Talk to me about chippers

[oosik]

The chips on the few spots on my driveway do reduce the dust. I could transport the large piles and spread on the driveway.

However - if we ever get enough snow that I would need to plow the driveway - the chips, along with the snow, end up in the ditch.

 

[dougtrr2]

I have forest trails I put chips on. The power company comes through about every three years clearing power lines. I track them down and get put on the list for getting chips. Last year I hit the jackpot and got 8 truckloads of chips. I think it was because my dump location is on a cul-de-sac and easily accessible.

It takes a long time to spread that many chips. I have a Kubota BX24. Previously I would get the loader full and then hand shoveled chips into my carryall box. This last time I made a hitch mount on the back of my carryall for my 15cu ft JD trailer. I would balance my carryall on a 4x4, disconnect it from the tractor, and load my carry all and trailer with the loader, get the loader full of chips, reconnect the carryall and trailer, and finally go spread the load. It worked pretty well. My goal was to minimize my trips.

The 4x4 made it much easier to reconnect on the soft uneven ground. I could rock it up and down and shift it to make the connections.

Doug in SW IA

 

[Runner]

Carryall on the loader with extended sideboards is the best way I've found to handle wood chips. If I'm chipping, I chip directly into the box. If I am spreading from the pile, I load the box with the loader bucket, then, drop the bucket and take the box to where I need to dump the chips.

I either take off the front of the box to dump with the loader, or take off the side to unload at a tree ring, etc. Very easy to use a rake to pull the chips out the side wherever I need to place them.

 

[grsthegreat]

I blow the chips i to the back of my kawasaki mule. It has electric lift bed to dump.