Buying a new chipper, need input. Morbark m12r?

[epicklein22]

Nice decision. Dealer support is huge, and you can't really go wrong with either company. The morbark being cheaper is nice too, they seem to hold resale value better than an other brand. The perkins motors are builtproof. We have a model 17 at work with a perkins, it's been chipping for 20 years and still going strong. The motor has been rebuilt twice and still runs great. We run 3 other morbark chippers (2 with perkins) and they are just plain tough!

I have a 250xp bandit myself and it looks to be well built and chips strong with the 116hp Cummins. It has over 5k hours, so they must be doing something right in the design department.

 

[a_lopa]

It takes a certain amount of HP to run a chipper BEFORE it chips,thats where bigger HP comes into play.

 

[jmfe]

Bandit 250 xp

 

[treeoperations]

did the bandit with the 4 blades chip smoother then the 2 bladed morbark.

if you want a laugh a mate just repowered his bandit 250 with a 200hp cummins. holy #### it throws chips now and the auto feed doesnt come on at all