oosik
Epic Contributor
My first chipper was a Wallenstein BX42s. I used it with my Ford 1700 - it was great. Then I got my 2009 Kubota M6040 and traded up to the Wally BX62s. Its been a fantastic chipper also. The ONLY thing I have to chip are pine trees - 6" in diameter and smaller. I thin my pine stands every spring and identify, cut, drag and chip between 750 to 900 small pines every spring.
Its all I can do - to drag 6" pines out of the thickets to a pile then later to chip. That's why I don't have the 72 or 92 and I'm NOT ABOUT to increase my work load by cutting larger trees into chunks. Handling 750 pines in the spring is quite enough - thank you.
BTW - I've never needed hydraulic in-feed on either chipper. Everything goes in butt first with no limbs removed. The chipper will grab the trunk and pull the pine in like a child grabbing a candy cane. It actually such a strong and fierce inward pulling action - many who have come to assist have been noticeably frightened.
Its all I can do - to drag 6" pines out of the thickets to a pile then later to chip. That's why I don't have the 72 or 92 and I'm NOT ABOUT to increase my work load by cutting larger trees into chunks. Handling 750 pines in the spring is quite enough - thank you.
BTW - I've never needed hydraulic in-feed on either chipper. Everything goes in butt first with no limbs removed. The chipper will grab the trunk and pull the pine in like a child grabbing a candy cane. It actually such a strong and fierce inward pulling action - many who have come to assist have been noticeably frightened.
