Another 6" vs Chuck and Duck thread

Upstate NY near Plattsburgh, near Canada and VT
I really do not want to ship, I want a buyer to look over the machine with me, so we are on level that I'm not trying to hide anything.
I would be willing to drive upto 4 hours or more depending on the direction. I have family in Syracuse NY and north western CT area.
 
Be as patient as you can. I find it really easy to look at a chipper that is in your price range, and then make yourself believe that it will work for your business. You try and convince yourself that, "Oh, we just won't chip too much big wood, we will have a log truck pick it up, or cut it into firewood" If that truly is how you plan to run your business, then go for it.

I bought this chipper when I started my business this summer. I was renting a chipper at 300 dollars a day. Then I saw this advertised for 4500.00 I ran to RI and looked at it. I bought it right away. It was a 9" with a pretty solid engine. I was not patient at all. This thing was a turd and chipped like crap. Says its rated for 9", could hardly do 6" and rattled like crazy. Bolts were falling off this thing daily. IMG_0072.webp


I made it last as long as I could. I still rented a chipper for the large jobs. I ended up getting a bit of a back log and just happened to see this chipper listed at a local truck dealer. They deal in heavy equipment. IMG_0107.webp

Now, not a monster of a machine. But, it was a huge leap forward from what aI was used to. Bandit 200xp. The hour meter is broken so I'm not sure how many hours are on it. They were asking 8800.00 for this. I talked them down quite a bit lower.

There are good chippers out there, you just have to be patient and grab a good one when it comes up. Remember, "Good Luck is when preparation meets opportunity"
 
Spent 6months to find the bandit 90 and won it with a sniper bid no reserve on ebay. The kid selling it got a big landscape contract and bought refurbished from a bandit dealer, just for the contract then sold it, was cheaper then renting for the time he needed it.

When we were ready to step up after a few years I spent 9months looking for the right 1890. Could not touch them under 30k unless they were rusty turds. Even still for $30k some were beat with 3,000-4,000hrs. Final found an ex municipal unit that was in awesome shape with 1200hrs probably only fed brush. Pick it up for $19k from a kid in Pa who was getting into tree equipment refurbishment. He probably painted it and made $2k or less on the deal. He was harassed by near by "big guy" refurbisher for selling it so cheap. They actually had the same picture he had on his site and listed it for $32k. He had no idea when I told him about it when I picked it up.
 
Back to the bandit 90 check out the power curve on the Wisconsin v465d
http://www.wisconsinmotors.com/product/1

Vermeer puts a 37hp with 61ft-lb on a 9" I can't imagine that being very productive.

Check out govt surplus auctions on google...that's where the kid I bought my 1890 from picked it up. He got almost all his equipment from there, as well as some local municipal connections.
 
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