niemeyjt
Silver Member
I have a Bearcat on a Kubota B1750 - about 15 PTO HP. Love it.
My thoughts - over two inches is firewood for me, so the lack of power is not such a problem, but to chip up to five inches needs around 35 PTO HP.
The shredder is great for brash and tops - and also for clearing the debris at the end - you do not want to rake stones up and put them in a chipper!
Chipper and shredder both discharge into trailer - useful to avoid double handlling but I guess if I was shredding very slushy stuff it could clog.
One thought not mentioned - sharpening - some blade are curved and need specialist sharpening (neighbour's Jenson I think is). Others, like Bearcat, are straight so can be done yourself on a Tormek or similar.
Finally, my personal take is to avoid Chinese for a variety of political and economic reasons, as well as quality, and go European, US or Japanese.
J
My thoughts - over two inches is firewood for me, so the lack of power is not such a problem, but to chip up to five inches needs around 35 PTO HP.
The shredder is great for brash and tops - and also for clearing the debris at the end - you do not want to rake stones up and put them in a chipper!
Chipper and shredder both discharge into trailer - useful to avoid double handlling but I guess if I was shredding very slushy stuff it could clog.
One thought not mentioned - sharpening - some blade are curved and need specialist sharpening (neighbour's Jenson I think is). Others, like Bearcat, are straight so can be done yourself on a Tormek or similar.
Finally, my personal take is to avoid Chinese for a variety of political and economic reasons, as well as quality, and go European, US or Japanese.
J
