Kind of review for tracked wood chipper SZ130

[Stere]

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I'd be the first to support the local production

 

Did you see  this   chipper that look similar?

 

Tracked Bio-Shredder with Combustion Engine CIP 120-S CINGO - Zanon

WWW.ZANON.IT

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The CIP 120-S CINGO allows shredding different types of material such as branches and foliage, reducing the volume of waste by 5/6 times.

 

Not sure if they are really made in Italy as claimed as they seems too cheap?

 

 

 

Re badged Chinese?

 

Also there is a  Ukrainian branch logger one if chip size isn't important

 

 

 

 

 

[covex]

I saw those first chippers with various brands, it's hard to estimate who is the real manufacturer until you see this. I also did not want to maintain two engines and I think the center of gravity is quite high - not good for transport. While two engines may be advantage in case there is a failure on chipping engine, you can still move the machine, still you need to fill two tanks, change two engine oils...

 

If I may publish a list of "similar" tracked chippers with no-stress and "notmadeinchina" then you may check:

Eliet super prof cross country

Rabaud vegetor 110C

https://cippatore.com/biotrituratore.htm GL&D Titan Pro Tracked Hydrostatic (wo no-stress)

GL&D Titan Super Tracked Bio Chipper

but be prepared for a different price level, different sizes and different construction compared to OHASHI or this noname SZ130.

 

IMHO this is also branded "noname" (does not have a no-stress):

Titan Pro Tracked 15HP Petrol Wood Chipper 100mm Capacity

WWW.TITAN-PRO.CO.UK

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Combining our beloved Beaver wood chipper with a tracked base combines both our best ever garden chipper with an incredible increase in mobilty. An incredible 4”...

 

Edited 20 hours ago by covex

[green heart]

So yesterday I had a chipper demo over at MDL Power up, in Carlisle.

Also present, was a well-known contributor to this site, and his hound..

 

From the demo -and subsequent discussions with MDL's office manager, it only now transpires that this 4'' tracked chipper is actually designed for the production of wood-pellet feedstock !

-No, NOT wood chipping!?

 

So it's great at very slowly turning 1'' to 3'' diameter branches into saw dust-like particles -that do happily blow everywhere...  

We didn't bother trying to chip 4'' hawthorn or cypress, that would be just asking too much, I think. 

 

In an effort to produce some actual wood chippings, I swiftly removed the substantial main screen -but no real change, just as covex said above.

We then proceeded to remove the 8 off swinging drum hammers, leaving just the two chipping blades. 

Surprisingly, there was still no change to the particular size output...

It has many  plus points -but is useless for my needs, unless I diversify into pellet production !

 

In defence of the unit, the engineer did insist on turning the hydraulic feed-speed down to a snails pace..

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[covex]

Wow, thanks for sharing.. I have original chineese manual for SZ130J, that is a bamboo chipper, but there is nothing about making a pellet chip dust... 

 

Here is a comparison of chips from my hand towed chipper on the right and SZ130 (with screen and relatively high feed speed) on the left. I would not consider it a dust, but is definitely smaller. My gardener is happy that this is better for perenials than the larger ones.

 

I can blow it 1-2m away to the trailer with tarpaulin preventing the wind. Anyway it would be interesting to understand how to make it produce large chips, if possible.

Edited 9 hours ago by covex

[green heart]

Covex, the office at MDL POWER UP have printed their own (brief) paper manual, in English, if you need one.

-I doubt you'd need it tho!

 

I really can't see any chance of making clean, normal-sized chippings using this machine, sadly. 

 

I'm now looking at the more expensive G l & d chipper, with tracks -but no feed roller.  🙄

 

[covex]

I am not that concerned about the chip size and uniformity. The only downside having smaller chips is this may slow down the chipping.

 

My main problem with GL&D was the size, as I am height limited, but they definitely look good.

 

[Ty Korrigan]

On 31/10/2025 at 21:58, Mark Bolam said:

I don’t think there’s much point.

He’s bought a heap of dog shit.

See Mark, this is why you never made it as a literary critic in the Sunday press..

 

[GarethM]

 

Maybe we can have an Oprah book club kinda sticker ?