Quirky set ups

[Ty Korrigan]

The proven recipe of Arb tipper and 6" road tow is difficult to argue with for general arb work.

Good coin can be made with a 20 year old transit and venerable TW150

However, how others roll is often of interest and a talking point.

I started with a Kangoo and 3m caged trailer with a wee chipper and rapidly proving Dempsey right when I outgrew it.

One tool that gets the French aroused is the 3.5t tipper fitted with a grab.

They sell them here for €25k !

Wee chippers have a very strong following.

In fact two of my 3 subby climbers run medium vans, caged tippers and wee chippers.

Both use their vans for private use, not earning enough to justify a separate family vehicle.

 

I doubt Mrs Accountant will go there but a 7.5t hook loader with an 8" tracked chipper would work well for me.

 

Attached image lifted from a discussion on a French arb group.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

The 3.5 tipper and grab has near to zero payload. 
The only (legal) task I see them performing seems to be cemetery work, placing the headstone in position.

Those little tracked chippers are popular ‘tis true. 
I cannot fathom why in all honesty, considering their price. 

Edited yesterday at 04:45 by Mick Dempsey

[Mike Hill]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

The 3.5 tipper and grab has near to zero payload. 
The only (legal) task I see them performing seems to be cemetery work, placing the headstone in position.

Those little tracked chippers are popular ‘tis true. 
I cannot fathom why in all honesty, considering their price. 

 

I run a setup not dissimilar to the one shown.Here the chip stays onsite 90% of the time,the versatility of  a tracked machine with a drawbar and winch is unrivaled . 

[Cordata]

11 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

I run a setup not dissimilar to the one shown.Here the chip stays onsite 90% of the time,the versatility of  a tracked machine with a drawbar and winch is unrivaled . 

 

How is that you get to leave chip onsite, is it working commercial jobs in woodlands/railways etc? Can't imagine domestic customer would take it much?

[Mike Hill]

1 hour ago, Cordata said:

 

How is that you get to leave chip onsite, is it working commercial jobs in woodlands/railways etc? Can't imagine domestic customer would take it much?

I live in Norway mate,most people's gardens are pretty wild on the west coast. Plus the cost of dumping chip is pretty high

[paddyvero]

17 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

I run a setup not dissimilar to the one shown.Here the chip stays onsite 90% of the time,the versatility of  a tracked machine with a drawbar and winch is unrivaled . 

Agree. That is a pretty small chipper though.

I run an 8t dump truck and dump trailer, tracked chipper in the trailer. Can stick the grinder or mini skid in also, if I squeeze them in. 

 

Its all about the versatility for me. Can be a slight annoyance unloading the chipper for a small job, or sometimes having to unhitch the trailer on the street to get into a small driveway. Pays off when I can track into the back yard and chip onsite, or when I need more than 1 machine onsite. 

 

[Dan Maynard]

I think that's the thing, no one setup is ideal for every job.

 

I have a 12 foot trailer and mini chipper, I can take chipper and either muck truck or mini loader in a bit less than half the space. Perfect for 1-2 man jobs, can do reductions or take down small-medium tree and fit everything on, or run off and tip chip before taking logs home. Take the chipper to the tree saves a lot of dragging if there's any distance involved.

 

Bigger trees with 3 or 4 people, having only one muck truck starts to be the bottleneck, but at that point I'm getting mates in - they bring a tipper and chipper and we now have a 12 foot trailer as well as the tipper, which can shift 2.5 tons of wood per load legally.

 

But - I'm mostly around the villages nearby. Landrover and trailer is a bit of a nightmare when heading in to the city. Then you want a nice Nissan with 2p turning circle.

 

One more thing - trailer is the ideal setup if you live anywhere near a vosa weighbridge, transit has almost no legal payload.

Edited 10 hours ago by Dan Maynard