What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

macrocarpa said:
Based on what you concluded, what type of job do you see this machine being best suited for?

Could it handle a big pin oak prune?
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Don’t let the small size fool you like it did me. It’s a legit professional quality machine. With Bandit and Morbark right up the road from me I’ve been around quality chippers pretty much from the start of my career 20+ years ago. The Eliet prof 6 feels like a machine built to the same standard.

The machine could handle pretty much any pruning job you could throw at it. I also believe you could do small/medium removals with it as well. Either remove and sell/burn the firewood from such a job or place by the curb and it would disappear. Also because it’s actually shredding material it handles things like pompas grass, fall leaves, palm prunings, hedge trimmings, etc better than a chipper…

I think the traditional chipper comp is the Bandit 65xp. They will both chip 4” material all day everyday. The bandit can chip branches a bit faster and chip the occasional 6”chunk. The Eliet can process green leafy material and other yard waste better. The Bandit won’t reduce material quite as much. The Eliet produces a chip that would be very easy to get rid of. I would much rather run the Eliet than a Vermeer 6” chipper hands down.

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Having said all that mounting the Eliet unit to a trailer pretty much cancels many of the machine’s advantages. If you’re looking for a trailer mounted chipper I’d just find a Bandit 65xp for less money used.
 
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Barc Buster said:
Don’t let the small size fool you like it did me. It’s a legit professional quality machine. With Bandit and Morbark right up the road from me I’ve been around quality chippers pretty much from the start of my career 20+ years ago. The Eliet prof 6 feels like a machine built to the same standard.

The machine could handle pretty much any pruning job you could throw at it. I also believe you could do small/medium removals with it as well. Either remove and sell/burn the firewood from such a job or place by the curb and it would disappear. Also because it’s actually shredding material it handles things like pompas grass, fall leaves, palm prunings, hedge trimmings, etc better than a chipper…

I think the traditional chipper comp is the Bandit 65xp. They will both chip 4” material all day everyday. The bandit can chip branches a bit faster and chip the occasional 6”chunk. The Eliet can process green leafy material and other yard waste better. The Bandit won’t reduce material quite as much. The Eliet produces a chip that would be very easy to get rid of. I would much rather run the Eliet than a Vermeer 6” chipper hands down.

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Having said all that mounting the Eliet unit to a trailer pretty much cancels many of the machine’s advantages. If you’re looking for a trailer mounted chipper I’d just find a Bandit 65xp for less money used.
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Thanks!!! Good to know these are an option only 3.5hrs away from me (Pittsburgh).

So to transport the models that are not mounted on a trailer you would either have to have a van or a trailer to transport it? I doubt going up and down ramps into a pick up would be an option?
 
macrocarpa said:
Thanks!!! Good to know these are an option only 3.5hrs away from me (Pittsburgh).

So to transport the models that are not mounted on a trailer you would either have to have a van or a trailer to transport it? I doubt going up and down ramps into a pick up would be an option?
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I don’t see any reason you couldn’t load it in a pickup with long enough ramps.


I think an ideal small set up is something like a pickup or van towing a landscape type trailer. You can transport the chipper and mini skid- if you have one like I do- in an efficient do everything rig.
 
Barc Buster said:
Fair but the dude from Eliet USA answered the phone on a Saturday at lunch time. So already ahead of Vermeer
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Barc Buster said:
Don’t let the small size fool you like it did me. It’s a legit professional quality machine. With Bandit and Morbark right up the road from me I’ve been around quality chippers pretty much from the start of my career 20+ years ago. The Eliet prof 6 feels like a machine built to the same standard.

The machine could handle pretty much any pruning job you could throw at it. I also believe you could do small/medium removals with it as well. Either remove and sell/burn the firewood from such a job or place by the curb and it would disappear. Also because it’s actually shredding material it handles things like pompas grass, fall leaves, palm prunings, hedge trimmings, etc better than a chipper…

I think the traditional chipper comp is the Bandit 65xp. They will both chip 4” material all day everyday. The bandit can chip branches a bit faster and chip the occasional 6”chunk. The Eliet can process green leafy material and other yard waste better. The Bandit won’t reduce material quite as much. The Eliet produces a chip that would be very easy to get rid of. I would much rather run the Eliet than a Vermeer 6” chipper hands down.

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Having said all that mounting the Eliet unit to a trailer pretty much cancels many of the machine’s advantages. If you’re looking for a trailer mounted chipper I’d just find a Bandit 65xp for less money used.
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We have trailer units as well. Our professional designs range from home owner garden size that will pack away and shed or SUV. Wield and track units that will fit in and out of back yards. Under of 36 inches wide. We also have trailer units. Our largest unit is a mega prof, which will do 7 inch round and all the good green stuff that our competitors cannot come close to shredding.
 
https://gopro.com/v/dMgqnlkR2k1Wo

Here's my Salsco chipper that I've almost exclusively been using while my redneck uncle has been clearing land with my Morbark. I didn't edit together a nice little clip so you can really see what the chipping experience is. This particular job was 2 Norway maples way down an embankment that I would have to drag brush way up the hill because I couldnt get my larger chipper down there. After using this thing most of the season it has become a pleasure to use. This Norway gave it the most trouble. When the leaves came off in the fall, it became twice as fun to use. The opening to the knifes is 5x6 I believe and it is over built. I definitely recommend. I'm sure the price has went up but this unit was sold for $3,400 new in 2009. So yeah that's probably doubl
 
ElietJoe said:
We have trailer units as well. Our professional designs range from home owner garden size that will pack away and shed or SUV. Wield and track units that will fit in and out of back yards. Under of 36 inches wide. We also have trailer units. Our largest unit is a mega prof, which will do 7 inch round and all the good green stuff that our competitors cannot come close to shredding.
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Really enjoyed meeting you Joe and welcome to the Buzz! If you’re ever up this way again I’d love to put a super prof and mega Prof through their paces!
 
CTtreeNWC said:
https://gopro.com/v/dMgqnlkR2k1Wo

Here's my Salsco chipper that I've almost exclusively been using while my redneck uncle has been clearing land with my Morbark. I didn't edit together a nice little clip so you can really see what the chipping experience is. This particular job was 2 Norway maples way down an embankment that I would have to drag brush way up the hill because I couldnt get my larger chipper down there. After using this thing most of the season it has become a pleasure to use. This Norway gave it the most trouble. When the leaves came off in the fall, it became twice as fun to use. The opening to the knifes is 5x6 I believe and it is over built. I definitely recommend. I'm sure the price has went up but this unit was sold for $3,400 new in 2009. So yeah that's probably doubl
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Norway spruce*** not maple I must be missing my old favorite street tree.
 
CTtreeNWC said:
https://gopro.com/v/dMgqnlkR2k1Wo

Here's my Salsco chipper that I've almost exclusively been using while my redneck uncle has been clearing land with my Morbark. I didn't edit together a nice little clip so you can really see what the chipping experience is. This particular job was 2 Norway maples way down an embankment that I would have to drag brush way up the hill because I couldnt get my larger chipper down there. After using this thing most of the season it has become a pleasure to use. This Norway gave it the most trouble. When the leaves came off in the fall, it became twice as fun to use. The opening to the knifes is 5x6 I believe and it is over built. I definitely recommend. I'm sure the price has went up but this unit was sold for $3,400 new in 2009. So yeah that's probably doubl
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That's a cool little chipper especially for 3400 (y)
 
I feel like this is a fitting question for the “smaller” operation conversation.

How many of you work by yourself? Do you primarily work solo, or only once in a while, etc.?

If not in need of a full-time employee but someone to help only when needed, how was your experience finding someone reliable to work on more of a part-time / as needed basis?
 
I work solo a lot. But I’m pretty selective and target the type of work that I can do alone. Pruning, planting, phc, consulting, etc. Sometimes I do need a groundie for pruning jobs and I have two friends that help out. One owns a small landscape business and the other is a self employed cabinet maker and they seem to enjoy tree work and I make it worth their time. I have accepted this is the best situation for me. Low stress, low overhead and I do what I want when I want how I want….for the most part.

It would be nice to do more recreational climbing with other arborists to keep improving skills though.
 
climbingmonkey24 said:
I feel like this is a fitting question for the “smaller” operation conversation.

How many of you work by yourself? Do you primarily work solo, or only once in a while, etc.?

If not in need of a full-time employee but someone to help only when needed, how was your experience finding someone reliable to work on more of a part-time / as needed basis?
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I only work solo. Just easier that way right now. I tend to avoid large removals or bid very high if I do go after any. We're very fortunate in my area to have mostly open spaces and agreeable neighbours so quite often cut and chuck is good enough. I can also do a fair amount of solo rigging if needed.

On rare occasion I'll team up with a friend who also works solo to tackle bigger jobs. We called on each other four times last year. Two were his jobs, two were mine. In all those instances we agreed to split the money 50/50.
 
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