Timberwolf 250DH

[Benarb]

Just wondered if anyone had any experience with these chippers? Looking for something a bit bigger to go behind our lorry and came across one of these but can’t seem to find many around. 
 

won’t be used daily just on the bigger jobs, conifers etc. Just can’t bring myself to spend 40k on a bandit! 
 

any info/experiences would be appreciated!!  

[Mick Dempsey]

They caught my eye over the years.

Guy on here was selling 2 a while back, one working and one as spares. 

 

I think they are rather dated in terms of weight/power/capacity.

 

Buy cheap, buy twice as they say.
 

[benedmonds]

We had 2. They were a great chipper, big lumps with stupid low profile tyres but still a decent machine, especially when the turntable worked. I would be nervous about buying one now simply because spares are likely to be an issue and they will be pretty old.  The hydraulic motor went on one of ours and one had issues with the chassis. As timberwolf could not source a replacement motor we made one good machine.  While I am sure something could have been sourced it was not straight forward..

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

That’s the fella!

[swinny]

I'd keep your eye out for a cheap bandit 90 if you can find one

[woody paul]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

I'd keep your eye out for a cheap bandit 90 if you can find one

Or a Vermeer BC1000 spoke to a couple of companies that run them behind 7.5t lorries and do street trees and chip everything. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Or a Schliesing 495. Then at least you can get metric nuts etc.

 

Edited November 10, 2021 by Mick Dempsey

[benedmonds]

34 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Or a Vermeer BC1000 spoke to a couple of companies that run them behind 7.5t lorries and do street trees and chip everything. 

We now run a bc1000, it doesn't do anything the tw250 couldn't..

[swinny]

8 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

We now run a bc1000, it doesn't do anything the tw250 couldn't..

What size is a vermeer 1000? 

[benedmonds]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

What size is a vermeer 1000? 

The Vermeer BC 1000 is 12 inch, where as the tw 250 is 10 inch I believe.  As primarily handfed machines in a tree surgery business I am not sure it makes a big difference, both will chip whatever you can feed it. You might get a few extra logs from the 250.

 

Either chipper can keep up with a couple on men loading. Might be a different matter if you were loading with a machine but don't think either machine designed for that.