Wood chipper

[4shorts]

Thanks guys. I asked my Kubota dealer what was the most popular chipper they have sold and said they only ever sold three and all three was the Wallenstein BXM32. He said the other customers were happy withntheir purchase. That was good enough for me. I also figured the little tractor wouldn't work so hard with the 3" model. It's been said that if you use the BX 42 on a Kubota BX25 it will need to go all out to make it preform and I didn't want to work the thing to death.
Groundcover looks like your off to a great start on the mods my friend. I'm looking forward to seeing a thread or two on them. No doubt about it. You got the mother of shredders :laughing:
Thanks for your comments. :thumbsup:

 

[CHDinCT]

It's been said that if you use the BX 42 on a Kubota BX25 it will need to go all out to make it preform and I didn't want to work the thing to death.

Well, just for the record, as long as I'm chipping material 3" and under, I run my BX25 at about 2,500 RPM. When I run across the occasional 3"+ limb, I'll run up the RPMs temporarily. Really, any non decayed limbs near 4" and up go in the firewood pile anyway. My thinking on getting the BX42 was to future-proof the purchase against trading up to a larger tractor someday.

 

[4shorts]

Well, just for the record, as long as I'm chipping material 3" and under, I run my BX25 at about 2,500 RPM. When I run across the occasional 3"+ limb, I'll run up the RPMs temporarily. Really, any non decayed limbs near 4" and up go in the firewood pile anyway. My thinking on getting the BX42 was to future-proof the purchase against trading up to a larger tractor someday.

Chris I was only stating my opinion. I looked at the required specs and made my decision based on those specs. It looked to me the the BX was the bare minimum in a tractor to run the BX42. Again, that how I seen it. I never intended to put a chipper on my 5740 so I bought what I thought the BX25D could handle and looking at the specs on the BXM32 it seemed like the perfect match plus it as a shredder.
You got a great game plan for your BX42 because of a future larger tractor purchase. I just didn't want a 4" chipper on the back of my BX25D that could only do 3" comfortably.
According to the specs on the BXM32 it can shred and chip comfortably all day long on the back of a BX25. The flywheel is only 5lbs lighter than on the BX42 so its no sloutch and got great reviews. A very close friend of mine has the gas driven version of the BXM32 and says its great (see attached photo)
Now some have said they went with the BX42 based on hopper size. If hopper size becomes an issue I have a fix for that. Fabricate a larger hopper

 

[pjb09]

I have been looking at chippers for the last couple of months and have read most of the posts about chippers on this site. Many feel the 4" Wally to be a great chipper and will work successfully on a BX25. My dealer priced one for me and also suggested a Walco Renegade WC40 at a much lower price. He claimed it was virtually identical to the Wally. I decided to give it try. Ordered it last Thursday, dealer had it following Tuesday and delivered it to me on Thursday all assembled, greased and ready to go.
Nice day today, so decided to hook it up and try it out. Still lots of snow, but figured I could find some material on the ground that my wife had piled up last fall. Took me an hour or so with a hacksaw to get the PTO shaft cut to length. Had to get the manual out to figure out how to operate PTO without being on the tractor.
Took it down by the lake and started with some 1" stuff and worked up to 3" dry hardwood. Ran the tractor at 3000RPM and fed in two 2 1/2" pieces together. Did not even slow it down. Kind of noisy. Can definetly see using ear protection with this toy.
Here are a few pictures, it's difficult to tell from the Wally other than color. So far it works perfectly.

 

[pjb09]

I have been looking at chippers for the last couple of months and have read most of the posts about chippers on this site. Many feel the 4" Wally to be a great chipper and will work successfully on a BX25. My dealer priced one for me and also suggested a Walco Renegade WC40 at a much lower price. He claimed it was virtually identical to the Wally. I decided to give it try. Ordered it last Thursday, dealer had it following Tuesday and delivered it to me on Thursday all assembled, greased and ready to go.
Nice day today, so decided to hook it up and try it out. Still lots of snow, but figured I could find some material on the ground that my wife had piled up last fall. Took me an hour or so with a hacksaw to get the PTO shaft cut to length. Had to get the manual out to figure out how to operate PTO without being on the tractor.
Took it down by the lake and started with some 1" stuff and worked up to 3" dry hardwood. Ran the tractor at 3000RPM and fed in two 2 1/2" pieces together. Did not even slow it down. Kind of noisy. Can definetly see using ear protection with this toy.View attachment 307243View attachment 307244View attachment 307245View attachment 307246View attachment 307247
Here are a few pictures, it's difficult to tell from the Wally other than color. So far it works perfectly.

 

[pjb09]

First time taking pictures with my tablet and first time posting pictures. Sorry about the bathroom vanity picture. Was testing and didn't realize it was with the tractor pictures.

 

[Whisper35]

No worries PJB. I won't tell you how many pictures I took of myself when I was trying to figure out how to use my tablet:laughing:

 

[murphy1244]

They sell that in orange. You run at 3000 to get PTO speed?

 

[AStanton]

PJ,
I like the color of that chipper. It doesn't clash like the color on my Patu.
Good luck with that chipper and keep a push stick handy in case some branches give ya a hard time.

 

[pjb09]

The only color is grey. Probably helps keep the price down. I can always get a couple cans of Kubota orange if it ever bothers me.
Yes BX25 runs about 3000 to get pto speed. Using the backhoe I usually run about 2400. Loader work about 22 - 2300.