Wood Chipper
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deereman63
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Are you refering to a Jinma machine at about $1250.00. I think there is a number of considerations here.
1) What do you price this against. Say for instance you are going into the landscaping business then its life expectancy is not going to be the same as a very much more expensive machine. On the other hand what is the local cost of rental of a similar machine. ie how much time would you have to use it to break even against a rental. This would be the case if you are doing a one time clearance of a property Remember providing it hasnt completely disintegrated then it will have some residual value.
2) Safety considerations. There I dont know.
1) What do you price this against. Say for instance you are going into the landscaping business then its life expectancy is not going to be the same as a very much more expensive machine. On the other hand what is the local cost of rental of a similar machine. ie how much time would you have to use it to break even against a rental. This would be the case if you are doing a one time clearance of a property Remember providing it hasnt completely disintegrated then it will have some residual value.
2) Safety considerations. There I dont know.
dennysm
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I have owned a Danuser 5" chipper for 3pt pto for about three years now and have used it extensively on my 455 and now on my 2210 and find that the 2210 does a better job of running it . No power problems it has plenty and can lift it easly I have had very good luck with the unit but is no longer handled by Danuser but is still available under another name ??? somewhere. The only maintainance I have done is to sharpen the cutters.
Good luck
Denny
Good luck
Denny
I have to do a 1 time land clearing, then it will be just regular maintance from the limbs that land from storms, and helping friends/neighbors with the same. I have seen the one for 1250.00 and others priced from 6-800. I think the ones priced in the 6-800 range would do fine, just wanted to get some other input. Thanks Guys!!
Cliff_Johns
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have seen the one for 1250.00 and others priced from 6-800. I think the ones priced in the 6-800 range would do fine, just wanted to get some other input. )</font>
You've seen 3pt chippers for $600-800. Can you tell us more. I've never seen any that inexpensive. In fact, the least expensive I've seen in $1,399.
Cliff
You've seen 3pt chippers for $600-800. Can you tell us more. I've never seen any that inexpensive. In fact, the least expensive I've seen in $1,399.
Cliff
Hi! I've owned a bearcat 5 inch PTO chipper shredder for three years. I have had very good luck with it. It is very easy to change from course to fine chips. One of its best features is that you can access the blades to change them or clear an obstruction by removing only one bold. At times it uses all the power a 4410 has. Therefore if you have a smaller tractor you would have to be a little more careful at the size of material you're feeding into the chipper shredder.
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It was in Minnesota or somewhere up there where the female police office caught a fellow stuffing another fellow into a chipper (in a movie). That big one of Barrys would have given him less trouble in disposing of the body.
I paid $1100 for my 8 hp Troy Bilt, used, 10 years ago. They very shortly went down to around $800-900 new in dealerships there.
The local JD dealer here in Va has both an engine-driven and PTO-driven MacKissic that appear to be about the size of my TroyBilt for $1699 each.
I've a MacKissic that fits onto my Gravely that I'd love to get rid of. It doesn't have a chipper. The hammers are virtually like new. I've only used it, mainly on leaves, a couple of times because it does "eat" leaves better than the Troy Bilt. Suspect it was only used for a time or two before that. Don't know why oh why they built a shredder with no chipper. I'll sell it cheap, but you'll need a Gravely to hitch it to or do some welding to mount it on anything else.
Ralph
I paid $1100 for my 8 hp Troy Bilt, used, 10 years ago. They very shortly went down to around $800-900 new in dealerships there.
The local JD dealer here in Va has both an engine-driven and PTO-driven MacKissic that appear to be about the size of my TroyBilt for $1699 each.
I've a MacKissic that fits onto my Gravely that I'd love to get rid of. It doesn't have a chipper. The hammers are virtually like new. I've only used it, mainly on leaves, a couple of times because it does "eat" leaves better than the Troy Bilt. Suspect it was only used for a time or two before that. Don't know why oh why they built a shredder with no chipper. I'll sell it cheap, but you'll need a Gravely to hitch it to or do some welding to mount it on anything else.
Ralph
cadblaster
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It was in Minnesota or somewhere up there where the female police office caught a fellow stuffing another fellow into a chipper (in a movie). That big one of Barrys would have given him less trouble in disposing of the body.)</font>
The movie was "Fargo" as in North Dakota. One of my favorites /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The movie was "Fargo" as in North Dakota. One of my favorites /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
bigpete
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The movie Fargo was titled after the town where the bad guys came from. The crimes and wood chipper scene took place in Minnesota, I beleive. I guess "Fargo" is a better movie title than "Minneapolis/Saint Paul." Anyway, it was a gas engine chipper rather than a PTO chipper.
Di we digress here, or what? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I've been sniffing around for a PTO chipper for awhile. I would love to have a Bearcat but am having a hard time justifying the $$$$ for similar uses to what was described above. I also cannot justify spending $200-$400 to rent one. Oh, well. I'll keep my eyes open.
Di we digress here, or what? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I've been sniffing around for a PTO chipper for awhile. I would love to have a Bearcat but am having a hard time justifying the $$$$ for similar uses to what was described above. I also cannot justify spending $200-$400 to rent one. Oh, well. I'll keep my eyes open.
deereman63
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I bought (on ebay) a small wood chipper on the grounds that I would produce so much wood chippings that we wouldnt have to buy any more. This did not turn out as expected. I dont think I have ever produced more than a barrow load, and I have spent an enormous amount of time declogging the machine . Still the prospect of a PTO one is intriguing.... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( forensics had a hard time finding anything )</font>
I think they ended up finding only a tooth or two....
Mark
I think they ended up finding only a tooth or two....
Mark
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Have we created the perfect crime machine?
I had a tiny Black & Decker shredder on my 1/3 acre in NJ. Worked great, but I did A LOT of taking it apart and clearing it.
Best leaf shredding machine is one of those cylindrical plastic ones with a grass whip driven by a little electric motor at the bottom. Pour a bushel of leaves in the top, BRRRRZZZZT and a little batch of almost powdered leaves appear below it. Have seen some of them in some of the specialty magazines. Think I bought mine in one of those Walmart-like stores in NJ. Shredder/chippers typically don't feed leaves that well.
Ralph
I had a tiny Black & Decker shredder on my 1/3 acre in NJ. Worked great, but I did A LOT of taking it apart and clearing it.
Best leaf shredding machine is one of those cylindrical plastic ones with a grass whip driven by a little electric motor at the bottom. Pour a bushel of leaves in the top, BRRRRZZZZT and a little batch of almost powdered leaves appear below it. Have seen some of them in some of the specialty magazines. Think I bought mine in one of those Walmart-like stores in NJ. Shredder/chippers typically don't feed leaves that well.
Ralph
Wesdor
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We have been cleaning around fence rows and have nearly 100 trees of different sizes down. Yesterday we rented a Vermeer Wood Chipper - 24 HP Kohler engine. Cost was $100. The power feed worked great - it is a "gear" that pulls the wood into the hydraulic chipper. We were told it would handle anything up to 6 inches, but that seems to be the size of the opening and we didn't put anything bigger than 3 inches into it. Anything bigger than 3 inches becomes firewood at our place.
We chipped several large piles of chips and the machine did not complain at any time. The rental shop told us they sell the chippers at about 200 hours. Indicated to us that the price would be about $2500.
I've never used one of the smaller machines, but if you have any serious work to get done, I would suggest purchasing something big enough to really do the job.
We chipped several large piles of chips and the machine did not complain at any time. The rental shop told us they sell the chippers at about 200 hours. Indicated to us that the price would be about $2500.
I've never used one of the smaller machines, but if you have any serious work to get done, I would suggest purchasing something big enough to really do the job.
BarryinMN
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I use mine for saplings & pine. Hardwoods decent sized are firewood. The thing about bigger chippers is no limbing prep work. Last spring I put an overwinter blow down 8" pine thru it limbs & all, one bite & it was 30' out in front of the snout in 30 seconds. The motor didn't even slow down - just a deeper rumble. This is a drum type which if it gets a bite pulls whatever it is in. No feeder rollers or any other safety features for that matter. Late 50's or 60's vintage I think. Clearly the most dangerous machine on the farm. It has a huge flywheel that takes about 5-7 mins to stop. If I turn the engine off & engaged it simply spins the engine for 5 mins. Power transfer is via 5 V belts.
Only problem with it is the weight. Dry is reasonable, it wags my JD A pretty good, but leave it out in the rain & it sinks like a boat anchor. 1/2 ton pickup just spins the tires. It takes being hooked to a 5 ton machine to behave.
Newer machines are carried under tandem axles probably to reduce wheel weight loading.
Take a look on some forestry web sites for chipper tips.
Only problem with it is the weight. Dry is reasonable, it wags my JD A pretty good, but leave it out in the rain & it sinks like a boat anchor. 1/2 ton pickup just spins the tires. It takes being hooked to a 5 ton machine to behave.
Newer machines are carried under tandem axles probably to reduce wheel weight loading.
Take a look on some forestry web sites for chipper tips.
