John Deere , Perkins , Cummins or Cat Diesel?

[jay_d]

cummins 4bt, had nothing but great service from all the cummins units in my tractors. they are 6bts but a 4bt is the same engine minus 2 cylinders. plus the parts are cheaper than a cat and john deere

 

[treevet]

Like this?

Check out the HP on this unit!

This Woodsman was sitting up at the cummins shop on Saturday so I sniffed around it a bit.

that must be it....wow

 

[oldirty]

i saw a video on youtube (sorry no link) of a tracked woodsman whole tree grapple chipper. 1000hp machine. thing was redonkulous.

 

[treeclimber101]

Guy around here says he has the big Woodsman with some kind of a conveyor feed set up. What's up with that?

Thats an official horizontal grinder , if it has a magnet you can run pallets and stumps through it as well , if I am not mistaken the morbark R models all have live feed tables as well and can be towed with a 10k truck and above .. They are big cash but are mean ....

 

[oldirty]

FOCKER ......There are no 8k woodsman in existence in the northern 48 .........

what shall we wage on it buzzid? i see your 2 pinners and raise you a lunker!

here are a couple of pics of b crew's chipper. hey tv. i promise if you ran this machine you'd find a way to kick yourself in the nuts for buying that vermeer. lol

check this machine out. still banging out work and might still be the best chipper chipping-wise in the company. not the original tach either. lol.

 

[treevet]

doubt if there is a whole lot that old chipper can do that mine can't OD. It swallows anything we put in it. My biggest worry is chipping lag bolts and screw rods and such while chipping the big stuff. As for your vid of chipping those soft pines.....that stuff is like chipping cardboard.

 

[oldirty]

your vermeer cant eat up a crotch can it? i'm telling you ive seen alot of chippers do their thing. when it comes to flat out chipping of wood the woodsman is on its own level.

 

[treeclimber101]

what shall we wage on it buzzid? i see your 2 pinners and raise you a lunker!

here are a couple of pics of b crew's chipper. hey tv. i promise if you ran this machine you'd find a way to kick yourself in the nuts for buying that vermeer. lol

check this machine out. still banging out work and might still be the best chipper chipping-wise in the company. not the original tach either. lol.

Thats crazy there , I wonder how many tons that machine has eaten ? In mileage thats about 350K , every hour is equivalent to 50 miles .....That machine should be bronzed and placed on display at the entrance to the yard ....It also shows that your guys aren't animals ...

 

[treeclimber101]

your vermeer cant eat up a crotch can it? i'm telling you ive seen alot of chippers do their thing. when it comes to flat out chipping of wood the woodsman is on its own level.

Well that comment shows that your a bafoon , A good running VERMEER will work with any make and not look bad. Notice that I put VERMEER in caps because they earn that respect....

 

[oldirty]

vermeer a good machine for sure. wasn't saying it wasn't. just saying it can't chip like a woodsman. sure maybe if you running straight 14-18 inch pine logs it might look like a stud but throw a nasty crotch in there and she not going to like life too much. ever notice how you gotta relief cut everything to get it through the chipper? not so much with the woodsman.

 

[Matt Michael]

and what about...

Seems like a good thread to ask this question...

I have an option on an old Bandit 150xl that has a blown gasoline motor. I see that none of the newer ones are even offered with a gasoline motor. If I'm gonna put a new motor in this thing would it be insanely complicated and expensive up to switch to a diesel or is it pretty straight forward?

Is a 150 Bandit even worth having with a gasoline motor?

I'm only looking to end up with an affordable starter unit for smaller residential stuff, not a crotch smashing monster chipper.

 

[fishercat]

I prefer bandit.

Just typical of peinis envy if you don't have a (#1) Vermeer.

All others are wannabee s. help: my chipper sucks haha)

250xp never stops.never gives any trouble.I know several people with Vermeers and they are always dumping money into them.constant problems.expensive parts. No Thanks!

You can keep your small penis,your Harley,and your Vermeer. :greenchainsaw:

 

[brownm170]

Vermeer

We have a Vermeer 1250 it has a Perkins and we have had very little trouble with the engine. We have put a new clutch in the chipper. However it has about 10,000 hours on it so a new clutch ain't to bad. It is a good machine and is made in Iowa. Wouldn't even consider any other brand of chipper.