Chipper Design Question

[Doug]

Home owner ready to move up from my 11hp 3" capacity single knife side-feed Brush Master CH3.
Looking to buy something a little better next summer, and have been browsing the manufacturer sites looking at 4-5-6 inch capacity machines. Maybe 15 to 20 hp, somewhere in there. Have figured out that 2 knives is better than one, and reversible knives even better. Power feed would be awesome, but probably found only on the big commercial machines? And of course more horsepower is a no-brainer. My second question is whether a drum face feed is inherently better than the side feed that all the home-owner grade machines have? I do not like the way the side feed cuts at an angle. I would think that a straight end cut would be better ??

 

[MevsTree]

Before I bought my Morbark I had a MTD 5hp chipper, and to be honest it worked really well but it was like you said that angle feed. I was looking at MechMaxx before I bought my current chipper. Maybe they are worth a shot.

 

[Doug]

Before I bought my Morbark I had a MTD 5hp chipper, and to be honest it worked really well but it was like you said that angle feed. I was looking at MechMaxx before I bought my current chipper. Maybe they are worth a shot.

Your Mobark is a straight head-on feed into the face of a drum, is that correct? In your experience do you think the drum feed works a lot better than the side feed? Or maybe just wishful thinking on my part because I'm disappointed with the side feed.

 

[MevsTree]

My Morbark is a 12 inch chipper with an auto feed. hardly comparable to the MTD. However if did but another small chipper I would buy the 7 inch drum style with a 15 hp engine. It would be very handy behind an ATV to clear out trails in the woods or food plots for deer.

 

[Doug]

My Morbark is a 12 inch chipper with an auto feed. hardly comparable to the MTD. However if did but another small chipper I would buy the 7 inch drum style with a 15 hp engine. It would be very handy behind an ATV to clear out trails in the woods or food plots for deer.

Yeah, 10-4 on that. So far all the smaller chippers I've found are the side feed, but I'm in no hurry, plenty of time, so going to keep looking for one that has the drum feed