Euro tracked chippers.

Merle Nelson said:
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Chippers ...love em, hate em - pretty much can't live without them.
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I've rented one about 3 times in 20 years...
Haul brush in a dump trailer.

Of course that has, in part, forced me to not do removals. However having been forced into that, I personally find much more satisfaction taking care of trees. I also find a more narrow focus helps reduce mission drift.

On the other hand, I know of a few removal companies who also do not use chippers. They just have much bigger trailers to haul the brush!

Obviously, having a good place to dump the brush matters. I spent $2,800 last year on dump fees. On one hand that kind of stings. On the other... How much do most people spend on fuel, new knives, insurance, and time maintaining the chipper? Not to even mention the cost of the machine itself.
 
But I do keep visiting threads like this wondering if I should find a good small chipper set up. I spend a lot of time thinking about it, bit always seem to come to the same conclusion: no.
 
Merle Nelson said:
Chippers are such an interesting piece of equipment. They can do huge volumes of work but a thing off here or there can add so much frustration and headache to your day and cut that production.

A friend had a brand new Morbark 12 inch chipper that would plug its chute. I mean right off the bat, first day out. Checked all the things you would think it could be. Ckeared the chute for half an hour, start back up - did it again. I don't recall how he got through that first day and I don't know how much effort he put into communication with the dealer. He ended up welding a pipe nipple to the chute and connecting a big Stihl blower to it every time he wanted to chip.

Chippers ...love em, hate em - pretty much can't live without them.
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It makes those air curtain burners look really attractive!
 
cody willard said:
I believe I’m going to wait a season, but go with a TW 280VGTR, mostly because FMI is a local dealer and sells them.

I have heard about longevity issues with the Forsts. Apparently, they are very high production, but are easy to abuse and cause everything to fall apart.
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timberwolf is also known to rattle apart or so i heard
 
Regular visual checks are, or should be part of every owners routine.
Belt tensions, flywheel bearing free from encumbrance, air filters after dusty work etc.
5 minutes work every 2 or 3 days.
Chippers are machines of destruction and when they’re not set up properly they start destroying themselves.
 
It's probably a good idea to mark all bolt heads going into tapped holes with a reference line to a stationary part of the machine/ all nuts marked with the studs/ bolts.
 
Someone will love that thing. Wish specs said the actual max feed height and width. At first I thought it was a Vermeer pictured and would have a 6"×6" opening.

When looking at chippers previously I've asked how much putting any given Bandit on tracks added and they said about 30k at that time. So if it were 40k for a workable and capable machine, that wouldn't be bad.

I keep thinking of a tracked chipper on one of those squatting trailers...so if you had that with you for a job with remote chipping but some happened to be by the road you could also chip into the truck. This chipper has a plus of being feed table height adjustable also.

Thanks for putting info up.
 
Merle Nelson said:
Someone will love that thing. Wish specs said the actual max feed height and width. At first I thought it was a Vermeer pictured and would have a 6"×6" opening.
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Literature says opening is 26.8" × 24.4" - but obviously that is at the widest end.

I took a quick pic of the inside, but it didn't turn out well - probably moved a little. I'm assuming the height is close to 7" so width is about double that.

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Edit: I'm sure the folks at miniloaders.com would be happy to give you that opening size.
 
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