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Who makes the best PTO chipper for around the farm work? Have two tractors with 3 point, a Ford 2N (probably too small), and an Allis Chalmers XT190, about 100 HP (maybe too big).

Am looking for a unit big enough for 4" limbs and with good parts support.

The 8 HP Troy Built chippers look like a waste of time.

Thanks,

Bill.
 
I liked my PATU DC40. Manual feed, 4" (a little bigger if you angled it just right) and my JD750 (18-20HP) ran it no problem at all.

Sold it because I was done clearing the place.
 
I really like my Bearcat 5" chipper/shredder they are now Echo/Bearcat only thing I would do different if I could go back I would buy a blower for it to load the chips rather than just dropping them on the ground as if you are chipping a lot of material you do have to move the chips away but that is no real issue either for the amount I chip I feel it would be handy though, I have had it 10 years and other than sharpening blades I have done nothing to it not even adjust the belts yet a very tuff well built unit, with 5" wood it will make a 20 hp tractor work, the 35hp 430dsl its own runs it fine, I do not use the shredder much but it does work well, buy the shredder tamper tool if it does not come with it if you chose to go this way good luck
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Problem is you still have to stand around all day feeding them. I am much more productive, with a small skidloader, and a grapple fork, piling it for burning. There's my $ .02!
 
have to agree with you but we use the chips for landscaping it takes at least 2 of my small dump truck loads a year here, so a chipping I must do
 
ive got a troybuilt 11 horse it will work, but its very very slow, and it wont do a 4 inch limb regardless of what it says , i dont use it much except for when i need chips for the dogs pen, burn piles are much less labor intensive
 
I purchased a used WoodMaxx 8" mechanical feed PTO chipper and it works fine for me. A few areas could be improved on it, but having never used another brand I don't know if that is par for the course with all of them.

I agree with the other poster - it is slower than burning, but it has it's uses (trying to drag limbs out of confined areas, not being able to burn when it's dry, etc....). If you can use the wood chips that is an added bonus.
 
I'd like to have one too but really can't justify it. But before I spent any money on a big box store one I'd get a used rental size chipper. Vermeer BC600 or BC625, or Rayco RC6D are all "real" towable chippers with 6" capacity and hydraulic feed. Frankly I sometimes see used larger chippers on Craig's List. I don't want to mess with holding sticks up in the air and pressing them down into a chipper for minutes. I want an infeed table, to push it in and listen to berrrup and push another in. The only ones that scare me a bit are the older "chuck and duck" drum chippers that use the cutting action to pull in the limb--they feed in so quick there isn't time to save you if you sleeve gets caught on the limb. PTO chippers seem to be over priced for their capacity. Sometimes it's cheaper to have a dedicated tool.
 
I have a Patu dc 40, it will chip up to 6 inch or so. I'm not saying it's the best out there, but it works fine for me.
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Sorry I was wrong fawnteen was right it only takes 4" I thought it was 6", the dc 65 will take 6.5 inch.
 
We've also got a manual feed Bearcat and used it a couple of years. Works OK if not using it too much, otherwise you get tired of beating your arms and shoulders pushing in the bigger stuff. Also as you mentioned it needs the optional chip blower so one doesn't need to constantly tend/remove the discharged chips which are just dropped on the ground. Finally got smart and bought a low-hour self-feeding Vermeer from a private individual. Vermeer wanted $16K for a new one. Perhaps not worth $16K but certainly well worth the $4.5K we paid for it. Would return to burning before using the manual feed Bearcat again.
 
I love my Valby. Hydraulic feed for extra margin of safety. Purchased about 7 years ago from Hud-Son in NY. It will eat 6" round and 8" flat. I've been very careful of feeding to avoid any dirt so have only touched the blades once and they were still sharp last year. I've run it on both a 1020 JD at ~30 hp and a 5303 at ~55 hp.
 
just bought a very nice used Vermeer 906, have not used it yet, but got it at a nice price from indivisual, I did look at many others and they seemed to be very light weight, the Vermeer 906 weighs 2,200lbs.
 
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