Wood Chipper: best 3PH ~ $2,000?

[scuvnut]

And another for vote for Salsco.

I purchased their PTO model a few years ago. I did alot of reserach on a variety of chippers and my philosophy is to buy implements that will outlast me. I have no doubt that this one will.

I actually live 20 minutes from the factory in Chesire, CT. The product is of the highest quality and the company and their employees are also of the highest quality.

I went over and even met one of the principals. I toured their factory and was super impressed. I asked what I would do when the Knives dull and he said to bring them over and they would sharpen them for no charge. Don't hear things like that very often!

 

[Oldchuck]

Latest DR catalog came today. New 3PH chipper: $1889 and $2339. Chipper-shredder: $3419. Free shipping until the end of July. From the photos the units look kind of flimsy to me.

 

[Ductape]

Hmmmm....... nothing new on their website.

 

[Rara Avis]

Wallenstein BX42...$2599
Industrial strength...
Wallenstein BX42 Wood Chipper

 

[ChuckinNH]

Wallenstein BX42...$2599
Industrial strength...
Wallenstein BX42 Wood Chipper

That is what I am buying too, but it is a bit more money.

 

[Ductape]

At the dealer in my town they tell me the Wallenstein BX42 is $2999 ........ which only applies if they have one in stock. They would not quote a price on anything Wallenstein that is on their next shipment., due to the rapidly rising steel and fuel costs.

 

[yankeerider]

Latest DR catalog came today. New 3PH chipper: $1889 and $2339. Chipper-shredder: $3419. Free shipping until the end of July. From the photos the units look kind of flimsy to me.

Don't pass judgement based on photos alone. I decided to try one because of their 6 month free trial, 6 month no interest offer. I kept it. It does everything i wanted, the price was right, and it's made in the USA by Pennsylvanians.

 

[Rara Avis]

At the dealer in my town they tell me the Wallenstein BX42 is $2999 ........ which only applies if they have one in stock. They would not quote a price on anything Wallenstein that is on their next shipment., due to the rapidly rising steel and fuel costs.

Order it from
Woodward Crossings
178 Jackson Hill Rd.
Aaronsburg PA, 16820

Mine was shipped to my local feed store(they don't sell the stuff, they just received it for me) by FED EX Ground...

 

[FLHayman]

I bought the Wallenstein BX62 recently, and have been impressed. Their smaller model is the BX42. Very easy access to maintenance points, one bolt and the whole thing is exposed to check the knives, which are reversible and haven't dulled at all yet for me after about 5 hours of work.

The easy branches will blow out the discharge at a good clip, even below full PTO speed. The heavy flywheel and secondary twig cutting/chipping area may be what gives it such a good, directable discharge. When I put in a branch that ended up over 6 inches at a junction of two limbs, it stalled the tractor. I started it up, jammed it to full throttle (maybe 50 horses), and that piece of green wood just disappeared without slowing the flywheel. I heard that if my tractor can handle it, and it will fit in the chute, it should go, and it seems to be true. The shear bolt hasn't broke yet, and they supply you with some different strength ones, with the weakest installed as shipped.

The blower chute is easily adjusted without tools while it's running. The manual feed version is actually self feeding. That is, a branch will go in by itself once it contacts the knives/rotor assembly, and will surprise you with how quickly it will pull itself in and disappear. Hydraulic feed is simply retrofittable and the main reason I would want it would be to slow down a heavy, green limb that was very long....to keep the rpm from decaying....or I could use a bigger tractor. There's a curtain of conveyor belt-like material to prevent pieces flying back through the intake hopper, but I haven't seen a problem yet. One thing, when chipping lots of leaves on branches that are green, try to mix them with more woody branches to prevent the wet, green leaves from plugging the discharge chute.

Old, dead wood is fun to chip, because it is so easy with this thing, the tractor speed can be way down and it still feeds it right in. The pile of chips from a typical fallen branch is virtually unnoticeable, especially, if you adjust it to throw quite a ways, where it will scatter enough to disappear in the grass mat.

Best price I've seen on one: Wallenstein BX62 Wood Chipper

I paid a little more than that from Iowa Farm Equipment, who advertise on EBay as 24/7 or something like that, but they gave me a flat shipping price of about $300 and great service, had it in 4 business days, I think.

 

[gino45]

I checked out the Wallensteins. They look good; however, I noticed that the both said 'hand feed or hydraulic'.
Does this mean that for the prices shown you get the hand feed, and that the hydraulic is considerably more?