Chipper/trailer combo

Tom Dunlap

Tom Dunlap

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The first chipper that I bought was a 1962 12" Asplundh chuck n' duck that was mated to a side dumping box on a heavy duty frame. It fit my needs since I was going landscaping and treework. Eventually I had the two cut apart and a typical chipper tongue fabricated.

Now, the needs of my job make a chipper/trailer unit a viable option. This company makes a nice looking unit:

http://www.gmeidaho.net/627ctchippertrailer.html

The price is just under $20k.

A while ago I remember following a thread on AS about the chipper that this company was developing with someone from Wales/UK??? The memory of the details is kinda vague.

Bandit used to make a chipper/trailer unit too. Any others in production?
 
Hey Tom,

The guys at Vermeer in Russellville AR built one up for a municipality up that way about 8 years ago. They used the vermeer 935 chipper. I had one ofthose when I was in business and loved it. Easy to maintain and woorked like a dog. Give Ricky a holler and see if he remembers the outfit. I know at the time he said the municipal guys liked the set up.

oldoakman
 
Looks interesting Tom.

Four negatives come to mind:
1) No other option but to blow chips into box. There would be many times when blowing chips into the yard or another truck would be much better.
2) Axles seem light weight.
3) Engine fully exposed to weather and road water from the tow vehicle.
4) I prefer the Morbark and Bandit chipper/box combos because their boxes are shaped such that they could also carry wood and dump. Still, I like the unit you linked to.

I think I would prefer a Bandit 65xp with a small diesel engine. Lots of stuff on the used market right now.
 
Looks like it's built more for campus work. You can't really compare it to a bandit or the like, it weighs under 2000 pounds empty and can only carry 3.5 yds of chips.

definately has it's place though, a great find Tom.
 
Tom a guy on treetrader.com was selling a Morbark combo unit that was either a 9 or 10" machine that was really super slick. It had an 85 hp diesel and a 10 yd. chip box or larger I believe. The unit had 200 or 300 hrs. on it and he was selling it for like 23k. Probably could have got it for 20 or 21 though. To tell u the truth I talked to him and almost bought it because for trim jobs I could leave the big trucks at the shop and easily pull the unit with my 3/4 ton. It also had the capability to shoot into a yard or just onto the ground and the chip box had a side door which would make it easy to load a little wood if need be. Besides a 6" chipper cant even compare to a 9". I know there are some nice 6" chippers but if you had the option to go with a 9" for basically the same money it is hard not to. Just my 2cents.

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Speaking of combos, even tho it is not a chipper/trailer....back in the early 70's I worked for a company in Princeton NJ that had a chip truck with a full size asplundh chipper built into the body of the truck so you chipped into an opening in the side and you could dump as you normally did but at first glance you thought "where is the chipper?"
 
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Speaking of combos, even tho it is not a chipper/trailer....back in the early 70's I worked for a company in Princeton NJ that had a chip truck with a full size asplundh chipper built into the body of the truck so you chipped into an opening in the side and you could dump as you normally did but at first glance you thought "where is the chipper?"

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Like this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx8-9oGr4WU
 
The chipper on craigslist seemed kinda weird,the infeed shoot faced the back of the truck.Just wondering would you have to unhook the thing every time you chipped.Just out of curiousity why would someone want such a unit,why not just get a chipper and chipper truck?It just seems like you could get alot more done,with alot less trips to the dump-either way you would still have to have a truck and a trailer.
 
i think the chipper can rotate to either side so it can stay hoooked up to the truck. would be a nice unit for a smaller tree service starting out that didnt want to pay insurance and tags on a larger truck or for a bigger company that wanted to use it for trimming to save fuel etc on nothaving to use a large chipper and truck.
 
Would it not cost more in the long run going to the dump more often and not being able to complete jobs in one day.even small companys do removals.
 
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i think the chipper can rotate to either side so it can stay hoooked up to the truck.

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I believe the chipper has seven locking positions and the chute rotates independantly 360 degrees.
 
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I hope NEVER to have to use a chuck n' duck chipper again in my life.

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How about it! That was a sad video.
 
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I hope NEVER to have to use a chuck n' duck chipper again in my life.

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I can't believe they still make them. I'd take my 625 any day over a chuck and duck.
 
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