Sub 750 diesel chippers

[benedmonds]

Looking for another sub 750 chipper.

What are the options..

It has to be diesel as having one petrol machine in a fleet of diesels is asking for trouble..

 

Our  37hp TW 230 is great and I would get another but the current diesel option is only 24hp and specs say it chips 1 ton an hour less than our current machine.  That would suck big time.

 

The horror stories of the forst makes me very nervous about going with them. 

 

Anything comparable with the 37hp tw we have..

[Johny Walker]

Look for a good 2nd diesel 230,there must be some about👍

[dig-dug-dan]

11 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

Looking for another sub 750 chipper.

What are the options..

It has to be diesel as having one petrol machine in a fleet of diesels is asking for trouble..

 

Our  37hp TW 230 is great and I would get another but the current diesel option is only 24hp and specs say it chips 1 ton an hour less than our current machine.  That would suck big time.

 

The horror stories of the forst makes me very nervous about going with them. 

 

Anything comparable with the 37hp tw we have..

The issue about hp has been covered before, but it's the same kubota v5105 engine,  it's just de tuned. It can be tuned back to the original 37hp!

[woody paul]

There's a lot to be said about running two machines that are the same, 1 lot of spare blades sharp, engine filters and you know how they run and perform and so on.

 

[benedmonds]

4 minutes ago, Johny Walker said:

Look for a good 2nd diesel 230,there must be some about👍

I am a big believer in buying used/nearly new and that would be my first option for everything,  apart from a sub 750 chipper. I might be wrong but I just feel they are too easy to abuse..

[Dan Maynard]

I haven't used the 24hp one, would be interesting - but on the older 37 I would say the stress control rarely kicks in unless you stick big bits of wood in all the time, so there is plenty of power spare. 24hp may actually be enough for normal use.

Maybe they would do you a trial?

[benedmonds]

19 minutes ago, dig-dug-dan said:

The issue about hp has been covered before, but it's the same kubota v5105 engine,  it's just de tuned. It can be tuned back to the original 37hp!

I do recall there being previous discussion re tuning them back up, I had a search and there was debate as to if it was a simple or ethical fix. Has anyone actually done it to a TW 230? 

[Johny Walker]

37 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

I am a big believer in buying used/nearly new and that would be my first option for everything,  apart from a sub 750 chipper. I might be wrong but I just feel they are too easy to abuse..

Go on tw web site they have some or had some on there

[woody paul]

They did have but not at the moment, had a few before new year because I looked and I think Redwood had a couple but not now must be a popular machine. 

[Stihl123]

ST6D or ST6P

 

the st6p outperforms the st6d! 

was seriously impressed with the st6p