a PTO unit or a gasoline driven unit. My standalone Kac shreds peautifully with a choice of shredding grates. If it is smaller sticks I can chose to throw them into the hopper/shredder ...or.....larger stuff goes into the chipper chute. All of these machines have issues with some "stuff" that may be thrown into them.....e.g. Yucca

The difference between a diesel driven PTO and gasoline driven separate chipper or shredder is BIG. Virtually NO stalls from the PTO unit vs. many on a gasoline driven separate machine. Even on my 18.5 hp diesel tractor, I don't recall ever having stalled the engine on it using the Mac.

 

[oldballs]

Can't say that I agree with you on that observation Ralph.
Cheers,
Mike