Cheap pto chipper?

[doobin]

I’d deffo burn rather than feed a chipper if your site and location allows for this.  Much quicker overall. 
 

but as far as cheap pto driven chippers go, the Rock machinery is ok. Similar but better than the woodland mills (can’t remember how, maybe more feed rollers?). Not sure about leylandii but can’t see it being a problem, it’s nice and straight. 
 

It’s passable run at 540rpm,but behaves much more like a proper chipper at 1000rpm. On this 38hp tractor we were feeding some fairly gnarly 4” bits of oak through and it didn’t seem to struggle. Feed speed is set with a hydraulic adjuster on the side. 
 

This is 5” capacity, and the next model up would be too much for my tractors to lift. 

Edited December 29, 2023 by doobin

[lux]

If its on a farm just burn it. Any  chipper for that money will either be new and disappointing in performance and if buying something decent but old its likely to need work at that budget. 

 

Just grab it up with a tele handler and have a burn.

[s o c]

Seen a TP 760 on fb a few days ago (array or treebay)£2800 , looks good in photos.

good chipper for the price if genuine.

[GarethM]

Think you might have missed a zero on a TP760 price

[william127]

37 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Think you might have missed a zero on a TP760 price

No I saw that, its actually 1800! Looks OK and genuine. Down in Sussex i think. I struggled to find specs for it online. 

If I still had my bigger tractor I'd be seriously tempted, looks a bit big for an MF35 though!  TP make a nice sturdy chipper.

There's also a TP860 in Bexleyheath for 3k

[GarethM]

Fair enough if you can get it as they are built like a tank. I think they're late 90s before they streamlined the numbers.

 

But yeah a bit big for a mf35, even mine bogs down a 80hp at the shaft 4l Perkins with a turbo.

 

I'd rather buy a old machine like that that waste money on tin plates and headaches, buy once cry once.

[william127]

3 hours ago, GarethM said:

Fair enough if you can get it as they are built like a tank. I think they're late 90s before they streamlined the numbers.

 

But yeah a bit big for a mf35, even mine bogs down a 80hp at the shaft 4l Perkins with a turbo.

 

I'd rather buy a old machine like that that waste money on tin plates and headaches, buy once cry once.

Would have been just about right for my old lamborghini tractor then, might have actually done some profitable work with it then 😆  

Agreed about older stuff with metal in the right place 👌 

[benedmonds]

Nothing to do with me, I have a search for Kwickchip on ebay from when ours was nicked years ago. May be of interest.

 

used pto wood chipper Kwikchip 532

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Kwikchip 532 wood Chipper. 3 point linkage, PTO Driven. Collection only. Sold as seen. Cash on collection.

 

[GA Groundcare]

Not PTO. But we have just part exchanged a 2011 Jensen A340 9" road tow, 68hp Kubota diesel. Easy enough to drag around with a tractor and not running hours up on it either or tying the tractor to the job,

[peds]

Bump!

 

What chipper could you put on a lovingly-restored MF 178? I'm asking for a guy I'm doing a job for later in the year, I said we'd need to hire a chipper for 2 days, he said he'd been thinking of buying a PTO for his new toy and would rather put the money towards that. I told him I'd ask a bunch of experts, so here we are!

 

He's able to go new or used... what would you recommend? 

 

 

Tractor data suggests PTO of 62hp... 

TractorData.com Massey Ferguson 178 tractor information

WWW.TRACTORDATA.COM

Looking straight away at Greenmech for example, where the options are the Chipmaster 220 for up to 80hp, or the Eco 150 for up to 45hp... but can you not put an Eco 150 on a 62hp machine and just not push it too hard? Or does it not work like that?

Chipmaster 220 TMP - Tractor Mounted Wood Chipper | GreenMech Ltd

GREENMECH.CO.UK

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The Chipmaster 220 TMP Woodchipper is designed with a high tensile steel chassis...

 

ECO 150 TMP - Tractor Mounted PTO Woodchipper | GreenMech Ltd

GREENMECH.CO.UK

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The ECO 150 TMP Woodchipper is used in landscape, golf courses &...

 

 

 

Edited October 12 by peds