Chipper Chipper shredders (CS) revisited
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LNL
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I have a 10hp DR chipper, I bought it used for $500. It still looks new and the owners manual is dated 1999, so it can't be too old. It works good, I have been chipping oak limbs that are well seasoned. It is stated to chip up to 3.5 inch limbs. The machine is loud and requires hearing protection. It has a trailer tounge made to tow behind a riding mower. Works great! The machine sells for around $1200 new off the DR web site. (country home products) Larry
DavidInNH
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I've also been using a TroyBilt chipper (10 HP). TroyBilt went belly up around the time my chipper did last year.
I had a chat with my local dealer right after he got back from training and he told me that the various groups of Troybilt have all been sold to different companies. He believes that most of the products are being continued under Troybilt branding and that he has a solid line of parts.
After almost 10 years of pounding myself on this chipper I managed to rationalize myself into a used Kubota L48 with FEL and backhoe plus a new Salsco 826 chipper (surely I should win a prize for that feat...). I just used the chipper for the first time this weekend and it is absolutely awesome. It has a reversible hydraulic feed and you just load and turn around to get the next log. It has a 6"x12" infeed so you don't have to trim branches on most pieces.
I had a chat with my local dealer right after he got back from training and he told me that the various groups of Troybilt have all been sold to different companies. He believes that most of the products are being continued under Troybilt branding and that he has a solid line of parts.
After almost 10 years of pounding myself on this chipper I managed to rationalize myself into a used Kubota L48 with FEL and backhoe plus a new Salsco 826 chipper (surely I should win a prize for that feat...). I just used the chipper for the first time this weekend and it is absolutely awesome. It has a reversible hydraulic feed and you just load and turn around to get the next log. It has a 6"x12" infeed so you don't have to trim branches on most pieces.
LGinIA
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I just recently purchased a Bear Cat 70554 5" PTO Chipper/Shredder for use with my Kubota B2410. Used for approximately 8 hours this past weekend and am very satisfied with the Bear Cat performance. Kubota "purred like a kitten" while chipping. Tractor did lug down on 5" limbs but handled all others just fine. The 70554 is self feeding once you insert limb to start. Unit seems quite durable, with a 140 lb. wheel with 4-knives and 36-shredding knives. Just so happens that the Bear Cat is "orange in color," an added benefit!
DavidInNH
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$6500 at Chappel's in Milford.
RN Johnson in Walpole also carries them, but they were a LOT higher. Salsco just came out with a 4" version this year.
RN Johnson in Walpole also carries them, but they were a LOT higher. Salsco just came out with a 4" version this year.