flyingmosstreen
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Morbark tw280phb
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flyingmosstreen
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It looks pretty stripped down, for better or worse. No lift cylinder for feed wheel intake. Direct drive, so no clutch. Gas 4 cyl. Kubota. Again not sure about that. The UK versions all seem to have a diesel option.
Weight is quite light, moveable with one person (flat ground obviously)
all panels are easily removed and access to maintenance items seems open.
From what the dealer had on the lot was only 50k$ and up 12” gas morbark. I’m not a fan of the design on the morbark drum chippers. Seems to be a flaw where nuggets like to get caught quite often in the feed wheel cavity.
The company I work for has a bandit 12xp upgraded from the 12xpc (huge difference) and that thing eats wood. It’s impressive. But again way out of my price range and overkill for what my operation wants to be (focus of tree preservation, trimming, cabling, etc.)
Weight is quite light, moveable with one person (flat ground obviously)
all panels are easily removed and access to maintenance items seems open.
From what the dealer had on the lot was only 50k$ and up 12” gas morbark. I’m not a fan of the design on the morbark drum chippers. Seems to be a flaw where nuggets like to get caught quite often in the feed wheel cavity.
The company I work for has a bandit 12xp upgraded from the 12xpc (huge difference) and that thing eats wood. It’s impressive. But again way out of my price range and overkill for what my operation wants to be (focus of tree preservation, trimming, cabling, etc.)
@Mick Dempsey has probably worked with these or similar
Willber
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I got a 2011 Vermeer BC100XL 49HP Caterpiller 2.2 liter diesel for 12k with 3000hrs
It is much better than I thought it would be. It chips 12inch logs pretty well, and can chip one large branch or 2 smaller branches without lowing engine RPM enough, to activate AutoFeed.
The one large 17inch diameter feed wheel is nice, in that it will easily grab 5inch or bigger diameter branches.
I like how easy it is to touch up the 2 knives with a flat file, every 2hrs of chipping, so it's that much sharper.
One thing that I very much dislike about BC1000XLs, that is a very cheap design, is the fact that they apparently all have only one support arm for the feed wheel, that is the arm, on the drive side of feed wheel.
The other side is just "floating", and therefore does not have place to "rest" when the wheel comes down after chipping a log.
There are "teeth" marks, on left side of the feed table, on my BC1000XL chipper, from the drive side arm "shock bumper" wearing out enough, so the left lost enough clearance to contact the feed table.
Why not think about the this Bandit... https://banditchippers.com/product/intimidator-12x/
Or this Altec chipper... https://www.equipmenttrader.com/listing/2016-ALTEC-DRM12-5036151358
Both have 2 properly supported feed wheel arms. And are pretty light weight and could be under 31k
Or, maybe last resort, a really inexpensive BC1000XL They're very common.
One thing I will say, is they do make nice small, even chips, from my experience.
It is much better than I thought it would be. It chips 12inch logs pretty well, and can chip one large branch or 2 smaller branches without lowing engine RPM enough, to activate AutoFeed.
The one large 17inch diameter feed wheel is nice, in that it will easily grab 5inch or bigger diameter branches.
I like how easy it is to touch up the 2 knives with a flat file, every 2hrs of chipping, so it's that much sharper.
One thing that I very much dislike about BC1000XLs, that is a very cheap design, is the fact that they apparently all have only one support arm for the feed wheel, that is the arm, on the drive side of feed wheel.
The other side is just "floating", and therefore does not have place to "rest" when the wheel comes down after chipping a log.
There are "teeth" marks, on left side of the feed table, on my BC1000XL chipper, from the drive side arm "shock bumper" wearing out enough, so the left lost enough clearance to contact the feed table.
Why not think about the this Bandit... https://banditchippers.com/product/intimidator-12x/
Or this Altec chipper... https://www.equipmenttrader.com/listing/2016-ALTEC-DRM12-5036151358
Both have 2 properly supported feed wheel arms. And are pretty light weight and could be under 31k
Or, maybe last resort, a really inexpensive BC1000XL They're very common.
One thing I will say, is they do make nice small, even chips, from my experience.
