bandit 90 chipper

[Taupotreeman]

I made the mistake of buying one (new) last year. One very big, expensive mistake. It feels like I've been lumped with a lemon, will NEVER buy another one.

 

What's wrong with it, out of curiosity? We have a 990 drum and its a fantastic bit of kit.

[shillo]

i had 1 on demo a few years back. the rep said it would way out perform my 200mx.

 

it was so slow at pulling stuff in, had to keep waiting to lob in the next bit. flippin loud as well. the rep said it was because the blades were blunt. A hydraulic hose blew in the end poring oil all over the road.

i also just dont like the fact that nothing is covered up.

 

It wasn't even close to out performing the 200mx

 

i didn't buy one

[Paul Smith]

whats not covered up? Two different machines, the Bandit is 9" and does this easily. I only saw the stress control kick in a couple of times on mine!

[treequip]

I have had a couple of Bandits and worked on many, I would have another tomorrow.

 

Taken as a whole they are solidly built reliable machines, there are some things they do better than others and some things they do worse but you can say that about all machines.

 

Bandit uses American standard fasteners, threads and hydraulics so most of your metric spanners won’t fit (some do kind of) but A/F spanners can be found on any car boot sale for pennies and any excuse to buy tools is OK by me.

 

Any spare hydraulic hoses you have lying around will likely be metric or “BSP” threads and Bandit runs ”JIC” thread so they won’t fit.

[Cuttingedge]

Can beat a bandit, reliable and very well built. Had a 90 then in 2005 upgraded to a new 150 it now has 1900 hours on the clock and all I've ever done is change blades. About 18 mouths ago got a 75 what a machine that is, now have three of them with a tracked one on order. The 150 is hardy used only on big crappy jobs. Have a look at the 75 as well as the 90 you will be impressed.

[GlobalNewark]

I cannot believe a machine is so bad because of a burst pipe! hope you don't suffer any serious faults.

 

Yes it's true everything is on the outside uncluttered, one of the best selling points to 95% of customers, simple quick & easy to maintain.

[shillo]

the burst pipe was just the icing on the cake! i still prefer a cover, it takes less than a min to open hood to access internals and everything is protected from the elements and accidents etc

[18 stoner]

i had 1 on demo a few years back. the rep said it would way out perform my 200mx.

 

it was so slow at pulling stuff in, had to keep waiting to lob in the next bit. flippin loud as well. the rep said it was because the blades were blunt. A hydraulic hose blew in the end poring oil all over the road.

i also just dont like the fact that nothing is covered up.

 

It wasn't even close to out performing the 200mx

 

i didn't buy one

 

What is a 200mx mate?

 

I've never had a bandit but have been looking into them lately. One thing I have noticed is they have a variable intake roller speed that will go upto 90 feet an minute, thats 18" per second! I fell there must have been another reason it was slow pulling stuff in?

 

When you say "icing on the cake" what other points would you say were negatives?

[swinny]

Absolutely love the bandit 90! Would own one in a flash i could justify it!

 

I like the lever to lift top roller up when sending bigger bits in, and to apply pressure to crush smaller stuff!

 

Great chipper.... not sure if i'd want to drag it round with 3.5t truck though...

[El Bandito]

 

Great chipper.... not sure if i'd want to drag it round with 3.5t truck though...

True that.!!!

The tranny does struggle a bit on hills when it's full of chip...