What's a good Chipper 3"-4" capacity ??

[tenacrewoods]

Was thinking of buying a small chipper but have never used one and know
the ones at "box stores" are really cheap. Has anyone used a DR. chipper.
What's good used price? Any Advice?

DR® Power Equipment - Reconditioned 9 HP DR® CHIPPER

Thanks
Mike E.
Sorry Guys go to www.drpower.com

 

[a_lopa]

forget about it!waste of time

 

[rhead]

I own one of the bigger ...18 hp DRs ....I would gladly sell it for 1/2 what I paid for it .....it does what they say it will do but I can get chipped wood by the truckload for a whole lot cheaper than what it takes me to chip wood with the unit ...it is better than the ones that you find at Lowes, HD etc. ....but I don't feel it is worth the time it takes to chip with it .....

 

[Newfie]

Overpriced yuppy homeowner crap

 

[Stumper]

If you want a small chipper that really works check out WoodPro- http://www.wikco.com/Woodpro.html The difficulty lies in having to spend a fair ammount of money to get any real performance.

 

[DDM]

THere all good for the first 2 hrs of use.

 

[tenacrewoods]

Thanks Stumper
That Wood pro looks great,But i'm on a disablity check and an allowance
from Wife's biz and just can't afford that kinda money.I'll just keep
The home Fire's burnin to do cleanup for the time being. :blush:

Thanks Ya'll
Mik E.

 

[greenhobby]

tenacrewoods,

Since I didn't have commercial requirements, I purchased a MacKissic MacKissic 12PT10 (10 HP, 3 1/2 inch) after hearing very good things about it. So far I dropped 10 big oaks (100 footers) in my back yard and have run them through this machine. The machine is strong and extremely well built. I talked with the rental dealer across town and he said that these things last up to 5-6 years of constant rental/commercial use! For a homeowner that would be a lifetime. I like to use the shredding hammers on my garden refuse as well. It makes good compost ready material, and allows you to select 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 inch screens.

They typically cost about 1500 dollars.

 

[tenacrewoods]

Thank you Greenhobby Thats closer to my price range,looks like it's just what
I need. Now I'll Just have to stop buying saws for awhile to save the
money.
Mike E.

 

[Newfie]

FWIW, Mackissic is the manufacturer of the DR chippers.