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The loggers came through and left an expected mess. I have a couple of large slash piles to burn later. I'm thinking of getting a chipper I can move through the logged area to chip branches, brush and stuff rather than stack and burn. I have zero experience with chippers and I'm wondering if a PTO chippers would be any handier than a stand alone DR type. My tractor has 19hp at the PTO. Thanks
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Pete, Do you have a tool rental place where you can rent an industrial chipper? When we cleared our lot I rented a 4" industrial chipper, it was wealth worth renting a full size chipper as you can run a semi truck sized pile of alders through one in a day if you have three people to feed it. Looking at the PTO driven chippers, they appear to be much smaller machines. I think for the occasional fall pruning a small chipper has it's place, but if clearing significant slash piles I'd think you'd be better off renting a larger machine.
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Reminds me of the movie Fargo for some reason... I'm dealing with hundreds of downed trees right now. Making burn piles. Lots of them. I'd hate to chip up what I'm piling up right now. It'll all burn...
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Paul, I looked into renting, but with the amount of acreage I would like to chip the rental would pay for a decent chipper. I most likely will chip just a few acres around the house. I like walking in the woods without having to step over a lot of debris. Also, I do not have all of that teenaged horsepower around you have
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Pete,
If you're dealing with chipping acres, then get at least a 6" chipper.
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I've got a Wallenstein BX62. I'm very happy with it. Since my purchase, a new model/company has come on the scene. I just got their stump grinder and am very impressed with everything about it and their company. Their chippers appear to be something worth looking at: https://woodlandmills.ca/us/product-category/wood-chippers/They have hydraulic feed and are less expensive than the Wallenstein (which I still am very happy with).
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