what chipper should I buy and why

[Storm56]

Thanks for being soooo helpfull

I am a firm believer in that one should attempt to help themselves first....

 

[murphy1244]

I like my Wallenstein BX62 very much, and I like that reading the many posts about chippers convinced me that I did not need the hydraulic feed option - TBN posters saved me money, thank you. I run my chipper on a 40 hp New Holland, so we have similar power.

PS: BX62 is a chipper only, does not shred stuff into fine pieces.

Thanks for the helpfull reply. I have mucho scrub to shred so what do you advise?I also need a blower model.

 

[jbrumberg]

Wallenstein BXM series are their chipper/shredders- the BXM32 and BXM42. They both have discharge chutes. You could handle either. I have a BXM32. It works for me.

 

[dave1949]

Thanks for the helpfull reply. I have mucho scrub to shred so what do you advise?I also need a blower model.

I don't know about blowers. the bx2 has a discharge chute that can be rotated 360 deg. and aimed up/down - like a snowblower chute. It throws the chips 15-20 feet, they land in a fairly compact pile. It could easily throw them into a pickup or trailer. The "blowing" action comes from the fanned air produced by the flywheel, it has some paddle blades incorporated into it. Of course, a lot of the force is because the cutters are "throwing" the chips too.

If you could give a description of your "scrub" I could probably predict what a bx62 would do with it. Mine will clog on white pine needles and when chipping stuff that is more small twigs and leaves than wood. A shredder is better for that stuff. Since I have become familiar with that, I alternate solid woody stuff with twiggy/needled stuff to keep the chute cleared out. There are physical principles involved, imagine throwing a pine needle as hard as you can versus throwing a wood chip that is 2-3 inches long and 1/4 inch thick. They just don't behave the same way bouncing through the chute.

 

[murphy1244]

Okay, let's back up a bit. Are you looking at the right tool for the job? In NE Ohio, your invasive species might be something like russian or autumn olive, multiflora rose? Whatever it is, if it is 2" in diameter or less and up to 25' tall, I would use a bush hog-- if it is out in the open where you can run your tractor through it.

Your 40 hp tractor will run a 6' medium duty bush hog with no problem. Put your FEL bucket about 1 foot off the ground and use it to push it over the tall stuff, keep going forward --do not back up-- you may create a few "spears". Get turned around and hit it from the opposite direction by letting your bucket cutting edge pick up any spears and flop them back over the other way. After a couple a three passes, there shouldn't be much left.

If that works for you, it is a lot less work than shredding or chipping.

I guess I didn't explain myself too well.There is no way I could go of the paths in the woods. I need to cut these bushes and do what ever to them. Me, I would burn them but the misses does not care for that.

 

[dave1949]

I guess I didn't explain myself too well.There is no way I could go of the paths in the woods. I need to cut these bushes and do what ever to them. Me, I would burn them but the misses does not care for that.

Well, it was a thought. Just wanted to be sure. What will you cut them with? Will you have to spray the cut-off stubs with herbicide to kill them off? Does your area have a compost drop-off where you can take them and dump them for free? How big of a project is this?

 

[Code54]

Wallenstein! When I needed one I searched and checked them all and decided to buy the Wallenstein and am still glad I did. Never a problem and works great so if I needed another one I would buy the same make again.
Good luck

 

[murphy1244]

Yes, I have to spray all bushes and grapevine. The area is 22 acres.No compost just cut and shread. I want to thank you for being helpfull in this thread. I am sorry for they way I and another poster acted.

 

[dave1949]

Yes, I have to spray all bushes and grapevine. The area is 22 acres.No compost just cut and shread. I want to thank you for being helpfull in this thread. I am sorry for they way I and another poster acted.

No apology necessary, life can be stressful.

22 acres is a lot, you must love your wife to pieces. I am picturing an area that here and there, has vines and bushes you want to get rid of without a lot of collateral damage.

You have to cut the bushes with something, I would recommend something like my Stihl FS-250. It can use a regular string trimmer head, a three-bladed brush and weed cutter --looks like a big jujitsu throwing star, or a circular blade with embedded chain saw teeth for woody stuff up to 3"-4". It's a real workhorse and a lot more fun and safer than bending over and reaching in with a chainsaw.

Sounds like your plan after cutting is to drag them to your tractor on a path and chip/shred them. The grapevines won't do well at all in a chipper is my guess.

I think you are on the right track, find a chipper-shredder combination unit. It seems like a unit with power feed rollers would be very helpful. I don't have any experience with those, and a BX62 doesn't sound like the right unit for sure.

Good luck.

 

[murphy1244]

I found a wallenstein bxm 42 chipper shredder for 4450.00 It weighs 800 lbs and has a 170lb fly wheel.