My side job tree work has turned into enough that my woodmaxx wm8m just wasn't keeping up and was clearly not enough for the volume of brush I needed to deal with. At the last tree job I did, my friend brought over a morbark 9" unit that he had to "test" after doing some engine work on it for his neighbor. As expected, the difference was night and day even though I had more hp and could chip a physically larger in diameter piece before I bogged down.
So I began hunting for something larger, but still a 3pt unit as the portability/maneuverability is invaluable to me.
Last week I found a BC906 listed in central PA. I was already going to upstate NY for a friends birthday party so the 3 hour detour worked perfectly. He was the original owner and was retiring from a landscaping business. He gave me all the manuals, spare blade set, and even a VHS safety tape haha.
The only oddball part is he had the dealer mount it on a trailer so he could just pin it to the draw bar instead. It worked perfectly for me picking it up though as I just bolted a 2" coupler onto the channel mount and it saved dragging an empty trailer on the way out. I'll get it cut off this week and turned back into a 3pt unit.
Just in case there's any towing safety police here, the hitch on the car is the factory euro hitch rated for 4klbs, car has helper bags in the rear coils, it's a tuned diesel that makes 600lb/ft at the tires, has larger brakes than a pickup truck, safety chains were hooked up, and magnetic lights were installed on chipper. Averaged 21mpg at 70mph with the cruise set on the freeway. Was comfortable as can be.
So I began hunting for something larger, but still a 3pt unit as the portability/maneuverability is invaluable to me.
Last week I found a BC906 listed in central PA. I was already going to upstate NY for a friends birthday party so the 3 hour detour worked perfectly. He was the original owner and was retiring from a landscaping business. He gave me all the manuals, spare blade set, and even a VHS safety tape haha.
The only oddball part is he had the dealer mount it on a trailer so he could just pin it to the draw bar instead. It worked perfectly for me picking it up though as I just bolted a 2" coupler onto the channel mount and it saved dragging an empty trailer on the way out. I'll get it cut off this week and turned back into a 3pt unit.
Just in case there's any towing safety police here, the hitch on the car is the factory euro hitch rated for 4klbs, car has helper bags in the rear coils, it's a tuned diesel that makes 600lb/ft at the tires, has larger brakes than a pickup truck, safety chains were hooked up, and magnetic lights were installed on chipper. Averaged 21mpg at 70mph with the cruise set on the freeway. Was comfortable as can be.
