Clearing Alders

[jsborn]

Nice looking project . What Brand Chipper do you have and would you recommend it ? I am trying to decide on burning or chipping . I would rather chip but as with GM and Ford I haven't gotten my bailout and may have to just burn.
By the way my Grand kids would love to come help you if they could play in the mud too.

 

[Oldtrout]

Nice loking set up Lloyd, your chipper looks just like mine, they sure will eat a lot of brush,I fed mine a few 8 hour days and it was still hungry. I probably put 100 hours on the chipper this past season,other than the odd time the chute plugged, no problem. I have been dumping my chips in the compost pile,along with loam and seaweed I can't find anyone that will buy them , however we use the compost in our landscaping business,however would like to find a market for the chips. Any ideas?
How is the Kioti working out for you? My CK25 has done everything that we threw at it and no problems,but would love a cab especially after the last snow storm however during the summer I have to lower the roll bar to work under trees etc. I really can't justify the cost of larger tractor at this time,however if we have another good year I may have to take another drive to Kentville and make Mike smile. But in this economy I am a bit gun shy,I had a few customers cancel because of high Canadian dollar this past summer,oh well.
Well have to go put hoe on a guy just called wants an hours work done,probably turn into 8 hours...but I bill by the hour

Have a great day everyone....

Wayne

 

[Lloyd_E]

JS/OldTrout,

The chipper is wallenstein 42. I works great - glogs a bit but I think it is on my end.
We are limited to seasonal fires. I opted for the chipper it will keep me busy for a while plus potential business. I always look at cost recovery some how.

We worked out a few bugs with he kioti at first, but it is an amazing machine. I tend to baby it - it needs to last me a long time.

Re: chips I will be starting to do farm markets in the spring, so the plan is to sell compost and chips/mulch by the feed bag. It uses feed bags plus will bring in some cash. I will also advertise if they want larger loads I can fill their pick-up or trailer. I also have lots of landscape co. in my area so I am hoping to sell to them. You may want to up the anti by selling it as 'organic'.

Lloyd

 

[Treemonkey1000]

When I do a lot of chipping I try to separate the chips that are from evergreens into one pile. The fir and pine needles are a bit acidic for most garden plants. Roses and Rhodies like a higher acid content. Then the hardwoods and leaf tree chips I keep in a separate pile. The folks with horses like those kinds of chips for where the horses mush it up a lot. Some horses aren't very bright and will eat the chips with needles in them which gives them a bad stomach or gas I guess Hard to tell when them horses have more gas than normal though..
I have a little Vermeer 6" chipper with a 25 horse Gas engine. Would be nice to step up to the 9" which wouldn't clog as much on big branches with lot's of fluffy needles on them.