Can I build a 16' chip truck cheaper than I can buy?

I second the use of an old grain truck. I just picked one up that the farmer was just getting rid of. It did need a little bit of work (new brake lines and a radiator) but the engine starts right up and hydraulics work good. The truck only cost me $500, and a couple hundred in parts. Now I only need the time to finish bleeding the brake systems and get it licensed. Of course any cosmetics would cost more, but that can be handled after its making me money
 
Jeff said:
Under cdl means M18RX. I haven't had a chance to play with one of those to see how much they had to remove to save weight (I know the bottom feed wheel and lighter frame) but I really like our M15R.
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Don't count out the older morbark 2400xl hurricane! Beast of an 18" chipper under CDL
Lotta "big" box trucks out there with no nut to haul anything other then bread or TP. I'm sure you know what your looking for, but I've seen/ridden in chip trucks that never wanted any part of hauling the amount of chips they can hold while towing a chipper
 
CutHighnLetFly said:
Don't count out the older morbark 2400xl hurricane! Beast of an 18" chipper under CDL
Lotta "big" box trucks out there with no nut to haul anything other then bread or TP. I'm sure you know what your looking for, but I've seen/ridden in chip trucks that never wanted any part of hauling the amount of chips they can hold while towing a chipper
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Every 2400 I've seen has a gvwr of at least 12,000lbs. Not going to be under cdl with a truck big enough to make it useful.
 
Sorry Tom, CutHigh is right. The 2400 became the M18R and is the same machine, only older. I spent several years with a '96 Model 2400, 176 horse Perkins, single axle and it was right around 8600#.

I pulled out some of my older Morbark literature for the various versions of the 2400 and took a photo of 3 different versions. As you can see, the weights range from 74-9900#. (Yes, I have literature for the big 2400XL's with 250 horse and the sit on loader options and they are close to 12k.)


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Jeff said:
Sorry Tom, CutHigh is right. The 2400 became the M18R and is the same machine, only older. I spent several years with a '96 Model 2400, 176 horse Perkins, single axle and it was right around 8600#.

I pulled out some of my older Morbark literature for the various versions of the 2400 and took a photo of 3 different versions. As you can see, the weights range from 74-9900#. (Yes, I have literature for the big 2400XL's with 250 horse and the sit on loader options and they are close to 12k.)
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Tough to find nice older chippers around here. Even tough to find newer ones. Must be a sign the economy is doing well. Did u ever unfit an older chipper with autofeed plus? My 2004 2070xl has autofeed but doesn't reverse. Works fine for smaller stuff and some bigger stuff depending on the species of wood. The other day I was doing berch and it was way faster to feed by hand because it would stall by the blades and take the motor longer to speed up when using the autofeed. I'm tempted to upgrade my autofeed.
 
$300-400 for a new control unit from autofeedplus.com should do it right? (Or possibly just resetting you electronic parameters for stop, reverse, and start? Autofeedplus.com has youtube vid up for that.)
 
I bought mine for 4K and built the body for 4K more. Was a 34k gvw flatbed dump from a lumberyard. 270 hp 8 speed fuller trans. Had it for 5 years now. Runs great.
 
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