Bandit 1590

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Jasonk

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Just wondering if anyone's running a 1590 with the 142 hp Perkins? Like it? Hate it? Underpowered? We are in the market for a new chipper and our local,dealer has a great deal on one with very low hrs. Any input is valued thanks!
Jason
 
How low are the hours?

They are a good overall machine. It eats logs like they aren't there, struggles a bit with brush fed by a machine, eats hand fed brush like it isn't there. They are definitely an 18" machine, I believe they were redesigned to be 18", up from 15". 142 hp is nice, seems like plenty of hp's. The brush struggling thing seems more a function of hydraulic power that hp. Pressures need to be set properly to get the most out of the machine. If you've had BB before then the controls re the winch will be fine, if you are used to a more simple system like on the Morbark 18, you will do some hair pulling before you get used to it. The perkins seems like a good engine, I had a CAT 140 in a Morbark before and for whatever reason, this seems more powerful.
 
60 hrs on the machine. We have an older morbark 2400 now. The morbark dealer can't even seem to order parts for us so I refuse to buy a new chipper from them. The 1990 bandit is more than we need every day. We were looking at the 215 hp model but the $ on this one is right.
 
The 1990 is definitely a whole tree chipper. I've seen it chip 18" sugar maple trees without much trouble. It's ridiculous, but probably more than most folks need. Plus its over !0k lbs. The 1590 is <10k =no cdl required. Who is your morbark and BB dealer?
 
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What I mean by "designed for 15" " is as originally signed the Bandit 1590 was 15" capacity. A few years back Bandit raised the hight of the feed wheel cradle 3" and called it an 18" capacity
machine. I don't think they changed anything else. Now the difference in volume and weight of 18" over 15" wood is significant so it stands to reason that the overall weight and size of the machine should change but that didn't happen. This is why I say its really a 15" machine. If you consistently feed 18" wood through the thing you will destroy it.
Its fair to say that all the manufactures do this with their models.
 
My second chipper was a 2004 bandit 1590. It was an awesome machine, had the 130 Perkins engine in it. The newer 1590 machines are designed for even larger wood and I think a perfect setup if you want to stay under CDL (<10,000LBS).

I now own two woodsman chippers, one with a 125 CAT and one with a 145 JD engine. The woodsman/terex machines are awesome, if I were buying new it would between a new Terex and a new Bandit. I like the simplicity and ruggedness of the woodsman chippers, they also have incredibly strong hydraulics. I think the bandits are a close second in performance however. The 1990xp bandit is an insane machine, I've seen it running first hand and it's very impressive.

jp:D
 
I heard BB stopped making the 1890 which I believe was also an 18" machine but with wider indeed rollers and bigger indeed chute, ala a Morbark 18" machine. BB must feel that having 2 different 18" models didn't make overall good sense so all their 18" chipper eggs are now in the 1590 basket.

Edit: I see the 1890 is still on their website and is a 19" machine. A bandit rep told me they no longer make it, fwiw.
 
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California Tree Equipment said:
What I mean by "designed for 15" " is as originally signed the Bandit 1590 was 15" capacity. A few years back Bandit raised the hight of the feed wheel cradle 3" and called it an 18" capacity
machine. I don't think they changed anything else. Now the difference in volume and weight of 18" over 15" wood is significant so it stands to reason that the overall weight and size of the machine should change but that didn't happen. This is why I say its really a 15" machine. If you consistently feed 18" wood through the thing you will destroy it.
Its fair to say that all the manufactures do this with their models.
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I am pretty sure the original 1590 had a 17" tall throat, but was rated as a 15" chipper.
 
I bought a brand new 1590 last year. It is definitely an 18" machine. We love it. Big enough for crane removals but still versatile enough for smaller jobs. We got the 213hp cat on ours, definitely worth the extra money.
 
I have the 1590 w/ 213 cat motor it's a beast.My 250 has the 130 horse cummins and there's no comparison in the power.The 1590 is an animal takes pretty much anything you can throw at it we chip alot of wood and run it at capacity no problems so far only had it for 10 months.The 176 hp Perkins is pretty much the same motor just tuned down if I recall correctly the 176 burns 6 GPh and the 213 is 6.6 gph
The nice thing about this chipper is it takes the big stuff and on prune jobs you can stack it all on the infeed and it just sucks it in no wrestling with the brush
 
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