alpine tractor attachment advice...........

[SABRE10]

Hello all...……..

I have recently purchased a 2003 Antonio Carraro Trx 9400 (87hp) alpine tractor and would appreciate some advice from fellow alpine users with regards to your experience with forestry mulchers and large diameter woodchippers attachments. 

 

I have some ride creation to attend to in a young sitka plantation (6-8" diameter trees at base and lots of gorse) . I intend to feed a pto chipper attached to the tractor via a small mini digger with cutting head to create the rides/tracks and then follow up - tidy up with the forestry mulcher...………..

 

I currently have an ancient kwik chip 8" pto chipper for the tractor - its excellent but has no reverse and having been spoilt with Schliesing and Jensen road towed chippers over the yrs - this thing gets jammed on leafy vegatation far more than I would like...………...I will be looking to upgrade this ...budget is not massive so looking for good/secondhand on the chipper.

 

Looking at a 11" farmi ch 260 - anyone had any experience with one on these - looks good on you-tube? how do they fair with green leafy vegetation? or what other pto chippers would be up to the task...………..

 

Also Looking at Seppi Midi forst Fixed Knive Mulcher (2.0m wide - same width as tractor to avoid puntures) Any good? And does anyone have one for sale? How long do they last before you need to replace knives etc (I appreciate that depends on how many bad things you hit - but on average etc - would a new set of knives last 5 days or a month)

 

Also interested in any other suitable similar width mulchers out there that are compatable with these tractors and your experience with them. Any other suggestions other that seppi for this sized tractor.

 

Thank you in advance for any help

 

 

 

 

[Andrew McEwan]

I'd be tempted to look into spending a few quid sorting out the kiwk chip if not too far gone, anvil, roller gap and teeth, reverse etc as they are properly built, if you aren't set on a crane fed one, especially if a newer one is just going to get bashed in the woods with a digger behind it, also suspect some of the bigger TPs or similar might be a bit of a handful off road for the 9400? Be interesting to see some photos of the job and setup when you get into it.

[dumper]

  the mulcher will be right at the tractors limts

had to lengthen the lift arms on mine to get the pto running at a acceptable angle especially when lifting,make sure you guard very very well 

had a 9 inch turner on the back of mine same problems with shaft length and angle

put ballast weights on front tyres to help as the chipper was so far out 

main problem was the attachments were designed for a std tractor which has more ground clearance 

[SABRE10]

Thanks Andrew - the Kwik Chip Chiper has got to go - it has had full service already..... done belts,knives and anvil (rollers and hydraulics good) just not sure its the chipper for me clogs to easily - worked with far better and so knowing what's available keen to upgrade.

 

Will upload photos of the job when I get into it - prob next yr.

 

Thanks Dumper - yes had to modify the Kwik Chip to make it fit - whatever I end up with it will certainly be modded to suit the tractor and as you say the plan is to Mad Max Forestry Guard it

 

Seen a few videos of same model tractor running the seppi midi on you t*be

 

not expecting it to be the fastest or the most productive just keen to know what other owners think of their alpine forest mulchers.....any preferences or advice appreciated

 

Many thanks

Edited May 5, 2020 by SABRE10
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