Wood chipper

Red Oak, but we had to manually feed and pull it out to keep the motor from bogging down. Kinda a pain, but we wanted to see what it would do. It devours softwoods like nothing and 4" hardwoods with no issues. I keep my blades sharp and gap the anvil every time I swap the knives.

If you get the 1260, get the extension kit for the wheels to widen out the stance, otherwise it it not very stable when towed.

 

What did you set the gap at?

 

Buzz saw. If your not from Connecticut u might not know who that guy is. But I do remember that hole thing.

 

We have a Crary Bearcat 5627 chipper. It an absolutely awesome investment. We hate brush piles and I'm not into burning and creating ash pits on the property. It also makes great chips for filling in low spots on our trails. CH5627 | Crary Bearcat Products

 

same here. i figured everyone else will google it

 

Happened not far from where I live. I think it was one finger nail that got him.

 

I too have a Bearcat. 5-6” PTO driven.
I love it but honestly have to say…
It only comes out a few times per year on my 10 acres.
The first one was one of those home models and it was a POS.

Burn it or load it in a pickup/trailer and going to the dump would be the most cost effective rather than owning in your case would be my first recommendation.


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We use ours all season long. Every tree we drop has the slash chipped.

 

Sharp knives and anvil properly adjusted are everything. I just did this recently and used chipper for the first time since and boy does it make all the difference!

 

Mines about 1/8 of an inch, but a quick online search for you chippers make and model should tell you.

 

Thanks, I’ll try and look again on the web

 

I have had gas powered and PTO powered chippers and I have to say, just rent the things. My pto chipper is 4" and powerful enough, but getting the branches fed into it will wear out myself and my two grown sons. The gas powered chipper was sold within days of its first use.

 

When I owned the woodmaxx chipper I used 2 business cards taped together to gap the knives and anvil. Seemed to work fairly well. Some chippers have a tool they come with for gaping.

 

We currently have 2 chippers, one is a Wallenstein 3" chipper/shredder, that we bought when we first moved to our property. We had some trees taken down in our yard, and the tree guys wanted $3k to chip and remove the brush from 5 big red oaks. We decided to buy our own chipper and put in some work to save money in the future. Wife insisted on a tow behind unit as she wanted to haul it behind her woods jeep. It gets used often enough to justify having it, and the space it takes up. We use it around the yard areas mostly now that we also have a tractor mounted chipper. I

I got a great deal this summer on a one year old Woodland Mills 8" chipper that I mounted to the JD 4052R tractor, that I couldn't pass it up ($2k). The 8" hydraulic infeed is awesome, and it has chipped everything that's been put into it so far red oak, ash, maple, and cherry. This fall I would go out fell a tree, limb it up, and prep logs for removing, after dropping 4-5 trees it was time to bring the tractor out. I would haul logs with the grapple on the front, and then chip the limbs and brush before moving onto the next one. It works great for a one man crew, and besides a stump and pile of chips, you wouldn't know anyone was there.

I should clarify, for our 153 acres they work great, but when we lived on 1.5 acres, I wouldn't have owned one. The pine tree hedge we had got trimmed twice a year, and I hauled the brush off to a composting yard.

 

I used 2 credit cards

 

Small world. My freshman year roomate’s parents owned the rental place that rented the unit. Ended up seeing him on a documentary on the murder years later.

 

Had the first one maxed out, huh?

 

Yeah I think I need to go back and do some adjustment

 

Yep I paid $50 for an 8hp craftsman. My naive thinking was they wouldn’t make it if it didn’t work. Put new knives in it and everything. Out on the road with a free sign it went.