Mid Level Chipper Advice

[boatsholloway]

I have 40 acre's of woods, a mix of mostly pines and some hardwoods. I use wood as my heating source over the winter. On average I cut 8-10 cords of wood, for my friends and myself from misc. places. I do a lot of trail cutting in my woods (atv and skiing)and they are thick with young pines so its quite the endeavor.
But every year I have to burn piles and piles of brush. So I figure I should purchase a Chipper/shredder. I have spent the last couple of weeks looking around online searching reviews/forums any place I could find A post on chippers, most of them are people giving good reviews on all of brands and HP, Its hard to take insight from them, because its people that are shredding there leaves or small sticks on there 1 acre lot n the suburbs. So its hard to tell if the machine is gonna be able to take the abuse its gonna be going through over the years. I am looking to spend around $1000 give or take a few hundred.
I came up with as the one I am most intrested in and thats the DEK Commercial-Grade Chipper/Shredder — 14 HP, Model# CH1. I haven't ever dealt with any of there products before.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...ipperShredders&aff=Y&sid=I0084400010000100600

I would like to hear if you guys have any other suggestions, or feed back on the chipper I posted. Thanks in Advance

 

[clearance]

Welcome. That ain't mid level, it miniature. Forget about it, just cut the branches and tops up with your saw, leave it spread out and on the ground. It will make the soil better, and it will be gone after a while.

 

[gr8scott72]

Welcome. That ain't mid level, it miniature. Forget about it, just cut the branches and tops up with your saw, leave it spread out and on the ground. It will make the soil better, and it will be gone after a while.

Agreed. Minimum chipper you would want for that job is a Vermeer 6" or a Bandit 6" and either of those will cost you about $5,000 - $7,000 for a nice used one. (You can usually rent the Vermeer one from Home Depot.)

 

[redprospector]

It's probably just me, but I wouldn't even think about going into 40 acres with a 6" chipper, much less that little Sears thing, unless you have absolutly nothing else to do for the next 10 years or so.
I think you'd be better off doing what clearance suguested, or just keep burning.

Andy