drcollie
Silver Member
Just an update on my Woods 5000. I spent most the day chipping and my property (5 acres) is 90% poplar.....the Woods eats that poplar like nobody's business.
Then I got into the oaks on another section for the first time. Ruh-Roh! Not so easy now! The nice, almost-self-feed feature doesn't work on the hardwoods as well and you need to lay into the branches some....NOW I can see the need for the hydraulic feeds such as on the Salsco 824. That's very tiring feeding in some particular woods to the machine.
So ultimately it depends on what you are chipping. Some woods go in like a breeze and some don't. If I had primarily tough hardwoods, I'd be wanting that hydro-feed for sure. Yes, they're expensive......
BTW, that shedder feature really comes in nice on the Woods Chipper. You can stick a lot of bushy branches in there that you would otherwise have to trim to go into the chipper. Saves a lot of time but always wear long sleeves, gloves and my chainsaw helmet with earmuffs and face screen is well-suited to chipped duty. Had one good chunk bounce off the helmet today and the noise protection is a must-have.
Duane C.
Then I got into the oaks on another section for the first time. Ruh-Roh! Not so easy now! The nice, almost-self-feed feature doesn't work on the hardwoods as well and you need to lay into the branches some....NOW I can see the need for the hydraulic feeds such as on the Salsco 824. That's very tiring feeding in some particular woods to the machine.
So ultimately it depends on what you are chipping. Some woods go in like a breeze and some don't. If I had primarily tough hardwoods, I'd be wanting that hydro-feed for sure. Yes, they're expensive......
BTW, that shedder feature really comes in nice on the Woods Chipper. You can stick a lot of bushy branches in there that you would otherwise have to trim to go into the chipper. Saves a lot of time but always wear long sleeves, gloves and my chainsaw helmet with earmuffs and face screen is well-suited to chipped duty. Had one good chunk bounce off the helmet today and the noise protection is a must-have.
Duane C.