Pictures of your chipper truck, lets see them!

islandedge said:
Nice setups, how do you like the morbark loader setup? Been looking after a vermeer bc2000 with a grapple loader.
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When I lived in MI I regularly ran a BC2000 with the loader. There were many things about it that I really liked and thought the engineers had done a great job on:
-Best manual tongue jack I've ever used, with height adjustable foot and spring loaded handle lock
-Welded on tube for storing the light pigtail when unplugged from truck (Other have now copied)
-Generous tool box storage on tongue
-Very clever fold-back over itself loader storage; Very compact and out of the way when not needed.
-Good weight balance - towed very nicely on the tandem axles.
-Easily extendable tongue - no tools required. (Other have now copied)
-Vertical feed rollers were great at grabbing the ends of logs once you got it on the table. Better than the horizontal feed rollers if you're chipping logs/whole trees

But, there were also many things I didn't like about it:
-Thin sheet metal covering entire machine dented extremely easy.
-Horizontal exhaust often was blowing in the wrong direction and either overheated another machine or melted the vinyl siding off a house. (Yup, did both of those.)
-Vertical feed rollers jammed easy if a small crotch went around behind them. Also, they caused everything going in to swing side to side, resulting in lots of leg hits and thigh bruises.
-Biggest complaint of all: It just wouldn't chip!!! When you fed it a large log, the rpms would drop DRAMATICALLY and it took a long time for it to recover before taking the next bite. We had 1 extremely large chipping job where we had both the Vermeer BC 2000 (20", 200 hp Cummins) and the Morbark 2400 (18", 176 hp Perkins) running side by side, and the Morbark was beating the Vermeer 2 to 1. Feed them identical sized logs and the Vermeer would bog so bad after one bite that the Morbark auto feed would cycle 2 or 3 times before the Vermeer recovered. You felt like you were spending all day just waiting for the rpms to recover.

Obviously there are many factors (blade sharpness, anvil adjustment, tree species and moisture content, etc) that affect chipping speed. But after several years of running both of those machines, it was clear that the Vermeer never once kept up with the Morbark.

If you can get the Vermeer for a great price, are happy with the condition of it, and only need to run it for an hour or 2 a day (which would be 30 to 60 minutes with the Morbark), I say go for it. But if you're going to be chipping 6+ hours per day, fuggedaboutit.
 
I love the Morbark, I love bandits too. I got a killer deal on it, have to do some things to it especially paint this winter. For removals it just one of the best. Feed it with my excavator or mini and it's just chewing it up. I would like to get a crane in years to come so I'm setting my self up equipment wise for a crane removal setup. I have a little morbark 200 I tow threw the woods and for pruning. If you get a big chipper. Are sure you have cdl make sure your truck is going to be able to pull and stop it when loaded when not. Do you have a smaller chipper as well nothing like towing the big morbark for sharping holly bushes lol
 
I hear you about the little vermeers. I used to rent them 6" Chippers back when i started in 96 when i was just a glorified lawn cutter lol. I do strictly trees now. @ Riviezzo I have had a bandit 65, now have a 90 and 250. Chasing the same route your heading.. I find myself on large take downs sometimes with the mini and my full size skidsteer on the job but the bottle neck in my operation is the chipper.. I love my bb 250 but ive out grown it. Got a dozzer, excavator, skid steer, mini, now i need a whole tree chipper. Hope you understand me better now. Heres some of my trucks
 

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This is not a chip truck but thought you guys might like it. Its a 2000 ford excursion with a 7.3 that i had shipped from California and over the winter i put a 2015 front end on it. Its my estimate truck, and hauls the stumper and spider lift in the jobs.
 

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Its a kanga mini skidsteer. I fabbed a 250lbs weight kit on the rear and painted it red. They are usually green from the factory. Its faster and lifts more than any other mini i tried around here. Now the new Vermeer/ditchwitch should be better. Heres a closer pic
 

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Isuzu used 12000. Used tool box. 1200. Recycled dump free from other truck I own. Chip bed custom built. 1800. 2016 bc1500 w winch. Almost 70 g's. But hey, if you need a breath of fresh warm air, you can stick your face in front of the exhaust and breath deep. Just not in Regen mode. I have put my nose to it and am amazed that you cant smell any diesel from it !! Amazing "expensive" technology. But I use it in my marketing. .... work Environmentally conscious with low impact, low emissions equipment.
 
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Here is my estimate truck. It hauls me! At 70 miles per gallon!! It can also haul my climbing gear and a hand saw in a pinch. Compared to 7.3 liters of consumption it took me 5000 mile to pay for the bike simply in gas savings. That doesn't even take into account the saved wear and tear on my trucks!! (About $.30 a mile. ). Add to that the fun factor $1.00 per mile and I think I had the bike paid for in the first 590 miles. Lol.
 
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Isuzu used 12000. Used tool box. 1200. Recycled dump free from other truck I own. Chip bed custom built. 1800. 2016 bc1500 w winch. Almost 70 g's. But hey, if you need a breath of fresh warm air, you can stick your face in front of the exhaust and breath deep. Just not in Regen mode. I have put my nose to it and am amazed that you cant smell any diesel from it !! Amazing "expensive" technology. But I use it in my marketing. .... work Environmentally conscious with low impact, low emissions equipment.
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Thats a very nice looking rig. We are looking to start a second crew and that would be a perfect set-up for us. Nicely done!!
 
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Isuzu used 12000. Used tool box. 1200. Recycled dump free from other truck I own. Chip bed custom built. 1800. 2016 bc1500 w winch. Almost 70 g's. But hey, if you need a breath of fresh warm air, you can stick your face in front of the exhaust and breath deep. Just not in Regen mode. I have put my nose to it and am amazed that you cant smell any diesel from it !! Amazing "expensive" technology. But I use it in my marketing. .... work Environmentally conscious with low impact, low emissions equipment.
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What a good looking rig! I can't imagine paying 70k for a chipper though. The price of equipment has been going up since the new emissions requirements were put in place. I am very glad to have bought my Bandit 1590 with a tier 3 just before they jacked the prices up. How many yards can fit in that box? I bet you can fill it fast with that chipper. Personally I want at least a 20 yard chip truck to reduce time driving around.
 
AmericanArborist said:
What a good looking rig! I can't imagine paying 70k for a chipper though. The price of equipment has been going up since the new emissions requirements were put in place. I am very glad to have bought my Bandit 1590 with a tier 3 just before they jacked the prices up. How many yards can fit in that box? I bet you can fill it fast with that chipper. Personally I want at least a 20 yard chip truck to reduce time driving around.
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I have filled that truck I think about 7 times in a day feeding it with my grapple loader. We dumped on site there. Most of my work is pruning. Rarely fill the truck in a day. Holds bout ten yards when blown full. The only time I need a larger truck is doing storm damage when a lot of brush is on the ground job after job. I save logs and haul to sawmill for $. Reduces chipper use and is an additional income. How do you consistently fill a 20 yard chip truck in one day?? Or is it more a weekly storage until you can dump situation?
 
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