Euro tracked chippers.

cody willard said:
I am moving to N.Idaho/CDA And I’m considering adding a small 8” tracked chipper to the fleet in a year or two. Debating between the TW 280VGTR or a Jensen Spider A550XL with winches.

I would have a Timberwolf/Morbark dealer local, but the UK forums seem to point to Jensen being supreme.

I feel like it would these incredible on some of the lakeside and hilly terrain as far as getting rid of brush, and serve as a low production back up chipper if our 15XP went down. We could track it into people’s yard and just leave mulch there!

Most of the trees are pine, fur, spruce, which is really soft wood, especially compared to here in Oklahoma where it’s primarily oak and hickory. Even these hundred foot conifers trees have pretty small diameter lower branches.

Besides an opinion, between those two chippers, does anyone know how many hours you can get out of one? Obviously it depends on maintenance and how hard you push it, but assume it’s pushed to 80% of it’s limits daily with perfect maintenance.
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If you wanted a Euro chipper and wanted what would suit you best there is probably years of info stored up on threads on the Euro Arb Forum. Forget the name of that one - suspect Mick could tell us.
 
those eliet and other tiny chippers are specialized chippers and definitely have their place but are a different animal than a 8“ tracked unit.

i have an old 8“ jensen on a turntable trailer and if had the right jobs i would add a tiny chipper but never replace.
 
Merle Nelson said:
If you wanted a Euro chipper and wanted what would suit you best there is probably years of info stored up on threads on the Euro Arb Forum. Forget the name of that one - suspect Mick could tell us.
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Arbtalk Merle.
In fairness to the op, he’s looking at a choice of three, and like all of these threads, there’s a lot of people with a certain brand, who will recommend what they have for various reasons.

I had a terrible experience with Först, but others like them.
Like everything, a lot depends on support and if you can work with your local dealer.
 
Mick Dempsey! said:
Arbtalk Merle.
In fairness to the op, he’s looking at a choice of three, and like all of these threads, there’s a lot of people with a certain brand, who will recommend what they have for various reasons.

I had a terrible experience with Först, but others like them.
Like everything, a lot depends on support and if you can work with your local dealer.
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Good points. Actually it occurred to me after my post I would consider your thoughts to be top notch if I were looking for a light weight chipper and would only use Arbtalk to catch any other points about that class of chippers that I hadn't thought of. I researched chippers for over a year before I had Bandit build one for me with a bunch of options. And I learned so much in that time and ended up with a machine I love that saves me time and effort in so many ways over a stock chipper off the lot.
 
Merle Nelson said:
Good points. Actually it occurred to me after my post I would consider your thoughts to be top notch if I were looking for a light weight chipper and would only use Arbtalk to catch any other points about that class of chippers that I hadn't thought of. I researched chippers for over a year before I had Bandit build one for me with a bunch of options. And I learned so much in that time and ended up with a machine I love that saves me time and effort in so many ways over a stock chipper off the lot.
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Merle, can you enlighten us as to what machine and custom options you got? :)
 
This was some time ago 2017 or something. A Bandit 90XP. Bandit is happy to add lots of custom options you just need to get in there build line up, about 3 months at that time, and know to ask for each thing. They name off some options but many they don't.

An adjustable chute - important for me because I frequently shoot chips on the ground and also over 4 foot tall doors on my dumpster bin. An 365° adjustable chute plate - disk chipper and it shoots chips about equally well in any direction. Wider indeed, helper springs to close infeed, dual feed wheels - second set of knives welded in the bottom wheel, lift and crush cylinder, remote control winch, support stand for machine feeding, larger fuel tank, bottom drain on hyd tank, lock capability on fuel and hyd tank, heavy duty radiator screen, posts in front of radiator, steel batt box and fenders, flat plate on tongue in case I wanted to add a stinger for longer beds on a truck, a variable hyd feed control that I seldom use. Auto feed plus and the engine of my choice.

More thoughts later.
 
evo said:
I’m sure, they make PTO driven chippers. Seen some on unimogs and tractors. A stout hydraulic motor running a belt drive if the right ratio could probably power one.
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Salsco has PTO chippers:

Wood Chippers | Salsco Inc.

Salsco commercial wood chippers are unsurpassed in quality and service. Since 1979 SALSCO, INC. has built its record on quality and service.
www.salsco.com

(I've wondered if it would be possible to mount one on a truck between the cab and a dump box on the back...but not wondered enough to really look into it)
 
Bandit used to sell PTO chippers too.

With regard to specing a Bandit chipper build I would say ask the factory for anything you want and think it should have. Every chipper salesman I've ever talked to trying to gain info wanted me to buy that day, and - what was on the lot that day.

My next chipper will be a big disk chipper and probably tracked. I've seen a spring loaded door below the feed wheels that I would try as opposed to a latchable flip down type.

David Driver was a big proponent of double axles under a big chipper.

My options on my chipper probably save me an hour or more per day. They pay for themselves in dollars let alone frustration.

Oh...cyclone pre air cleaner - a must.
 
Remote control for the winch is smart.

Would be sweet if the winch could be fair-leaded in such a way that it could be used to move the chipper with a swivel caster on the tongue, maybe tray first, tailed by the tongue, where a rope bollard would be welded.
 
ATH said:
(I've wondered if it would be possible to mount one on a truck between the cab and a dump box on the back...but not wondered enough to really look into it)
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Chipper/Dump Combo Trailer

I just finished getting this road ready. It is by NO means done, since I really want to paint it up nice and hopefully have all the little details ironed out by then. I focus on pruning, so this will work well for me. I totally realize it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it always made sense to...
www.treebuzz.com

Click on the ‘chipper/dump’ link I put above and check out the second post in this thread. Your idea holds water…and chips! :)

It’s amazing to look back 10 years ago at the chipper I had made. It actually got a new aluminum body and a proper sand blast and paint job and looks very good now. It eventually went on to my brother and then again to a fellow Buzzer and still works daily up to now. Keep that old stuff going if you can!
 
I’ve used a perfectly fine pto 6” with feed wheels that ran off a 35 and a 50hp tractor. But it was only pleasant if the material was under 4”. Non auto feed is real annoying if the machine can’t keep up. Great tool for few situations, but one less engine to take care of and they hold their value.
 
oceans said:

Chipper/Dump Combo Trailer

I just finished getting this road ready. It is by NO means done, since I really want to paint it up nice and hopefully have all the little details ironed out by then. I focus on pruning, so this will work well for me. I totally realize it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it always made sense to...
www.treebuzz.com

Click on the ‘chipper/dump’ link I put above and check out the second post in this thread. Your idea holds water…and chips! :)

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So I'm not nuts! It actually exists...
 
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