Small chippers

[kram]

1 hour ago, woody paul said:

Timberwolf 13/75 if you want a machine easy to maintain. 

 

At nearly 5k you would hope so too!

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, rapalaman said:

Agreed - wee chippers are great as back up machines and for tight access back gardens. Being able to take mine through houses has won me loads of jobs. Do I remember right that you started using a cs100 as your main chipper many years ago in France?

Apologies if my aging memory deceives me? 👍

You’re right, your memory is deceiving you.

It was @Ty Korrigan

 

[rapalaman]

Aah right - I knew there was a French connection there somewhere 👍

[woody paul]

8 hours ago, kram said:

At nearly 5k you would hope so too!

Good second hand machine, quite a few about which shows they last. 

[maybelateron]

I rate my Jo-Beau M300 highly. Not my main chipper, but as said by many great fro rear garden access problems. The feed aperture is wide and is easy to get awkward curved stuff through. Takes a little while to learn what it will take, and how to hold it back when the blades are newly sharp and "greedy". Build quality is excellent, and Honda engine. Worth paying the extra for rotating discharge spout.

[Dan Maynard]

On 13/02/2026 at 13:00, kram said:

Anyone used both sorts drum and disc, whats better?

I hired a 13/75, to be fair it was blunt but straight poplar not too bad to chip, Scots pine absolute pain. Getting everything down the square chute a real pain. My current chipper is M500, which has 20" blade width so you can get quite big Y pieces in especially with a bit of bend.

 

I'd go drum for sure.