More chipper questions - mostly about feed type

oosik · Oct 9, 2018

Well - HA - I got you guys beat all to heck. I cut the small pines off - leaving a stump of 6" high or so. Then Mother Nature comes along and in 3 to 5 years all the little stumps have rotted off.

I have more or less dedicated trails/paths/driving lanes - whatever - all over the property. So a patch of freshly cut stumps is never a problem. Besides, even though I will severely thin a stand of small pines(cutting 75% of the total number) - it still has way too many remaining to ever drive my tractor thru. So - leaving stumps is not a problem for anybody.

If somebody sees my thinned stands and does not like that I left the stumps standing - - WELL, AH HA - there is no question but that he is trespassing. Better get his poo together and get back on the county road. The old fart with his shotgun just might be out looking for trespassers!!!!

SplitHoof · Oct 9, 2018

Another vote for the Woodmax 8H. We have mostly cedar trees and they were planted too close together and so they have some gnarly limbs. We don’t chip anything much over 6” but the 8”x8” opening reduces your trimming work to make the limbs fit. We usually add side boards on the old truck and blow the chips in it.

Another excellent tool any land owner should have. Chips have a lot of good uses instead of just burning the limbs up.

Heywood Jannockitov · Oct 9, 2018

I started my search for a pto chipper by checking out used ones in the 6" capacity range.
I thought I would pick up a nice used Wallenstein or equivalent hydraulic feed chipper.
Well, I couldn't find any.
Any of the used chippers out there that were sitting at farm equipment dealer lots were manual feed ones that had been traded in when the previous owners upgraded to hydraulic feed chippers.

This convinced me to buy a new hydraulic feed Wallenstein bx62H.
Hydraulic feed allows governing the speed that the branch feeds into the chute which can substantially reduce the violence of the branch thrashing about in the chute. Easier on the tractor too.
I'm sure I won't have any trouble selling it when I don't need it anymore.

oosik · Oct 9, 2018

It didn't take me long to figure out our local used ag implement situation either - Heywood. Been at this location for 36+ years and have NEVER found anything that is homeowner sized or worthwhile.