quad bikes for towing a chipper

[Johny Walker]

as above

is there a perticular make that is better for towing ,ie a road tow chipper

 

how do the diesels compare with the petrol versions,in towing ability ??

 

cheers

[Sussex Groundie]

I use a Yamaha Kodiak 400 petrol to tow a Jenson round a wood, trails are flat but rabbit holes and ditches can be a problem, get a high lift jack and some waffle boards and your sorted. The waffle boards are also useful under the tyres when chipping to stop the wheels sinking with the vibrations.

 

Never tried it on the road though as have 4x4's available.

[Johny Walker]

its for off road , cant get the 4x4 close, and its a hell of a trek driving a trackeed chipper ,

[Stephen Blair]

Ive had 2 Yamaha grizzly 450 cc and a Honda 500cc both petrol, towed chippers easily and great for dragging brash to bonfires.

The kibuto Rtv is excellent too, runs on diesel, uses hardly any fuel and can carry 2 and loads of kit

[JaySmith]

We used a big red 350cc to tow a Jensen a530 round a woodland before. The main draw back we found was that with the chipper hitched on the ball hitch it caused the rear of the quad to sit low at the back and was prone to bottoming out. This was before we had a tracked machine but it did work to some degree, we did the job in the winter when the wood was like a marsh so that didn't help, I'm sure if we went back in there now it would be more successful. I don't know a massive amount about quads but I would say that a 350cc is a minimum and ideally a 4wd depending on the chipper you are pulling about

[Sussex Groundie]

As Jay said I think min 350cc, the Quad in the pic is 400cc 4x4 but only forward n reverse, does the job ok once you get it rolling.

 

There is other quad 4x4 450cc high/low, wide wheels which I find is harder to drive

[JaySmith]

The main problem/design fault I found with using a quad was that the hitch would bury itself in the deck, this is probably due to the fact we had a 750kg chipper on the back and it's not really rated for that, do you get that issue sussex groundie?

[Sussex Groundie]

Hi Jay, not really had any probs grounding out the ball hitch as the ground is flat but do wish it was higher for another reason. I keep grounding out the bottom of the tow bar and getting jockey wheel stuck when crossing ditches, there are a lot criss crossing in the wood, also a shorter tow bar would be better for getting in and out of the trees.

 

I should really get a compact tractor or small old scrap 4x4 but make do with this set up as its available. It's really designed to live on the back of a transit.

[woody paul]

Compact tractor is best opens up other options of work.

[hamdogg]

as above

 

is there a perticular make that is better for towing ,ie a road tow chipper

 

 

 

how do the diesels compare with the petrol versions,in towing ability ??

 

 

 

cheers

 

 

I thought u once said that doing that was old fashioned and get with the times????