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ive been there also with same setup, hilux with entec, shovelling it out, never again. the bloke who said to u about having a smaller chipper as you can use the bigger logs for firewood is talking crap. so when yo have felled a big conifer and have a mountain of green non burning conifer branches to chip up are you going to think to yourself hmm im glad ive got this pissy 4" chipper.

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ive been there also with same setup, hilux with entec, shovelling it out, never again. the bloke who said to u about having a smaller chipper as you can use the bigger logs for firewood is talking crap. so when yo have felled a big conifer and have a mountain of green non burning conifer branches to chip up are you going to think to yourself hmm im glad ive got this pissy 4" chipper.

Agreed:icon14:

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For me chipper size has nothing to do with branch diameter. Its all about snapping forks, i keep everything above 4" for logs but i have an 8" chipper because it can snap big forks and has a wide appeture so you dont spend ages cutting bits up just so you can get them through a small chipper.

I started with a 6" and i certainly would'nt go smaller than that. Remember time is money.

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Been on this topic before and we all start with smaller chippers and then maybe get bigger if budjet allows. I had a small chipper and the fella I work with, who does most of the dragging/chipping would go if we went back to the old days!

A tipper has to be the best investment, though you may put a few pounds on when you just push the tip button:icon14:

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It's not a case of what you need - a bigger chipper just makes chipping a darn site quicker and easier. What reason would you not want a bigger chipper for??

 

 

Surely if your that worried about speed you would buy a grab lorry.

 

Now I have my 10" PTO set up nicely it makes skanky conifers a lot easier.

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