Recommendations on wood chippers?

   / Recommendations on wood chippers? #31  
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
 
   / Recommendations on wood chippers? #32  
you might want to look into a used stand alone chipper.. that is the route I am going to go... I want the tractor available to feed the chipper...
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

2022 CATERPILLAR CS54B SMOOTH DRUM ROLLER (A51242)
2022 CATERPILLAR...
Payment Terms (MUST READ) (A50774)
Payment Terms...
2020 KUBOTA RTV X1100C UTV (A51406)
2020 KUBOTA RTV...
12in Backhoe Bucket (A51039)
12in Backhoe...
2023 CFG QNT45 Mini Excavator (A49461)
2023 CFG QNT45...
2012 MACK PINNACLE (INOPERABLE) (A50854)
2012 MACK PINNACLE...
 
Top