need suggestion on wood chipper

[wyatt097]

Hi, I'm looking for a used/new small PTO wood chipper to use on my JD 5038 (38 horsepower). Here are some chippers I found, willing to hear your experience on them. They looks quite similar weight with each other, so I assume they are similar chipper.
Woodmaxx MX8500g $2525, best reputation compare with others

WoodMaxx MX-8500G+

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Titan WCBX42 $2100

https://www.palletforks.com/tractors/3-point/forestry-equipment/3-point-wood-chipper-attachments/WCBX-GROUP.html

Victory BX42S $1920

BX42S Self Feeding PTO Wood Chipper - Victory Tractor Implements

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NovaTractor BX52 $1700

BX52 wood chipper

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[alexpops]

If you can swing it, the woodmax wm 8h is great. The reverse helps clear jams and the auto feed makes it pretty much a one person job without needing to tend the hopper.

 

[jb1390]

I'd look at Woodland Mills also. I used to have a Woodmaxx 8H, it was an alright chipper for what it was. I sold it when I purchased a Bandit 90.

None of the chippers you linked to have a powered infeed, which might be limiting unless all that you have to chip is very straight.

Comparing the woodland mills to the woodmaxx I had, I like a lot of the features that woodland mills offers. I have their stump grinder and one of their sawmills, I think the bang for the buck is excellent.

 

[wyatt097]

If you can swing it, the woodmax wm 8h is great. The reverse helps clear jams and the auto feed makes it pretty much a one person job without needing to tend the hopper.

thank you for the suggestion, I see many commons on woodmaxx wm8h, good reputation, but my budget is around 2k, not too much work so I m fine with a small gravity feeding chipper.

 

[oosik]

I've had two Wallenstein chippers. First was a BX42S - now a BX62S. Fantastic chippers. Both models have been upgraded by Wallenstein. I chip ONLY small pines. 1" to 6" on the butt. Every other year - 800 to 1200 small pines - thinning my pine stands. So... no need for the hydraulic in-feed option.

I would recommend the smaller Wallenstein - BX52S - but, LORDY - the price increase on Wallenstein chippers is astronomic.

If I were looking to purchase a new chipper today - I would definitely consider brands other than Wally. Just because of the price.

 

[GSVette]

I shopped the heck out of chippers 2 years back and ended up with the Victory 8H mostly due to lead time ( got mine delivered less than 3 weeks after order), free shipping and price. It is, for all intents and purposes, a Woodmax or Woodland Mills 8H clone. My only really dislike is the lack of a folding chute. The customer service has been terrific.

 

[sea2summit]

thank you for the suggestion, I see many commons on woodmaxx wm8h, good reputation, but my budget is around 2k, not too much work so I m fine with a small gravity feeding chipper.

At 38 HP (32 PTO?) I don't think you have enough to spare for self feeding. I think you're on the right track. I have a WoodMaxx 8800 and love it to death, very solid construction and easy to open up for maintenance/blade changes etc.. I think it's one of the "mostly" American made chippers available depending on the model.

 

[arto98607]

I bought used S&R ProChip about 25 years ago (no longer in business) and was just using it yesterday for fir branches.
It's a perfect match for my needs & my small (19 HP) tractor and based on my use there is no way I would buy a PTO chipper without feeder!

S&R has a mechanical drive feed which is OK, but it lacks feed roller speed adjusting unlike current chippers with hydraulic drive feeders have.

I like the Woodland Mills models features like easy opening access for service etc.

 

[ericm979]

I shopped the heck out of chippers 2 years back and ended up with the Victory 8H mostly due to lead time ( got mine delivered less than 3 weeks after order), free shipping and price. It is, for all intents and purposes, a Woodmax or Woodland Mills 8H clone. My only really dislike is the lack of a folding chute. The customer service has been terrific.

The Woodland Mills chippers are a different design from the Woodmaxx 8H. In many ways they look better but I ended up with a Woodmaxx 8H mostly because from videos it looks like it feeds easier than the Woodland Mills single feed roller design.

I also have an older MacKissick self feeding chipper. Having had both power feed and self feed, I would not want another self feed chipper. Power feed is much safer and is also easier to operate.

 

[arto98607]

When the knives of a 'self feeding' chipper get dull, it's like a 1/2 of a chipper in my experience.

 

[oosik]

Nine years of use on my BX62S - the blades are still razor sharp. Because I chip ONLY green pine and I don't drag them thru the dirt and mud. That represent chipping between 7500 to 8500 small pines. At that rate - I'll probably croak before needing to get the blades sharpened. Heck - I haven't even reversed the blades yet.

 

[oosik]

I found a chipper that, supposedly, will work on a 35hp tractor. It's not a unit the average homeowner is going to buy. It has hydraulic in-feed lift to help grab incoming material and load sensing - to stop in feeding when the chipper rotor slows. Load sensing is probably why they say it works with 35hp. Lordy -- the chipper rotor weighs 600#. I haven't found a price yet but I'll bet it's astronomic.

www.salsco.com Look at the - 810PTO model.

 

[zzvyb6]

I found a Woods TCH4500 demo sold cheap because it didn't like to chip anything. Turns out there are some blades offered as replacements (in fact by Woods) that are too small and wrong angle. I found out the name of the company that originally made the blades for this machine, but they WOODN'T sell them retail. A Woods dealer in Ann Arbor got them for me and it now works very well. My JD 35hp 1070 doesn't even care that it's there on 4" material. Didn't come with a screen, but seems to have holes for one. Only issue I have with it is the low discharge chute, you have to kick the chips out of the way or it will plug up the rotor area. But it was only $1400 and essentially brand new.

 

[arto98607]

I would buy couple of sets of spare knives if you plan on keeping the chipper.

If it's not a common chipper (or knife) model, they could be pretty expensive if they had to be custom made later.

Just saying...