Chipper New Chipper

[cddva]

Here's a pic of my newest attachment, Pequea CX551 pto chipper, I'm using on an L39. I put it to work this weekend chipping up limbs/branches from a storm a few weeks ago as well as from some tree clearing I'm doing. It has a self-contained hydraulic feed unit that works great. Overall first impression......nice unit!

 

[Ductape]

Looks good! I'd like to see some pics of it in action.

 

[Riddler]

My dealer has one of these available for $5,300. Is there anything not to like about the CX551, or the pricing? I will run it on a TC45. Other PTO chippers with hydraulic feed cost a little more (e.g., Wallenstein BX62), but if no one has any negative experiences to share about the CX551, I just as soon save a few dollars and go with this option. Thanks.

 

[ddivinia]

Holy crap that looks like a serious chipper. $5300 seems cheap.
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[RoyJackson]

Very nice!

 

[Riddler]

I hope it works as good as it looks!!

Despite its heafty appearance, the CX551 is only rated for 5" material. Other chippers in its class (e.g, Wallenstein, Salsco, Bearcat) are rated for 6" material. That could account for the slightly lower price point.

The other frustrating thing is that there is precious little information online regarding this chipper. Even Pequea's website is devoid of information (except for a bare bones press release).

All I can really gather is that the unit's flywheel spins at 2x-3x the tractor's PTO speed, and utilizes double drive belts with constant tensioning. The unit may also have some sort of automatic feed rate adjustment (i.e., that reduces feed rate if the tractor begins to bog down), but I am not sure about that. I guess I will need to interrogate my dealer more thoroughly before I sign on the dotted line.

 

[3RRL]

The unit may also have some sort of automatic feed rate adjustment (i.e., that reduces feed rate if the tractor begins to bog down), but I am not sure about that.

I suspect you're right about that.
The hydraulic flow would be directly related to how fast things are spinning. Since yours has a hydraulic feed rate, just like with any other hydraulic functions, the faster/slower the hydraulic pump spins, the faster/slower it operates.

 

[Riddler]

3R, I know that some of the chippers with hydraulic feed have sensors built into the unit to detect a loss of rotor speed and to adjust the speed of the hydraulic feed roller accordingly. I suspect that the reason for this is that the tractor's hydraulic flow, which powers the feed roller on the CX551, won't diminish as fast or as far as the tractor's PTO speed when the chipper is being overloaded. In fact, the tractor may have to nearly stall out before the feed roller sees a significant drop in operable flow or pressure. Hence, some other mechanism is probably necessarily to diminish the hydraulic flow sooner so that the chipping rotor has a chance to regain momentum before too much momentum is lost.

 

[Nuru]

Good looking unit. On occasion I could use something like that.

 

[dillo99]

hey cddva,

how is it working for you? Just curious - looks awesome!