May get a new chipper

[5030]

Sold mine a year ago and got more than I paid for it, so all good with that. Being a pyro, I have way more fun roasting limbs and trunks than chipping them anyway plus it gives me a good place to get rid of used motor oil as an accelerant. I get a big pile together and then roast it. Matter of fact, I have a huge pile going on right now, 3 dead pines. Should make a dandy blaze.

 

[oosik]

I chip because burning, unless done in the winter, is just too risky.

 

[5030]

I chip because burning, unless done in the winter, is just too risky.

I'll do it just after a rain event.

 

[oosik]

That's another reason I chip. It doesn't rain here in the summer.

 

[RalphVa]

I used the chips to make garden mulch/compost.

 

[Erik M]

With the dry weather here and the costs of firefighting passed directly to the landowner if guilty of starting the fire it is much better for me to chip the brush as I use a lot of chips here each year and can make some of my own. Plus the composting process is much enhanced by chipping rather than letting everything pile up on the ground.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I had no interest in shopping for a wood chipper, but after reading this thread and watching YouTube videos all afternoon,
I WANT A WOODLAND MILLS WC-68 REAL BAD!

I better quit thinking about it!

I've had my WC-68 for 2 years now. Awesome piece of equipment. Zero failures, zero disappointments.

...start thinking. Spring's not that far off. Time to start cleaning up and clearing.

 

[oosik]

I don't compost my chips. Other than leaving the chips in piles where they fall. I chip pines along my driveway. Blow them back onto the driving surface. Makes a nice soft, dust free surface. And as long as I don't have to blade snow off the driveway - they stay right where they fall.

 

[OzKioti]

I've had a Woodland Mills WC-86 for a year or so, mostly used to chip olive wood prunings, but also general shrub & tree offcuts. The olive tree prunings tend to be quite knarly and the wood is semi-hard, but the hydraulic powered inlet roller grabs them and does a fine job.

I used a mates Wallenstein recently, and it was a royal PITA getting down on my knees to feed the bloody thing. In contrast, the Woodland Mills inlet shute is at waist height -- much more convenient and easy to feed.

The WM 86 has only clogged the outlet shute a couple of times, but that was my fault for over-feeding it! The 86 uses a PTO speed of 540 rpm, and the belt drive ups this to a much faster flywheel speed, thus much greater airflow, and subsequent muchly reduced clogging. I've heard anecdotally that the smaller 6" WM is more prone to clogging due to slower flywheel speed.

But overall, I'm happy as a pig-in-**** with the WM 86. Nicely designed and built, great features, and easy to maintain.

 

[RalphVa]

New owner is picking up the Mac this evening. Got the new HF QH and can put it on tomorrow when the WC46 arrives. Found the measurement from bottom lift arms to top to check placement of top link hook: 13 and 15 inches.

Ralph