want to buy a chipper in Ca & stay legal

[jefflovstrom]

Well thanks for the feed back. Do any of you have any suggestions about a powerfull gas chipper, what the best make and model is. I want a strong large capacity chipper atleast 12" but I would like 15"to18".

My first response is to tell you to pick up a cheap 'chuck and duck' , late 90's whisper chipper. I wonder what my next post will be?
Jeff

 

[Rftreeman]

I'm with Rope, I'd just have to be an outlaw....

 

[newsawtooth]

Ya think I would fit in?

Rope, if you made it more than 15 min in CA the world would shift on it's axis. Really though, that's a good thing.

Jeffers? Are the CARB laws shackling your business or is it just the cost of doing business?

ddhlakebound: That was a very clever retort at the expense of everyone's favorite go-getter, FTA.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Rope, if you made it more than 15 min in CA the world would shift on it's axis. Really though, that's a good thing.

Jeffers? Are the CARB laws shackling your business or is it just the cost of doing business? .

Had to get rid of an 03 Morbark 15 and get a new one. I guess its just the cost of business. California is not a pro-biz state.
Jeff

 

[beastmaster]

It's 1100 bones for a permit to remove an oak, sycamore, or black walnut in California too

or at least in LA county it is

Mike, I think thats just for the L.A. city area.(Oaks are county wide) Were removing 6 sycamores in Pomona, so I've been researching a little. If I am wrong feel free to correct me.(and save me some grief)
It is a misdemeanor in L.A. (city)to remove, or change the grade, ect. of an Oak, or sycamore racemosa without the proper permit.
There is also rumor that they may soon add an amendment that will require you to replace the engine in your chipper/stumpgrinder every two years. Sort of like Japan.
The Santa Ana botanical gardens was already giving notice not to use their chuck and dive chipper any more or they would be cited. Their budget is already low. Now they lost the ability to do routine maintenance themselves.
When is it going to stop?

 

[jefflovstrom]

Yup, CARB on the prowl. Next year, Tier 4.
Jeff

 

[mikewhite85]

Mike, I think thats just for the L.A. city area.(Oaks are county wide) Were removing 6 sycamores in Pomona, so I've been researching a little. If I am wrong feel free to correct me.(and save me some grief)
It is a misdemeanor in L.A. (city)to remove, or change the grade, ect. of an Oak, or sycamore racemosa without the proper permit.
There is also rumor that they may soon add an amendment that will require you to replace the engine in your chipper/stumpgrinder every two years. Sort of like Japan.
The Santa Ana botanical gardens was already giving notice not to use their chuck and dive chipper any more or they would be cited. Their budget is already low. Now they lost the ability to do routine maintenance themselves.
When is it going to stop?

Yeah, it's crazy.

Right, it's just L.A. city that charges 1100. Wonder if that is the highest in the state. Funny thing is, I recently found out that permits in Glendale (which basically borders LA city) are FREE. I suppose you just need to call the public works or urban forestry dept in whatever city it is to find out what is involved.

Good luck on those sycamores! Hopefully Pomona will be nice to you.

I think the fact that these trees are protected has a reverse affect on their long term stability. Now no one wants to plant them because of possible future ramifications with removal and maintenance permits!

And the whole chipper ordeal is crazy too. I did not realize that older gas chippers were being phased out at well. I guess the only thing you can do without spending $30,000 plus on a new chipper is just buy a small sub 50 hp gas chipper with a wisconsin or something similar in it.

 

[Frank Boyer]

Older diesel trucks need to be retrofitted as well as other things such as chippers, tractors, etc. The port of Oakland won't let mechanical injection trucks haul from there.

 

[tree MDS]

Yup, CARB on the prowl. Next year, Tier 4.
Jeff

Man, is that state gonna break off into the ocean or what already? I dont know how people could live like that. Brush fires, mud slides, earth quakes and rampant homos everywhere.. and now this CARB deal on top of it all??Blaah, you can keep that piece..

 

[Frank Boyer]

The new LE oil is nation wide. They removed some of the anti wear additives to make the cats last longer. That affects everybody!!

 

[ropensaddle]

Man, is that state gonna break off into the ocean or what already? I dont know how people could live like that. Brush fires, mud slides, earth quakes and rampant homos everywhere.. and now this CARB deal on top of it all??Blaah, you can keep that piece..

I think they need the terminator :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Blakesmaster]

Man, is that state gonna break off into the ocean or what already? I dont know how people could live like that. Brush fires, mud slides, earth quakes and rampant homos everywhere.. and now this CARB deal on top of it all??Blaah, you can keep that piece..

Learn to swim. Learn to swim. Learn to swim. lol

 

[tree MDS]

Learn to swim. Learn to swim. Learn to swim. lol

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.

 

[Blakesmaster]

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.

One of my favorites.

 

[jefflovstrom]

You learn to adapt, its not that bad,
Jeff