Posted: 4/28/2013 12:53:34 PM EDT
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I've cut the shit our of Cedars on my property, and I have them limbed and stacked.
Now, I need a chipper. It's gotta be able to take 3inch limbs. And take alot of workload. Also, gas powered. |
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I appreciate that.
It's mainly going to be cedars, as I've taken great pains to leave every other vegitation behind. http://www.chippersdirect.com/Earthquake-9060300-Chipper-Shredder/p3788.html That's what I'm looking at now. I'm right on the verge of spending the extra cash and moving up in HP. |
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I appreciate that. It's mainly going to be cedars, as I've taken great pains to leave every other vegitation behind. http://www.chippersdirect.com/Earthquake-9060300-Chipper-Shredder/p3788.html That's what I'm looking at now. I'm right on the verge of spending the extra cash and moving up in HP. Chippers - go big or go home. That thing will be a disappointment. You want a tow behind. Rent it. |
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I appreciate that. It's mainly going to be cedars, as I've taken great pains to leave every other vegitation behind. http://www.chippersdirect.com/Earthquake-9060300-Chipper-Shredder/p3788.html That's what I'm looking at now. I'm right on the verge of spending the extra cash and moving up in HP. Chippers - go big or go home. That thing will be a disappointment. You want a tow behind. Rent it. I've got 3.5 acres....Of really, really fucked up Texas. You think it's going to be more cost effective to rent? |
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I rented a commercial Vermeer that wouldn't handle 2.5" hackberry. It had an electric start Briggs engine. I was not impressed and won't rent it again. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I just did a job and rented a vermeer from my local rent all that was rated to take up to a 12 inch log and it did I was impressed to say the less. |
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I appreciate the advice. That gives me lots of reason to pause before a fucked up purchace The way I look at it is you either: A). Buy a cheap little one, spend days or weeks feeding the wood into it a little bit at a time, and when you're done, the machine is pretty well shot. And so are you. Or B) You buy a good BIG one for half a fortune, get the job done in no time, and end up with a nice machine worth somewhat less than half a fortune, taking up space for the next fifty years, because it takes trees a long time to grow. Or C) You rent a good BIG one for a few hundred bucks, get the job done in no time, take it back to the Rental shop when you're done, and never think about it again for the next fifty years. |
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you needed to look a little further on that website: you~do~ have a tractor don't you? if not, now's a good time to buy
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I've got a 10hp Troybilt I got used off of CL which was mostly sufficient for dealing with the random limbs off of the trees in a residential setting but it's a toy when it comes to any real work.
3/5ths of my new property is heavily wooded and I'm constantly having to sharpen the cutter, and I haven't even really started in on the real clean up. I'm thinking a PTO driven or a trailer mounted one would be able to keep up. |