DR equipment

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2008

Have been thinking about getting one of those DR chipper attachemnts for the tractor to grind up small tree limbs and such.
I know you can get them with an engine, but I figured one on the tractor made more sense to me.
At least it's one less engine to keep running.
Anyone had any bad experience with them? They look pretty well made.

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2008

These are made for a homeowner or very casual user. OK for handing smaller timmings, dead rotted wood (not hedge) or yard waste. Very expensive for what you get, but if you like new paint will look good with a new tractor.

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2008

Don't have new shiney stuff...just old working stuff.
Don't care about good looks. Want to hang it off the back of a IH350D.
Just looking for well made chipper to cut branches and such up I cut out of trees and fence rows. May as well put that mess to use.

Devin Sparks · May 28, 2008

I have one that my Aunt bought for us several years ago. I have used it a couple of times and it works OK. You get a lot of vibration with it when chipping. I dont like the 3 pt pins that they use. I have the cat 1 and 2 set on my tractor and I have to remove these and put the cat 1 set back on to use the chipper. Other than that it comes in habdy when cutting up small trees around. Will be pulling it out soon to chip up branches from some trees that have fallen.

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2008

A IH350D is way to much tractor for a DR. You sound like a good old boy that buys something and intends to use it. Look for something built better that is used. If located near Central Illinois we have been wanting to upgrade to power feed and would sell ours. Rated for 5 inch limbs, it will handle anything you can suffer to force thru it. With two of us pushing we have chipped a limited amount of 3 inch hedge. I've seen several slightly used non-power feed chippers at dealers. Many purchase a non-power feed chipper thinking it will be a piece-of-cake and find out you need to be built like Paul Bunyan to feed in larger limbs. Consequently it comes back to the dealer, whom offers it at a decent discount. Suggest you look locally for a sturdy built bargin.

Anonymous-0 · May 28, 2008

I am in East Texas fairly close to Houston. I need it to use not only around the place, but to taks care of small trees and limbs at the church. I get tired of seeing all that mulch going into the landfill when I know of a better use for it.
Most of it is China tallow and live oak branches.
I am getting older, but no weakling I don't figure. I put up 200ft of board fence over the holiday by myself...now that was work in 95+ degree heat.
I travel home thru your area every August when I go to visit family...might just keep my eyes open.
Thanks....

Gun guru · May 28, 2008

For the money of that Dr chipper and I would think that it is $3,000 or more. You could get a tree removal crew to do all the work and get it all chipped up in a 1 day flat rate of $3,000 or so with 5 young punks with strong backs.
My neighbor used to cut up trees for a living and he told me that 10 years ago he charged $2,000 for a 4 man crew per day for lot clearing.

Alex-41JDb · May 28, 2008

People never think about renting. We get a 12 chipper rented for only a few hours a day. We send whole trees through it with the excavator. Rent and break some one elses stuff plus no maintenance. Those dr"s will prolly only handed small dead stuff, you could rent 10 times the machine 10 times and still be in the same dollar value. Al

Sam#3 · May 29, 2008

I have one of the small engine driven and my brother has a 3pt. We both have them for the same thing, brush clearing and trimming.
They are not big production machines but for the jobs that reoccur every few weeks I feel they're the ticket.
The one thing you need to know is the material needs some trimming. The feed chute (on mine) is three and a half inches square. If a sapling is two inches and the branches will fold nice and close to the trunk it will go through in one feed. However, if the branches spread and are tough you need to trim.
Get a good set of bypass loppers and avoid dead material. I've run mine nearly four years and still haven't sharpened the cutter.

Rick Kr · May 29, 2008

Bill,

Have to agree with Alex-41JDb on this. Pile your brush and once a year rent a BIG chipper.

If you have that much chipping to do, I don't think you will be happy with a small (3 pt or gas) chipper.

If you're chipping throughout the year, probably makes sense to buy. Friend has a 3 pt that is suppose to handle a 5" limb, but I wouldnt recommend it. 2-3" limbs are fine, but slow, compared to commerical chipper.

You will make quick work of a giant pile with a commerical style chipper. Plus no maintenance, and replacement blades aren't cheap.

Rick

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