Same truck and chipper that me and my bro started with, right down to the colors!
What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?
- Thread starter climbingmonkey24
- Start date
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- La Crosse
That's awesome, there's hope for me yet!
Plenty of hope! Know your trees. Do good work. Display your passion. The rest will come!
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
No, but I’ve played with a 75xp that was decked out with all the options. I loved the little thing, very capable pruning chipper they easily ate conifer limbs with ease.
Sharp knives and horse power would be what I’d focus on. Anything 30 hp or greater and it would be a hard machine to pass up
climbingmonkey24
Carpal tunnel level member
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- United States
Glad to see this thread is still going. We all start somewhere, and honestly sometimes staying small isn’t always a bad thing.
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- Wasatch Front
I’ve got a 935 w/ Perkins as well and it is amazing. Keep the knives sharp and it’s a beast. No clutch (engine slides into drive belt), pre emission, light and maneuverable. Wish they still made them
Merle Nelson
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- SF Bay Area, CA
Thought people who post in this thread could appreciate this.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
I picked up a Woodmaxx 14 HP micro (4" capacity) drum chipper that has been very useful so far. Small equipment works well in my niche. My market has a lot of straight growing limbs where this chipper is not fighting the tide.
We used it on a backyard job where new landscaping meant no large chipper/ mini in the backyard. We really didn't need it back there, as we chipped 2.5" and less, and performed erosion control work on a steep slope with the 2.5" and up, mulching with chips.
Just bought a Portable Winch skidder cone to go with my Simpson capstan for low-impact forestry management jobs. Root disease pocket work with big-ish doug-firs with a preservation management plan.
We used it on a backyard job where new landscaping meant no large chipper/ mini in the backyard. We really didn't need it back there, as we chipped 2.5" and less, and performed erosion control work on a steep slope with the 2.5" and up, mulching with chips.
Just bought a Portable Winch skidder cone to go with my Simpson capstan for low-impact forestry management jobs. Root disease pocket work with big-ish doug-firs with a preservation management plan.
ghostice
Been here a while
I still like (and more importantly HO's do as well) the smaller chips these things make with sharp knives and the anvil to chipper blade gap set correctly anyway. It's great for flower beds and small ornamental trees. And as Dad said, "It gives the goodness back into the soil"! As for branching limbs I just nip em with an electric saw and they usually fold into the chute just fine (sometimes kinda chuck and duck like the old days tho). I do find mine anyway doesn't digest long needle pines like Mugo's that well - too much of these at once and you can plug up, which doesn't seem to happen with spruce or deciduous branches. Sounds crazy but for pitchy stuff, cleaning and waxing the inside of the discharge chute does wonders too. Nutz I know, but it works.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
I’ve always thought something like this would be a sweet setup. Ran by a mini loader/skid
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Yep!
Mick Dempsey!
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Avant have one, videos I’ve seen are pitiful.I’ve always thought something like this would be a sweet setup. Ran by a mini loader/skid
