Bandit 65xp reviews?

southsoundtree said:
Watch for loosening bolts/ fasteners/ clamps... It is just a machine that vibrates, built by people... Sometimes not tight enough.

Periodic tightening of things on old machines can be normal.

New machines can be great.
New also means not field-tested.

Enjoy!!!

I'd like that machine!

Right now, I have a light- access job (across a septic system) that it would match wonderfully.

I wonder about a pin-on tongue-jack with a larger pneumatic wheel, and maybe a stabilizer-leg in the back to prevent tipping when winching into a spot. A friend had an older 65, and have suggested it to her, as in our market, mulch is valued, and often best where the tree is/ was, not in the driveway, where you can have a truck.


I love moving my chipper to the work!
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It’s crazy the places I can get to with this small machine
 
Anonymity said:
It’s crazy the places I can get to with this small machine
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I just order a the same chipper and have to wait the 3 months to get to me. mine has bigger tires 14 inch hwy tires. I have no emergency button like yours, I have never seen that before. I also got the diamond plate box to stick knives or the battery in mine. keep it simply. I also added leds lights and safety cone holder in the front. anyways i'll post a photo when I get it in February next year. a friend of mine has one and loves it and when the wood is to big he leaves it never hauls it no one does that on the coast. it's gone in a few days. but I do notice he cuts smaller branches up for wood too. not sure why.
 
Merle Nelson said:
With a 10 or 12 inch diameter tire mounted (quick release pin) to the bottom of the tongue jack you can push it back into yard, under low roof lines etc.
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I've was mentioning this to a friend. Do you have a picture?

I am considering this for mine, as well, making it more stable with the mini. If I'm careless, my chipper could go over backwards if I hold the tongue too high for clearance of the current jack. The pintle connection adds some slop, and I have very little tongue weight.
 
I'll get one.

I had a second jack pivot/pin point welded higher on the jacks outer tube to account for hieght difference. I also kept the tire and a flat foot for bottom of jack as quickly removable. The jack on my chipper is used with a flat foot to lift feed wheel when clearing jams.
 
Chipper is working super (had my first jam! The other day). Easy fix! Just use the jack to lift the yoke and pull the piece out and back in business! Throws chips 100 feet! Well, maybe not bit pretty close!! Lol...love good tools...hate bad ones! This chipper falls in the good category ;)
 
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