Recommend (or UN-recommend) a specific 3pt wood chipper

[TSO]

Well, ordered a matching blue Wallenstein BX42S today, should b here at the end of the week!

Ordered from Woodward Crossing in PA, at $2699 (plus shipping). Total cost came to around $2860. The best my local dealer could do was $3175.

Excited!

 

[oosik]

Congratulations. You got a great chipper IMHO. You will be surprised how aggressively the chipper pulls the limbs, trees etc in to the blades. Really makes you glad your arms are short.

 

[Kyle241]

Congrats! That is one nice chipper. I keep looking at the BX62 but am not willing to spend the money at this time. I am sure you will not be disappointed with your buy.

 

[TSO]

Thanks fellas... Typo on the shipping, total is actually $2895 shipped to my house. I was looking into the BX62 as well, but for the work I'll be doing with it, the heaviest will be this year and next... after that, it'll only work a few hours per year. So, the heaviest use will be during the warranty period anyhow, couldn't justify the extra $1000 for the bigger unit, especially since I cut anything bigger than 3" into firewood anyhow.

Big thanks to Karin at Woodward Crossing. Very nice lady, very helpful... can't wait for this thing to get here now! I've got some WORK to do with this thing :confused2:

 

[BigE_]

Let us know how it works out for you, especially on the evergreens limbs like I see in the background on your signature picture.

 

[oosik]

I know what you are talking about BigE. I have had problems, at times, with the pine pitch causing the discharge chute to plug. My answer is to keep small dead, dry pine trees & limbs handy when chipping. Every so often I send a dead limb or tree thru the chipper to clean out the pine needle accumulation in the discharge chute. Otherwise, it means stopping everything and clearing the chute. It usually happens when I get in a hurry and forget the "chute cleaning" procedure.

 

[newbury]

I know what you are talking about BigE. I have had problems, at times, with the pine pitch causing the discharge chute to plug. My answer is to keep small dead, dry pine trees & limbs handy when chipping. Every so often I send a dead limb or tree thru the chipper to clean out the pine needle accumulation in the discharge chute. Otherwise, it means stopping everything and clearing the chute. It usually happens when I get in a hurry and forget the "chute cleaning" procedure.

That should be a safety rule put in the manuals - Always keep some real easy to chip but decent limb around to feed thru and "clean" the system. I try to start off with a 6' limb 2"+ in diameter as a "push" stick. When vines and roots get wrapped around the roller I feed a little of the push stick in to "clean" the system.

 

[TSO]

That should be a safety rule put in the manuals - Always keep some real easy to chip but decent limb around to feed thru and "clean" the system. I try to start off with a 6' limb 2"+ in diameter as a "push" stick. When vines and roots get wrapped around the roller I feed a little of the push stick in to "clean" the system.

That is a good tip, thanks. Is there much of a learning curve with this? From the vids I've watched on youtube, looks like I just toss it in and enjoy the show ?? :cool2:

 

[TSO]

Well, got the Chipper today! What a great transaction this was with the folks at Woodward Landing. I was hoping it would get here by Saturday, Friday at best... all I can say is wow. In the days of disappearing customer service, they sure are a page out of the old-school handbook.

Anyhow, the chipper arrived nicely packaged on a good, protective pallet. Took about 30 or so minutes from the first cut of the plastic wrap to having it on the tractor - not too bad. Just a few bolts here & there. Fired her up and used her for about an hour or so. This chipper really works well! I am pleased with the size chips it produces, and it moves them along quickly. I think this will turn out to be a good implement purchase for me.

 

[murphy1244]

Them Wallys are one tree eating machine! Congrats.

 

[DB Pilot]

TSO,

Thanks for reminding me of the great Woodward Landing experience I had 2 years ago when I bought my (orange) BX42 from Karin. All is working well with the machine. I remember the first time I took the blades off to sharpen, the paint made it hard to get the bolts loose. But now it is much easier. For quick cleanup I shoot the chips into a small dump cart. When you put the tractor away everything is neat in the area you were working, no pile of wood chips to pick up. One thing you will find is that too many leaves dry or green will clog the chute. I have been hit in the head with a branch and a chunk of wood has been shot back out of the chute at me. but it is not as dangerous as it sounds as I wear my chainsaw earmuff/visor/hardhat when chipping. You have really chosen a great machine. Happy chipping.

 

[murphy1244]

TSO,

Thanks for reminding me of the great Woodward Landing experience I had 2 years ago when I bought my (orange) BX42 from Karin. All is working well with the machine. I remember the first time I took the blades off to sharpen, the paint made it hard to get the bolts loose. But now it is much easier. For quick cleanup I shoot the chips into a small dump cart. When you put the tractor away everything is neat in the area you were working, no pile of wood chips to pick up. One thing you will find is that too many leaves dry or green will clog the chute. I have been hit in the head with a branch and a chunk of wood has been shot back out of the chute at me. but it is not as dangerous as it sounds as I wear my chainsaw earmuff/visor/hardhat when chipping. You have really chosen a great machine. Happy chipping.

How do you sharpen your Blades?

 

[DB Pilot]

Oh Boy. sharpening the blades. The first time I got the blades off I was looking at a variety of files, angle grinder and bench grinder. But I found a ski edger (see picture). For sharp 90 degree edges. First I run it along the beveled edge of the chipper blade and I get and keep a nice flat and straight surface. Then I do the flat back edge, just for small burrs. I clamp it in a vise of course and since I am just following the machined angle and keeping that nice and straight I don't worry about finding the right angle to grind at. I sharpen after about 3 or 4 hours of use. If that beveled edge gets rounded over by not doing regular sharpening I can see this method might not work, but so far so good. As you can see the edger plastic runs along the cutting edge so it doesn't grind that away it just files on the beveled surface. Won't work on mower blades. I wouldn't go out and buy a ski edger for this but if you have one laying around give it a try as I am thinking of making a jig to hold the cutter and then I can file level.

 

[BigE_]

I sharpen my blades after about 20-30 hours. I just use my half speed grinder and set the grinder rest to the correct angle. Then I I'll freehand it on the rest. Keep some water nearby so that you don't lose the temper in the blades.

I generally use an impact wrench to loosen the bolts, but I have a completely different chipper.

 

[DB Pilot]

Here is my sharpening setup. The ski edger works with a pull towards you action. I think the finished edge is like factory sharp and straight. I like how sharp I get the blade and it does not take long to hand sharpen. good luck.

 

[jrboss]

Anyone have thoughts on the Titan Attachments WC001? ... Primarily going to use for 1.5 inch and smaller ... Tractor is Kubota B2100 20hp ... So can't go very big anyway.

 

[northernmaine]

I just bought one of those and they are getting it back, lots of problems with the self feed mechanism. They also sell a BX42, same as Wallenstien, $200 cheaper to boot.