How does a Woodland Mills WC-68 compares to a stand-alone 6" wood chipper like this one

[SylvainG]

23 HP@PTO so nope, don't have the power to drive a 88

 

[oosik]

My only experience is with manual feed Wallensteins. I chip ONLY pines. That's all I have on my property. 900 to 1200 small pines from stands that I thin every spring. 1" to 6" on the butt.

My BX62S pulls the pines in so hard and fast - it's frightening. It chips a heck of a lot faster than I can feed it off a piles of trees. My process every spring - identify, fell, drag to pile, pull off pile and chip.

I would guess if you had crooked limbs and trees - the hydraulic in-feed would be an advantage.

I've heard nothing but good reports about the Woodland Mills chippers.

I have certainly never had a moments problem with my Wallenstein.

 

[PEJ5]

Not sure if the rented feed is hydraulic but it autofeed using the same kind of puller wheel as the WC68. When you fed it something that bogged it, it simply stopped feeding, waited until the chips cleared the chute and the feed automatically continued. My tractor has a 23 HP PTO.

@Underdog57, I have lots of spruce and white pine at my place. What did you have to do to unclog the chute?

That Veneer 700 looks like a much larger chipper than the WC-68 so it may not be fair to compare. I own a WC-68. We decided to buy to avoid burning in our hot dry summers. We have lots of cleanup to do on a property that has been mostly untouched in 40 years. It is great to be able to chip when we want to and as long as we feel like. Renting would cause me to rush and work til exhausted. If we run out of work, we'll simply sell it and the resulting "cost" will be low - used chippers sell fast$$.
It chips very well and will take large branches that fan out. The hydraulic intake just pills it in, and makes the chipper safer when I have helpers feeding. It will certainly chip whatever will fit in the intake. I have had jambs in the chute, but it has been from trying to chip powder - totally rotten large branches that should not have gone in. I remove one bolt to tip the chute and shove a branch down it to clear the packed-in powder. Other than that, it produces great chips that we use on the property on paths and gardens and share with the neighbours.
I like the folding intake for more compact travel in the woods without wacking it on a tree and for compact storage in the garage.