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chipper sheredders

Post by NNAATZ » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:33 am

dose any body have one for a three point? what brand? how well dose it work? i am thinking of buying one to put on my ford

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Post by Stan Disbrow » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:19 am

Hi,

Sorry. I missed this, and for a whole month to boot.

I have a Patu, made in Finland of all places, but it was what my local dealer carries. It'll take 4" OK, 5" if you slow down the feed to minimum. It has a hydraulic feed, which is great - no wrestling with the stuff. I use it on my JD 4500.

The thing is built heavy enough, almost too heavy. It actually doesn't like the little stuff but it whacks up the the larger stuff nicely. So, I have a low spot, a pit really, where I dump the finer stuff to rot into compost. I use the 420c to mash it down. I use the chipper for larger stuff, and dump the chips into the same pit. Makes nice compost. :)

Stan
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Post by NNAATZ » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:43 am

i have not bought one yet,you must dc 65? i just looked it up, thats a nice unit, i have been looking the bearcat chippers it's a divion of echo.there farly well built but not as good your patu,and they handel 3.5 to 4. priceing is 2700 to 3200 depending on model and options.
i am cleaning a lot in town that i have bought. i figured loading wood chips was esaier than brush and branches to take to the farm.
your useing little more tractor than i am, i have naa and a 8n ford that i will be useing, well the crawler with pto but no three point.........yet
thanks nick

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Post by Stan Disbrow » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:42 am

Hi,

I have the DC-40 with hydraulic feed. It's rated at 4", but one can get closer to 5" thru it if it's soft wood like pine. I thought about the DC-60, but felt that I'd be OK with the 40 and probably didn't have enough tractor to run the 60 anyway. Plus, I did save a couple thousand bucks.

As far as the tractor size goes, I can tell you that when I get a large piece into the thing, I barely have enough tractor to handle it. The governor goes wide open and the thing vibrates the whole rig. The 4500 is 40+ HP, so you might have some more thinking to do when deciding on a chipper size to fit the Ford.

In fact, I had to make up some extra brackets for the rear hydraulic lines on the 4500. The vibration kept chewing up the o-rings at the valve end even though the nuts were tight. The lines flexed a bit too much as they were held at the connector end by a bracket, but that was all - no other brackets until the steel lines connect to the valve body. It was an easy fix as there were plenty of handy spots to anchor the new brackets to.

It's something that isn't really a fault of the tractor design. I don't think most folks use drive motors for chippers on the rear remote. As the chipper blades get into their work, they push back on the wood and that sets up pressure pulses in the lines, which is what moved the lines around like that.

And you really do want to have the hydraulic feeder option, trust me. Years ago I had a Ford 1720 with a 3" manual feed chipper and it was like wrestling with a bear to use the fool thing.

Stan
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Post by NNAATZ » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:18 pm

i will keep that in mind, i needed to find some one who used them. your definetly right about the hydraulic feed and wrestling bears i didn't think of that.
thanks for the advise, nick

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