The Wee Chipper Club

[AHPP]

And cheaper than Rotatech! What I said above, cubed. 

[Nick703]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

Oh aye. Chipper blades are a product you primarily want to be cheap. They go round at god knows what rpm, are subject to extreme violence from bits of tree jammed into them and rely on good, consistent, can’t-fail heat treating to not shatter and spray shrapnel fvckknows where. I’ll have the expensive ones please. 

Just offering the guy some advice on where to get his blades!!.

I run a gravity fed chipper and a greenmech roller fed chipper and a stump grinder on blade’s -teeth from qrms,never had a problem with there stuff. 

[openspaceman]

53 minutes ago, Nick703 said:

Just offering the guy some advice on where to get his blades!!.

I run a gravity fed chipper and a greenmech roller fed chipper and a stump grinder on blade’s -teeth from qrms,never had a problem with there stuff. 

Nor me but I was buying tungsten carbide tipped mulcher teeth rather than chipper blades.

 

It strikes me chipper blades need to be a fine balance of tempering between being hard enough to maintain a sharp edge without being brittle enough to shatter.

[andyk12]

I take the point about the high demands placed on chipper blades but I’m thinking that on a chipper of this ilk, they probably weren’t the best of the best to start with

[verdant]

Hi, I wondered if I could get some expert advice on a wee chipper, please? I bought a 15 acre wood that has not been touched in 40 years.  It is overgrown and all the trees are thin(ish), tall and fighting for light.  Mainly hawthorn and oak (up to 6 inch diameter).  I've worked for one week on my own on it and have cleared 80m2.  The felling is fine but the volume of brash and moving it into piles is killing me.  I need a wee chipper!  Access is not great (no roads, no ride through the woods) so I'm thinking of something tracked that can navigate 200m of fields and then into the woods.  I can cut and chip and think it should double my clearing speed.  Did my chainsaw maintenance and felling tickets only a month ago (total amateur and just need it for my woods).  I'm based in Essex if that makes any difference!

 

I'm wondering what specific makes and models I should be considering (especially as I'm working on my own)?  Looking at this thread it seems GL&D Super, Jo Beau, and Foxwood seem to come up a fair bit?  Also, I'm happy to look at second hand.  Any suggestions on reputable companies to talk to?

 

Thanks, and sorry for the basic questions!

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, verdant said:

Hi, I wondered if I could get some expert advice on a wee chipper, please? I bought a 15 acre wood that has not been touched in 40 years.  It is overgrown and all the trees are thin(ish), tall and fighting for light.  Mainly hawthorn and oak (up to 6 inch diameter).  I've worked for one week on my own on it and have cleared 80m2.  The felling is fine but the volume of brash and moving it into piles is killing me.  I need a wee chipper!  Access is not great (no roads, no ride through the woods) so I'm thinking of something tracked that can navigate 200m of fields and then into the woods.  I can cut and chip and think it should double my clearing speed.  Did my chainsaw maintenance and felling tickets only a month ago (total amateur and just need it for my woods).  I'm based in Essex if that makes any difference!

 

I'm wondering what specific makes and models I should be considering (especially as I'm working on my own)?  Looking at this thread it seems GL&D Super, Jo Beau, and Foxwood seem to come up a fair bit?  Also, I'm happy to look at second hand.  Any suggestions on reputable companies to talk to?

 

Thanks, and sorry for the basic questions!

Why not fell small stuff to waste, stacking only bigger stuff to either rot in a stack or extract later?

[verdant]

20 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Why not fell small stuff to waste, stacking only bigger stuff to either rot in a stack or extract later?

Started doing this and rapidly ran out of room. The hawthorn is mainly 8m+ so once I've taken out a 2m log. I've still 6m of brash. I've made gigantic windrows but there are hundreds of trees to fell. I feel I need to sned what I fell and then chip the brash or i'll still be working on this next year! BUT, I am a total amateur so thanks for the advice.

[woody paul]

I hope you have a felling licence to carry at work, only chipper that would make job easier is 6 inch capacity or bigger and tracked if access is bad. 

[rapalaman]

As woody says, you may need a felling licence for over a certain amount of cubic meters per quarter.

Whereabouts in Essex are you? I’m in Chelmsford and have a JoBeau200 you could see in use. 

[verdant]

37 minutes ago, rapalaman said:

As woody says, you may need a felling licence for over a certain amount of cubic meters per quarter.

Whereabouts in Essex are you? I’m in Chelmsford and have a JoBeau200 you could see in use. 

Felling license all sorted, thanks.

 

Rapalaman I'm close to Chelmsford so may DM you to see it in action. Thanks for the kind offer.