What kind of wood chipper is this?

[bearlindsay]

My Kubota came with the wood chipper, and I was just wondering what brand it is? Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!

 

[Peter 315]

Might be a old salsco wood chipper there made in Cheshire, CT , You could send them a picture

 

[mpilihp]

The center part with the wheel and blades in it look like a DR Power unit nut the rest no.

 

[bearlindsay]

Might be a old salsco wood chipper there made in Cheshire, CT , You could send them a picture

That's very helpful! The tractor came from Middlebury, CT (about 20 minutes away).

 

[bearlindsay]

So I emailed Salsco and they got back to me confirming that this is NOT a Salsco chipper. Does anyone have any other ideas?

 

[Ortimber]

The design looks very similar to most Chinese machines.

 

[ericm979]

It doesn't look like any of the Chinese chippers I've seen. It's got the major parts in kinda the same places but the details are all different.

The mesh guard over the feed drive looks kinda sketchy. Also they geared the rotor down. Normally the rotor's running at PTO speed or geared up 2:1. Is there a safety bar that stops the feed in case it grabs your arm? It doesn't look like it. The feed chute is tiny. I think it's home made.

 

[bearlindsay]

The feed gear does have an automatic clutch but your arm definitely wouldn't provide enough resistance to trip it.

After I heard back from Salsco, I started looking around again and it looks more and more like a Machete chipper. It has the same style feed and looks similar but my feed is mounted on top and the rest seemed to be mounted from below. But the yellow color seems to match (even though mine was painted).