Big chipper!
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pennwalk
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Man! thats not a big machine its an industrial plant
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dmccarty
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shade2u2,
I need to borrow that machine for a couple of days! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif But
I'm afraid to ask what the per hour charge would cost me! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I have lots of wood to get rid of and I have two choices. Burn it. Or
get a processor to take of the problem.
Burning is cheaper.... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
But I would LOVE to have the chips....
Later...
Dan
I need to borrow that machine for a couple of days! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif But
I'm afraid to ask what the per hour charge would cost me! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I have lots of wood to get rid of and I have two choices. Burn it. Or
get a processor to take of the problem.
Burning is cheaper.... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
But I would LOVE to have the chips....
Later...
Dan
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That the cat meow for sure..better than burning big brush piles on a rainy day.
Hope they wear ear plugs
Hope they wear ear plugs
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Do you think that thing takes a Cat I or a Cat II hitch? /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif/w3tcompact/icons/hmm.gif/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
kevinro
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I recently built a new house. I had to clear about 2 acres of fir trees, which comes out to be about 400 trees. I wanted to have the stumps ground up in one of those big grinding machines. It just seemed to be more eco-groovy than burning, and we wouldn't have to deal with getting a burn permit in the middle of a forest. Then I found out the price.
Three outfits bid the job. The most common price was $5000.00 to setup (yep, thats a five thousand), plus $1500 a day to grind. That doesn't include the trackhoe required to load the stumps into the hopper, which is $1000.00 a day. In theory, it would have taken 2 days, making this a $10,000.00 bill.
The burn pile cost me $50 for the permit, $100 in labor to have someone sit and watch the fire burn at night, and $10 in beer to keep my labor happy overnight. The trackhoe was onsite doing the clearing anyway, so that still cost me a few grand which was paid for by selling the timber.
Great idea, overpriced in my area!
Kevin
Three outfits bid the job. The most common price was $5000.00 to setup (yep, thats a five thousand), plus $1500 a day to grind. That doesn't include the trackhoe required to load the stumps into the hopper, which is $1000.00 a day. In theory, it would have taken 2 days, making this a $10,000.00 bill.
The burn pile cost me $50 for the permit, $100 in labor to have someone sit and watch the fire burn at night, and $10 in beer to keep my labor happy overnight. The trackhoe was onsite doing the clearing anyway, so that still cost me a few grand which was paid for by selling the timber.
Great idea, overpriced in my area!
Kevin
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The local rental place has a big diesel powered chipper that can handle up to 16"...but at $400 a day and some sort of monster truck to haul it up my hill! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif It irks me to burn all that stuff, especially since around here all fires must be put out at night. Maybe when I take delivery of my new backhoe I can practice by digging a big trench and burying all that stuff! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Pete
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Pete
<font color=blue>Maybe when I take delivery of my new backhoe I can practice by digging a big trench and burying all that stuff!</font color=blue>/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Maybe I missed something. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Did you decide to purchase a Woods 7500 Backhoe? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
<font color=blue>Maybe when I take delivery of my new backhoe I can practice by digging a big trench and burying all that stuff!</font color=blue>/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
Maybe I missed something. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif Did you decide to purchase a Woods 7500 Backhoe? /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
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Only if it's hardwood! Those piney things don't put out much heat...and leave a gawd awful mess in the chimney! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif
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Sure did, Ron! After looking for months, (not really thinking I could justify the purchase), my wife calls around and finds one used (so gently used the paint on the bucket is hardly scratched except for the teeth!!!). Bought it for $4k for our seventh anniversary!
Now I just have to wait for this $%*@# snow to stop so I can go get it!
Pete
Now I just have to wait for this $%*@# snow to stop so I can go get it!
Pete
ronjhall
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Pete
That sounds like a good deal. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I’ll have to try that one on my wife. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif We are celebrating our 40th this fall. That should qualify for a good used<font color=orange> Kubota </font color=orange>4690. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
That sounds like a good deal. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I’ll have to try that one on my wife. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif We are celebrating our 40th this fall. That should qualify for a good used<font color=orange> Kubota </font color=orange>4690. /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
dmccarty
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Keninro,
Thanks for the info! WOW! I figured it would be expensive but 5K for setup!
I don't think so.
I figured it would be about $100 hour to run the grinder and another C note for
the front end loader. So at least that was in the ball park but 5K for set up?
Yikes!
Even at $2,500 per day and I would need at least two days at a minimum. I think
I'm going to be burn'n! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif My permits don't cost a cent and they can burn
all the time as long as they are watched....
Thanks for the info. Gives me an idea of prices when I make the phone calls.....
Dan McCarty
Thanks for the info! WOW! I figured it would be expensive but 5K for setup!
I don't think so.
I figured it would be about $100 hour to run the grinder and another C note for
the front end loader. So at least that was in the ball park but 5K for set up?
Yikes!
Even at $2,500 per day and I would need at least two days at a minimum. I think
I'm going to be burn'n! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif My permits don't cost a cent and they can burn
all the time as long as they are watched....
Thanks for the info. Gives me an idea of prices when I make the phone calls.....
Dan McCarty
There were lots of the grinders here in NC the last hurricain hired by the state to clean-up.
I talked to one of the crews and he said they were from Mississippi, and basically they worked for a year and took a year off. Of course the year they're working is a long way from home, 6-7 days a week, dawn till dusk.
With all the burning bans in this area now, this is one of the few ways a developer can legally get rid of the tree debris that's not sellable.
Plus the cost of dump trucks carrying non chipped material vs the chipped is greatly reduced.
I've got a 12" chipper that is really good with 2"-9" material, and ANYthing over 6-8" is fuel for my waterstove. I've done some local business on the side for $65/hr ($50 if the homeowner helps pull the material to the chipper).
I talked to one of the crews and he said they were from Mississippi, and basically they worked for a year and took a year off. Of course the year they're working is a long way from home, 6-7 days a week, dawn till dusk.
With all the burning bans in this area now, this is one of the few ways a developer can legally get rid of the tree debris that's not sellable.
Plus the cost of dump trucks carrying non chipped material vs the chipped is greatly reduced.
I've got a 12" chipper that is really good with 2"-9" material, and ANYthing over 6-8" is fuel for my waterstove. I've done some local business on the side for $65/hr ($50 if the homeowner helps pull the material to the chipper).
