Kind of review for tracked wood chipper SZ130

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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 5 hours ago by covex

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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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