drcollie
Silver Member
I searched long and hard for the right match of a chipper to my BX22, one that would get the job done and be as inexpensive as possible (we all's like to keep ours money, eh?). I'd read on all the tractor lists about how you really 'needed' to have a hydraulic feed otherwise you'll be busted up after about 4 hours work. Trouble was. all those hydraulic feeds coupled with a 4" - 5" chipper equals something north of $ 5K as an admission price. Do I really need to spend that much?
Then I looked at the cheap chippers, the ones made in China and the ones like the Dr. Chipper PTO model by www.countryhomeproducts.com. I almost went for the Dr. Chipper model as it had an appealing price point, but the open design of it didn't look as safe as some of the others and the flywheel seemed a tad on the light side.
After much teeth-knashing, I decided on the Woods 5000 Chipper (same as the 5" Bearcar Chipper Shredder) and crossed my fingers that I'd not regret the hydraulic feed models. Plunked down $ 2,500 and picked it up today. Seemed to be about the right weight for the BX22 and has a 5" capacity.
One I hooked it up on the Class 1 I went out in the woods for a test drive.......HOLY CHIPPED WOOD !! This thing is an animal....it just gobbles everything up as fast as you can toss it in the chute. I ran it for about 2 hours and was amazed at how much material the chipper gobbled up and the little itty-bitty pile of debris left behind. I also can't figure out why so many clamor for hydraulic feeds.....one you get the branch in, it gobbles it up by itself so it hardly seems worth paying twice as much for a chipper to get that feature.
The Woods 5000 fits perfectly behind the BX series tractors and the engine bogs down only on very long, thick branches (14' or longer, 4" thick). I'll probably try to limit length of the branches to 8' or so with a quick chainsaw cut.
PTO chippers are definitely an improvement over loading everything into the pickup and taking it to the county dump (my old method of wood debris removal). MUCH faster, and less hassle than to simply grind it all up.
And it's kind of a violent attachment - as least as compared to something like a core aereator, which makes it all the more fun to use <grin>. Every time I tossed a branch in the hopper I couldn't help but think of the movie "Fargo".
Woods 5000 Chipper : RECOMMENDED.
Photos attached
-Duane C.
Then I looked at the cheap chippers, the ones made in China and the ones like the Dr. Chipper PTO model by www.countryhomeproducts.com. I almost went for the Dr. Chipper model as it had an appealing price point, but the open design of it didn't look as safe as some of the others and the flywheel seemed a tad on the light side.
After much teeth-knashing, I decided on the Woods 5000 Chipper (same as the 5" Bearcar Chipper Shredder) and crossed my fingers that I'd not regret the hydraulic feed models. Plunked down $ 2,500 and picked it up today. Seemed to be about the right weight for the BX22 and has a 5" capacity.
One I hooked it up on the Class 1 I went out in the woods for a test drive.......HOLY CHIPPED WOOD !! This thing is an animal....it just gobbles everything up as fast as you can toss it in the chute. I ran it for about 2 hours and was amazed at how much material the chipper gobbled up and the little itty-bitty pile of debris left behind. I also can't figure out why so many clamor for hydraulic feeds.....one you get the branch in, it gobbles it up by itself so it hardly seems worth paying twice as much for a chipper to get that feature.
The Woods 5000 fits perfectly behind the BX series tractors and the engine bogs down only on very long, thick branches (14' or longer, 4" thick). I'll probably try to limit length of the branches to 8' or so with a quick chainsaw cut.
PTO chippers are definitely an improvement over loading everything into the pickup and taking it to the county dump (my old method of wood debris removal). MUCH faster, and less hassle than to simply grind it all up.
And it's kind of a violent attachment - as least as compared to something like a core aereator, which makes it all the more fun to use <grin>. Every time I tossed a branch in the hopper I couldn't help but think of the movie "Fargo".
Woods 5000 Chipper : RECOMMENDED.
Photos attached
-Duane C.
