Stump Grinder Woodland Mills WG24?

[milesaweigh]

Interesting. Would love to hear more about your experience with the chipper. I really like the angled infeed. There aren't a whole lot of reviews out there for that particular model.

We had been using a troybilt chipper for a few years but it was a frustrating thing to use. It worked great on hockey stick handles but anything with a bend would not feed into the chute.
Then we bought another 7 acres of woodland that hadn't been maintained for many years and with all the deadfalls, alders etc. we needed something that would chip the majority of the material we were collecting.
The Woodland Mills chipper filled the bill. I had never seen one but a couple of friends had recently bought bandsaw mills from them and the quality was good so I took a chance. Glad I did.
If you have the horsepower it will eat 8" wood. In my world that is firewood, but that big throat allows the infeed roller to grab odd shapes and once the roller has it chips will follow. This thing weighs 1100lbs. and is quite large so a smaller tractor may have trouble getting it high enough to move around on rough terrain. Infeed speed is adjustable so you can match it up with your pto power. 100 bushels of chips so far and I haven't broken or even adjusted anything yet.
I don't think you can do better for twice the price.

 

[dickfoster]

I bought their 8" chipper in the spring. Heavy duty, good quality and has chipped everything from dead white spruce to birch and maple with no issues. Way less money than anything comparable.

Good to hear. I'd have to opt for their 6 X 8 chipper because my 32 HP is at the lower limit for their 8 X 8 chipper but it shouldn't be much of a hinderance for my needs.

 

[TedReese]

Could be out to lunch, but you can compare three different models with 19-19.5 PTO HP (540 RPM) but they are all at different engine RPM. For example the BX2670 is at 3068 rpm, the B2650 is at 2500 RPM, and the L2501 is at 2105 RPM. If you convert those numbers into torque you'd end up with roughly 33.3 ft-lbs, 41 ft-lbs, and 48.6 ft-lbs, this is why the bigger displacement would or at least should run something like the stump grinder without bogging down as much.

It's all just math, but from the numbers you provided, they all end up with the same torque at the PTO.

3068 rpm reduced to 540 rpm is a 5.68 reduction. 33.3 ft-lbs x 5.68 = 189.2 ft-lbs
2500 rpm reduced to 540 rpm is a 4.63 reduction. 41.0 ft-lbs x 4.63 = 189.8 ft-lbs
2105 rpm reduced to 540 rpm is a 3.90 reduction. 48.6 ft-lbs x 3.90 = 189.5 ft-lbs

 

[roadhunter]

We had been using a troybilt chipper for a few years but it was a frustrating thing to use. It worked great on hockey stick handles but anything with a bend would not feed into the chute.
Then we bought another 7 acres of woodland that hadn't been maintained for many years and with all the deadfalls, alders etc. we needed something that would chip the majority of the material we were collecting.
The Woodland Mills chipper filled the bill. I had never seen one but a couple of friends had recently bought bandsaw mills from them and the quality was good so I took a chance. Glad I did.
If you have the horsepower it will eat 8" wood. In my world that is firewood, but that big throat allows the infeed roller to grab odd shapes and once the roller has it chips will follow. This thing weighs 1100lbs. and is quite large so a smaller tractor may have trouble getting it high enough to move around on rough terrain. Infeed speed is adjustable so you can match it up with your pto power. 100 bushels of chips so far and I haven't broken or even adjusted anything yet.
I don't think you can do better for twice the price.

Interesting and thanks for the info. I was sold on the woodmaxx until I saw a 906 Vermeer (9" capacity over 2,000 pounds) which I was sold on until I saw a Bandit 200 (12" capacity over 3,000 pounds). I've got around 60 HP at the PTO and a cat 2 hitch so weight is not an issue. But this looks like a nice value compared to the Woodmaxx which is similarly priced and weighs about the same. I like the angled infeed.

I have a bearcat pto chipper and my old farmall super M works it pretty good even spinning the belts if the hammermill slows down as the tractor just keeps going. This might be a good chipper to replace the bearcat with.

 

[Snowback]

The following is my "seat of the pants" opinion. My tractor is rated 31hp at the PTO. I feel this is just hitting the mark with a power to design ratio. I assume lesser powered tractors should be fine with it, just not as efficiently.

How's the grinder holding up Tin Knocker?

Here is a new video with an in depth description of the design, the bearings, the slip clutch and the pivot feature that acts as yet another safety feature...

Sure is tempting, but good 'ol Bobby Hoke out of Huntsville could knock out about 200 stumps in a full day with his huge Vermeer. Watching is not as fun though. Decisions, decisions.

 

[Tin Knocker]

Sorry for slow response snowback. The thing gets used ALOT. I remain tickled pink with it as long as Its used in its own element. Its a landowner machine for clearing trails and reclaiming property when trees and shrubs start overtaking the house, sheds, outbuildings, driveway and other purpose areas. The video is a good depiction of reality with softer woods and a little experience. It is perfect for my intended purpose. There are times when I keep the pin in, just depends on the situation. There are times when with the pin out the thing will start jumping, at one time the PTO shaft seperated. Some may call it user error. It is a simple machine that does alot of work for a little bit of money. I dont feel that I have settled and am impressed with its build quality and capabilities. The negatives would be one heck of a neck ache after four hours of use, grinding depth, favors HST unless your that good and some owners of smallish tractors may find themselves a little disapointed. Hope this helps

Edited to add, it takes a little finesse when the ground is sloped around the stump

 

[dickfoster]

First impressions - My son and I went through about 35 stumps with it yesterday. There was some frustration in the beginning until becoming more acclimated with the machine. My youngest son took some video of it on his phone in the beginning but not later when we actually got good at it. Video actually depicts a couple of idiots on a tractor lol. On the L3800 with no QD I find an acceptable sight picture of work being performed. However one is leaning to the right, head turned and looking down to obtain that sight picture. A few hours in that position can get old. Im sure operating without HST would make it even more fun. It seemed slow going but in reality we were moving right along. Given enough HP this grinder will tare up a stump in short order. However rough terrain or a mound around the stump can make things tricky. You can find yourself biting nothing to biting more than you can chew as you move forward. This thing has only seen a few hours of use so I cant really give an educated opinion on it. But for first impressions I would give it an A for a land owner. It has a very fair price tag. solid materials and no stitch welding, manuverability on level terrain, aggressive cutting wheel, compactness.
The following is my "seat of the pants" opinion. My tractor is rated 31hp at the PTO. I feel this is just hitting the mark with a power to design ratio. I assume lesser powered tractors should be fine with it, just not as efficiently.

Thanks for your review. Seems very informative.

 

[Snowback]

Sorry for slow response snowback. The thing gets used ALOT. I remain tickled pink with it as long as Its used in its own element. Its a landowner machine for clearing trails and reclaiming property when trees and shrubs start overtaking the house, sheds, outbuildings, driveway and other purpose areas. The video is a good depiction of reality with softer woods and a little experience. It is perfect for my intended purpose. There are times when I keep the pin in, just depends on the situation. There are times when with the pin out the thing will start jumping, at one time the PTO shaft seperated. Some may call it user error. It is a simple machine that does alot of work for a little bit of money. I dont feel that I have settled and am impressed with its build quality and capabilities. The negatives would be one heck of a neck ache after four hours of use, grinding depth, favors HST unless your that good and some owners of smallish tractors may find themselves a little disapointed. Hope this helps

Edited to add, it takes a little finesse when the ground is sloped around the stump

Great additional feedback as well Tin Knocker. Appreciate the wisdom.

 

[noose]

Thanks to the OP for starting this thread as I've been trying to figure out how to remove literally hundreds of small stumps on my property.

What do you think this would do on mesquite tree stumps? I probably have 2 or 3 dozen 12-15" mesquite stumps but by far the rest are all 8" or less. Mesquite is very, very, hard wood. It dulls chainsaw blades in no time... On a hardness scale it is up there with live oak. Roughly 3 times the hardness of pine or cedar which is the only demo I can find (pine and cedar stumps). I don't want to buy the thing and it take me an hour per stump and have to sharpen teeth every stump or two. My soil is sandy loam with pretty much no rock.

 

[dickfoster]

Thanks to the OP for starting this thread as I've been trying to figure out how to remove literally hundreds of small stumps on my property.

What do you think this would do on mesquite tree stumps? I probably have 2 or 3 dozen 12-15" mesquite stumps but by far the rest are all 8" or less. Mesquite is very, very, hard wood. It dulls chainsaw blades in no time... On a hardness scale it is up there with live oak. Roughly 3 times the hardness of pine or cedar which is the only demo I can find (pine and cedar stumps). I don't want to buy the thing and it take me an hour per stump and have to sharpen teeth every stump or two. My soil is sandy loam with pretty much no rock.

Well I think the teeth are carbide so it should work right though that stuff. If you have any doubt I think the replacement teeth don't cost all that much and look easy to replace. So you know it takes diamond tools to machine and cut carbide. It's very tough stuff and the same stuff used in metal stamping dies which stamp thousands and thousands of metal parts before wearing out.