Tracked chipper

[madbopper]

Can anyone tell me who makes the lightest tracked chipper, been using a tracked chipper the last couple of months and very impressed at all the places we have taken it and not had to take the chip away,but I'm after a lighter one for towing purposes. Cheers.

[PeteB]

Why is the lightest to tow, THE criteria?

 

A chipper is a machine to turn a volume from large to small, a gadget to load brash into a truck in"kit" form, a tool that stops blokes from standing around a warm fire!

 

Surely there are other factors involved in your buyers bucket list. Things such as longevity, capacity to chip, capability to get to different sites, speed across the ground, resale value, backup and support, quality of manufacturing and.....

 

Being British! Through and through......

 

With a solid history of British Manufacturing, Development, Assembly and Product Support.

[Peter]

At a guess, tw150vtr.

 

Won't be under 750 kg though, what is your upper weight limit?

[monkeybusiness]

There is a massive difference in cross country ability between a chipper with fixed tracks and a Safetrak or equivalent. That would be my number one consideration when purchasing a tracked machine, they are all pretty heavy when compared to road tow alternatives.

[madbopper]

The reason would be I want to put it on a trailer with another piece of kit,maybe the stumpgrinder or a tracked loader ,we have been towing a big Jensen around with a3.5 ton izuzu and the poor truck does not like it at all.

I was thinking a tw125 on tracks would be just the ticket for getting through garden gates or up narrow footpaths it is also light enough to lift over a wall with a fairly small hiab rather than needing a crane. I have also found if a customer lets you leave the chip they will generally have the firewood as well,so no need to chip anything over firewood size. Just thinking really as I know we could all do with 5 different sized chippers and 3 stump grinders and a truck that fits in a 2 m gap and carries 10 ton.

[Peter]

Sounds like you need a jo beau or one of the little GM machines rather than a tracked machine.

[openspaceman]

T they are all pretty heavy when compared to road tow alternatives.

 

Yes it's a toss up between the quadchip and timberwolf for lightest at around 1100kg. The forsts and jensen are about 200kg heavier (Jensen will allegedly supply a lower power model to get the weight down a bit).

 

This means on a B licence to keep below 3.5 tonne and carry 2 men and kit you are limited.

 

The alternative is to load machine on truck and pull a small 750kg trailer with spout, saws, working equipment etc.

 

Generally when working with tracked chippers one doesn't have to cart arisings away.

 

Forsts have savage tracking controls compared with others which can make loading them exciting.

[bazbro]

I`m getting a TW150VTR coming in if its of interest. See me at APF on TW stand if interested. regards, Baz