New cat 1 3pt chipper - works well.

[LopezBart]

Finally got our new Woodland Mills WC68 6" chipper assembled, adjusted and hooked up behind our JD 110TLB... got the saw bracket as well to make it easier to manage. I had to cut down the drive shaft, first time to do that but it has worked out just fine. With the hydraulic power feed set in the middle of the speed range, it happily munches its way through 2-3" ocean spray. The red bar in the photo reverses the power feed when pushed - handy when dealing w/ brush that hangs up on the infeed. I've got a bunch of downed willows to deal with down the hill, so we'll try that this fall. It's a solid tool - weighs about 800 lbs. I look forward to chipping the slash from trees rather than saving it until I can burn it in the winter.

Their gear seems solid and well thought out, and easy to assemble and adjust.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Looks good! That one is on my short list, still considering the wood max, I think either one will work. What hp is the tractor? Any issues bogging down?

 

[dcg9381]

Dad has that tool on a 40hp Kubota.. Scares the absolute **** out of me, but works well.

 

[alfadan]

Mind sharing what you gave for it?

 

[MoonRise]

Dad has that tool on a 40hp Kubota.. Scares the absolute **** out of me, but works well.

The EagerBeaver tow-behinds are big and scary. A machine big enough and powerful enough to eat an entire tree is scary. And they are loud too, as in you hear them from 1/4 mile away and they are still loud at that distance. Not usually needing hearing protection at 1/4 mile away, but still loud.

JD110 is a ~40 hp 4 cyl diesel, rate at ~36 hp on the PTO. So that attachment still has some oomph behind it, just not full-sized tree-munching oomph.

I thought that the red bar around the infeed hopper was the OSHIT handle.

PTO shaft trimmed with a zip wheel or bandsaw or what? Just curious.
Neat attachment Bart. Looks like a nice piece of machinery.

 

[dcg9381]

I thought that the red bar around the infeed hopper was the OSHIT handle.

Yea, I think it's both. AKA, the last thing you see before you die if you don't grab it in time!

 

[teknikfrog]

Looks good! That one is on my short list, still considering the wood max, I think either one will work. What hp is the tractor? Any issues bogging down?

That one requires a hydraulic feed to the tractor doesn't it? woodmaxx does not.

Either way. powered feed is an absolutely non-negotiable feature.

 

[Renegade1LI]

That one requires a hydraulic feed to the tractor doesn't it? woodmaxx does not.

Either way. powered feed is an absolutely non-negotiable feature.

No, both units have self contained hydraulics, I kinda want the woodmax. It's made in the USA and veteran owned.

 

[ericm]

Woodmaxx sells some made in China units like the 8H I have. It's been really useful for our 20 wooded acres.

I find hydraulic power feed to be much safer than the self feeding or "chuck and duck" type which can catch and **** a branch or tree in very fast. The 8H feeds at a consistent rate.

 

[LopezBart]

Looks good! That one is on my short list, still considering the wood max, I think either one will work. What hp is the tractor? Any issues bogging down?

The PTO is 30 hp - the engine is 40+. No issues at all w/ bogging; the variable speed hydraulic feed allows one to vary load on the drive nicely.

 

[LopezBart]

Mind sharing what you gave for it?

Right around $3200 iirc. Shipping is $100 for us out to the island - amazingly low.

 

[LopezBart]

PTO shaft trimmed with a zip wheel or bandsaw or what? Just curious.

I used my 4x6 metal-cutting bandsaw; didn't even need to de-burr the cut much at all.

 

[LopezBart]

Yea, I think it's both. AKA, the last thing you see before you die if you don't grab it in time!

It really isn't very scary to use; the feed is not at all rapid. If you fed in a big branch that hooked you, you'd trip the feed reverse lever w/ your legs; the feed rollers are quite a ways from the intake.

It's noisy, but nothing like the giant tree eaters; my 30db chainsaw ear protectors are sufficient. This will handle a 6" diameter tree apparently; I'll test that later w/ some of the alders that keep falling on the path down the hill.