Tractor mounted Pto chipper vs tracked chipper.

[timberbear]

Has any one used any of the smaller PTO chippers designed to be used on a compact tractor. I've got a Lenar 25hp and was thinking of getting a rear mounted chipper. Seen them for about 3k! The idea is to take the tractor and chipper into the woodlands and at the end of the day take it off add some ballet forks to remover the timber in shorter lengths. I fully appreciate a tracked chipper is more powerful and is a totally different animal. Just trying to cut down on the amount of kit. The tractor goes on a trailer and is towed to site.

[Stephen Blair]

I know of someone who put a 6" tp on a 35hp holder, and then put a speeded up gearbox on the pto.( not sure of the real name). He said it was great. BUT a comprimise it always a comprimise.

[combined tree services]

you can run a 5 inch schliesing off of a compact , i have used one and found it to be ok , but if you purely want a chipper than i would get a tracked machine

[Tom D]

The actual chippers appear to be virtually the same as their towable or tracked counterparts, IE a 6" timberwolf pto will pull in the same as a 6" tracked or towbehind timberwolf.

 

The big difference will be the horsepower which will affect the amount the load sensor will cut in. 25Hp is not a lot even for a 6" machine, however it is enough and should put the machine on a par with some of the smaller 6" tow behinds. Those mog users will tell you that an 8 or 9" machine on a mog with 100+Hp through it will chip much more quickly than the equivalent tow behind.

 

I'd go for it pto chippers are pretty cheap and like you say if you already have the tractor...

 

I have a compact tractor with 50Hp I thought I would get a pto machine for it too however as I have an 8" tow behind and the tractor is only big enough for a 6"pto machine I would find downsizing annoying. I just tow the chipper into the woods with the tractor.

[rupert]

We use a 140mm PTO Pezzolato on our 33Hp John Deer 995. However we have also run it off our 22Hp John Deer 455. The stress control just kicks in more often. It's always useful to have a grab bucket for shifting timber and chip in the woods.

[Treemon]

When we first startedwe had the same dilemma and went down the pto route as it gives you more versatility in what you can do with the same amount of cash. We bought a second hand carrero tractor and a new timberwolf 6" pto chipper which was an excellent compo. We then added a 4 ton pto winch and a small forwarding trailer which you cant do with a tracked chipper !

[PeteB]

To be honest, they are two different machines with two different uses.

 

One will go where the other will not (through a narrow gate)

 

One can do many things, the other chips.

 

Think what you want to do and how much loot you have as the basis for your decision making process.

 

I did Utility work for 17 years and we went Mog and GreenMech, (as well as two tow behinds) and the Mog, it did not get stuck off road and had reasonable road speed and could accommodate 3 people. An ordinary tractor was too slow for us and we already had a front loader with winch in the yard if required. Tracked machines were not available back in those days! But if they where - we would have had them. But for more forestry type work then I would think that a tractor/chipper combo is likely to open up more options. Like, flails, toppers, splitters, processors etc.