BX1860 & Salsco chipper--yes!!

George the Beagle · Dec 5, 2013

I'm into my third year of ownership with my BX1860, and I've never wished for more power...except I really wanted a wood chipper. I have a large stand of pine trees on my property and boy do they make a mess in the springtime. I have a brushpile that's approaching Mt Vesuvius in size. I've shopped for a chipper for over a year and almost bought a Wallenstein BX32 but couldn't quite cough up over $3k to buy the thing new. At any rate, my local dealer had a used Salsco 600 pto chipper, 3 1/2" w 40 lb flywheel. 600PTO CHIPPER | Salsco Inc. - I paid $1800 for it and brought it home this morning. Well, I just spent a couple of hours chipping away and it is the perfect size for the BX1860. Additionally, it's much better performing than the 16hp DR chipper I had a few years back. Not to mention the fact that I don't even have to have the FEL on to counterbalance it. As I said, perfectly matched. While it's manual feed, the vertical feed hopper works much better than the more horizontal one on the DR. The only thing I wish I had is an aim-able chute. Aside from that, it is slick.

Mendonsy · Dec 5, 2013

And it's the right color too!!

escavader · Dec 5, 2013

I have one too since 2005 never let me down

Ductape · Dec 5, 2013

Pics please !!

AStanton · Dec 5, 2013

Test.
I'm having problem uploading pics.

AStanton · Dec 5, 2013

One more test on advanced.

George the Beagle · Dec 5, 2013

AStanton said:
One more test on advanced.

Don't try to upload 'em yet as I haven't posted any. Will get a few in the morning.

CHDinCT · Dec 6, 2013

Nice set up. I picked up a used DR PTO chipper and ran it behind my old BX1860. Like your Salsco, it was a good match for it. My BIL borrowed it once and liked it so much, he bought it off me, so now I have a Wallenstein BX42. Chipping is one of my favorite tractor tasks. Run mine usually twice a year; once in the Spring for winter debris clean up, and again in the fall. Like you, I was amassing a huge brush pile that wasn't "recycling" itself as fast as I thought it would, so now I chip up what I can and use the chips as mulch around my yard. Double bonus! Here's a pic of the old BX1860 with the DR unit.