Chipper Woodmax three point chipper

[ericm979]

Anyone happen to be using the Woodmaxx WM-8H with 19 PTO HP?

I have a B26TLB and wondering if it will really be enough to power the chipper. I know the spec says 19HP min (which is what the B26 has) but would prefer not to purchase if I'm right on the edge. I see it has a variable infeed, so perhaps could just slow it down, provided it's not so slow I'd be better off renting from time to time.

Depends on what you're chipping.
Judging from this video, 19.5hp is not enough for 4-5" limbs. The second one where the tractor bogs and he has to turn off the feed, then baby it. I would find that frustrating. It might be enough hp for brush.

 

[daugen]

Daugen that's a nice looking Massey.

thanks Mike. Five years old, 175 hours, traded in on a nice fully automatic a/c kubota like mine, when the retired guy decided he had enough of having his brains baked out mowing with this thing. I needed a second tractor badly, had given my second one away to my Quaker Meeting in PA, and boy did i miss it. So when this one was sitting out in front of the Kubota dealer's front door as a trade in, well it really called to me. Made in India to an old Perkins design.
For sure will outlast me, and, and....
My increasing arthritis and spinal issues make it very hard for me to grip a pto shaft and get it on and off. Having a second tractor where I can leave the implement on, like the rear mower that will go on this when the chipper comes off, has been super helpful for me. What I found interesting was the old fashioned pto connector with the big push button is much easier for me to handle than the newer ones with the rings around them you have to pull back in one direction while pushing in another. I'm losing my grip, luckily only physically not mentally... so this Massey has been a big help to me. what I don't like is the live pto and funky rear hydraulics; they seem to be on or off and no in between. Likes to go up, and likes to go down, but hard to keep at any one level. I still have a lot to learn...

 

[daugen]

I never put anything bigger than five inch trunks into my 8800 but never felt it slowing down. It really starts making a racket when you put big hard wood in there, so you tend to slow it down when the noise really grows. Running with no input this chipper is remarkably quiet but it does have some vibration noise when it's feeding heavily. At no time did i notice any tractor slowdown or struggling, but then not sure I would have heard it behind the chipper.

 

[aczlan]

What I found interesting was the old fashioned pto connector with the big push button is much easier for me to handle than the newer ones with the rings around them you have to pull back in one direction while pushing in another. I'm losing my grip, luckily only physically not mentally... so this Massey has been a big help to me.

You aren't the only one. No grip lost here yet, but I don't like the non-pushbutton ones.

Aaron Z

 

[Backlight]

Depends on what you're chipping.
Judging from this video, 19.5hp is not enough for 4-5" limbs. The second one where the tractor bogs and he has to turn off the feed, then baby it. I would find that frustrating. It might be enough hp for brush.

Thanks. That video does not instil allot of confidence. It's right on the edge. Big investment to be disappointed in it.

 

[Code54]

Also as the knives dull it will take a bit more HP to be effective. Might be tough with limited PTO HP.

 

[mark02tj]

Watching that video reminds me of something that was suggested to me years ago when I rented a tow behind chipper. If you're going to chip into the back of your pickup, COVER the back window. The guy at the rental place told me that he'd seen several trucks that had windows when they left the rental yard and didn't when they came back.

 

[daugen]

there were a number of pto shaft extenders available and the one that caught my eye looked heavier duty than the others, though it did have
a slip ring setup. It is very heavy duty, serious chunk of steel, went right on the shaft and the chipper hooked up perfectly, did not fall out when raised and still had a little
play when all the way down. I ran the chipper and it worked fine.

Then everything went downhill after I put the chipper away in its new prime spot in the shed. When I tried to hook
the Massey up to my Land Pride mower, the extension made the pto shaft too tight, actually too long now, so I'll just take off the adapter. Slid right of the tractor easy peasy. And then would not, despite my best efforts and getting utterly slimed in grease from head to toe come off the pto shaft. Stuck. Sigh. My strong fireman helper will just yank it apart tomorrow but a bit annoying. Never have a problem getting pto shafts off, but seem to be tortured trying to get them on. Someone needs to invent a Good Grips pto adapter...

Big tree down in the woods will be next project tacked with the chipper. The front woods look really nice now with all the junk cleaned up, like a shady glade.

 

[RoyJackson]

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the Massey up to my Land Pride mower, the extension made the pto shaft too tight, actually too long now, so I'll just take off the adapter. Slid right of the tractor easy peasy. And then would not, despite my best efforts and getting utterly slimed in grease from head to toe come off the pto shaft. Stuck. Sigh. My strong fireman helper will just yank it apart tomorrow but a bit annoying. Never have a problem getting pto shafts off, but seem to be tortured trying to get them on. Someone needs to invent a Good Grips pto adapter..

I use an extender for my chipper too. I remove it when I remove the chipper
Extenders are very handy when one needs them, but I also think they can be tough on the PTO stub shaft bearings. And, none of us want to collapse a PTO drive shaft to where it damages the PTO itself!

 

[ericm979]

The buyer should be picking up my Kubota B7100HST soon so I'll have room for a Woodmaxx 8H chipper.

Recommendations for hydraulic fluid? Woodmaxx says you can use iso 68 for operating (oil) temps 35-185 and iso 46 for temps 30-160 degrees F.
I can't mow during the height of fire season but I can chip, so I'll be doing that when its hot. I'm unlikely to run the chipper in temps below 35 degrees. Around freezing is as cold as it gets here. Would ISO 68 be appropriate?