Bandit Vs.Morbark

Turns out the bandit is 2700 lbs heavier than the morbark. 15000lbs riding on tandem 7000lbs axles. Checked twice!!!. There is about 2inches between the top of the tire and the fender. I had such high hopes for bandit, oh well.
Morbark dealer is great, would/will recommend him to anyone.
 
Good luck BW......I hope you get the best chipper to fit your opp. Just wanted to add that I've owned 2 Bandits 94 250 disc and 2011 1990xp. Never had one problem either one. Was looking at Morbark 20R.....but my Fiends at Arborsmith had so many problems with their morbark I looked away. I think any drum with knives that are very sharp will ghost feed in when the rollers are stopped...you can lightly back file at a 45% angle to help this.
 
Mike, I've heard all about your bandits, from my bandit rep. Don't get me wrong we love our 250xp, 2 200+ and 90xp. It's just that the 18r out performed the 280xp. In fact it was because of how well the rest of our bandit discs work that we wanted to go with the 280. Both machines fed crane lifts (tops and limbs) so well I was impressed, very minimal manual labour for ground crew. The differences really showed in the winch, that we use religiously, and when we started feeding wood. I think we tested them fairly, used them each on a job for a day then took them both to our wood pile at the same time and fed them equal size and lengths of wood.
It didn't help that the bandit showed up built differently than spec'd. Fit and finish is a little better on the 18r as well.
Thanks for the tip on the back filing. I've seen it in the 200+ manuals(mid 90's) but it doesn't reappear in the newer machine manuals, wonder why.
 
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Its in the Morbark manual.

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Well thank you captain obvious, but I don't have the morbark manuals..... Yet.
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James, did you get your knife problem sorted out?
 
Can someone explain back filing? It's going over my head. My little Woodsman will drag stuff in occasionally.

Are we filing at a 45 angle on the back of the knife? This is done by hand with the knives off, correct?
 
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Well thank you captain obvious, but I don't have the morbark manuals..... Yet.
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James, did you get your knife problem sorted out?

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No I'm sure the only way to solve that problem is to turn down the horse power.

New problem though the hydraulic motor for the lower feed wheel started to turn inside the connection shaft, seems like the only fix is to remove the feed wheel, weld inside the shaft and have it machined to fit the motor.
 
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Well thank you captain obvious, but I don't have the morbark manuals..... Yet.
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James, did you get your knife problem sorted out?

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No I'm sure the only way to solve that problem is to turn down the horse power.

New problem though the hydraulic motor for the lower feed wheel started to turn inside the connection shaft, seems like the only fix is to remove the feed wheel, weld inside the shaft and have it machined to fit the motor.

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I would honestly call Stewart Hunt, if he can't help over the phone, I'd be willing to bet he'd come up. I can pm you his# if it would help.
 
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Can someone explain back filing? It's going over my head. My little Woodsman will drag stuff in occasionally.

Are we filing at a 45 angle on the back of the knife? This is done by hand with the knives off, correct?

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As it was explained to me, by back filing slightly(.005") with the knives off, it decreases the likelihood that the machine will "ghost feed". Whether or not it works...
 
I thought it was so the knives would hold an edge longer.

I do it, can't say as I see a huge difference either way compared to unbackfiled knives.
 
Good call, double up for strength. I'll have to remember that fix for the future, since we bought the 18R. Now all I need is the license to pull it.
 
My boss almost just bought morbark15 worst chipper ever. we have two other morbark18s that work great. this one was engineered to have less dust around work zone put an ash log in and you will be up past your safety chains in chips it cant come close to filling our 20 yrs chip truck on a wet day. so bad my boss is sending it back . morbark rep. was absolutely useless about 4 ft tall and new zero about the chipper I was told no warm up period necessary or cool down for the turbo . winch is missing its balls, and infeed rollers wont turn while winch is in use. it also shoots large chunks of wood back out of drum , watch my co-worker get drilled with a softball size chunk the other day. cant wait for rep to take it back. so disappointing to get a chopper with .7 hours on it and its a complete turd.
 
Sounds like our bandit rep. As far as zero warm up and cool down time, that's sh,t Elmer, don't eat that. Sorry about your luck but all our bandits days are numbered, long live the beavers!
 
Big Wood,
We just bought a new M20R with the new fan system. After leaving a yard of chips on the ground between the truck and chipper on every job, Morbark replaced the new fan system with the old system that I had on my M18R, which in over six years gave us absolutely no problems. Now it throws the light stuff as far as the heavy chips, and fills our thirty yard truck with no issues. My salesman was excellent, staying on top of the issue until it was resolved. You should have your salesman check with Morbark to see if you have the new fan system. If you do, I'm sure they'll pull the drum and replace the fan.
 
Haven't a single complaint with the 18R, vents needed to be tuned but runs like a top. Chipped basswood all morning and nothing in the road, 20 foot box jam packed. If I could find a soft spot on the thing, I think I'd have relations with it!
 
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