Marketing chips

[QwikDraw]

I've been slowly expanding into more land clearing (from my forestry mowing) and have been having trouble finding a home for my chips, especially since our October snow storm and massive amount of grindings at the mulch yards.

I need the buyer to truck the chips.

I have jobs from northern MA to the shoreline in CT.

If anyone is interested or might know where I can sell, I'd appreciate the help.

 

[JohnH]

what size chipper are you running?

 

[mingo]

Have you tried New England Bark Mulch?

 

[imagineero]

I've never had much luck selling chip, but then I only go through about 300~400m3/month. I give mine away to anybody who will take it - landscape suppliers, schools, local councils. I deliver it to them for free. Even then, they're getting fussier about what they will accept. Some of my competitors are paying to dump their chip.

I have a friend who runs a big chipper and has a chip spreading machine, large chip truck etc. He gets contracts spreading chip and makes good money off it but the $ cost of getting it it was high. He does contract chipping, so he gets paid to chip and gets to keep the chip. Look around for companies offering chip spreading in the areas you're working, make a few calls. I'd say you'd be lucky to get them to take it for free if they have to cover the trucking though. Depends on what you've got to load it as well, or if you will be chipping into their truck , how contaminated your chip is etc.

Shaun

 

[QwikDraw]

John - most of my jobs don't require chipping so I sub that out. My two guys use a Bandit 2090 325 hp and a Bandit 1890 250hp.

Mingo - Yes i have tries NEBM but with the storm they are charging to pick them up.

We had a vender from up north that was paying $2 a yard but that fell through, then another big company was coming and taking them for free but now everybodies stopped hauling.

 

[JohnH]

The 2090 will fill a 100yard trailer the 1890 wont, but most truck drivers want to be loaded in under an hour.Have you tried North Country mulch?

 

[QwikDraw]

Thanks John I will give them a call.

The 2090 is filling a trailer in 45-50 minutes with good wood, the 1890 is about an hour. the 1890s first two loads were right at 41 and 40 tons, the driver was happy with that.

 

[JohnH]

thats pretty good we have 4 1890s and we dont like them for filling trailers. We use our 1990s and 1850s for that.

 

[QwikDraw]

I'm no expert on chippers but I think at 250 horse that's the biggest 1890 I've seen. I looked at some for sale and I remember lower HP.

 

[JohnH]

ours have 200 and 175s tht extra 50hps makes a big diffrence. the 1990 has a 300 in it and eats a lot of wood in a short amount of time.