[Market-farming] Wood Chipper

mcoldiron mcoldiron at crcom.net
Tue Sep 30 04:19:56 EDT 2008


I don't have a fire place.  The wood is mainly elm that died a few years 
ago.  They're starting to fall over now and I need to do something with 
them.  Elm burns very hot an fast, not really a good fire place wood.  I 
don't have a saw mill either.  None in this part of the country that I know 
of.  Don't have a truck or trailer that could haul more than one or two 
trees anyway.  I am going to try to sell some of it, but have an awful lot 
of trees to process.  Even if I get a 10 inch chipper, it will only handle a 
small fraction of the trees.  I'll also need a very long chain saw and a 
wood splitter to get many of them down to 10 inches or a size that's small 
enough to sell.  It's a pretty big problem.  Since I'm a farmer, I can use 
some on my orchard and garden.  Can compost some as well.  Have also been 
thinking of making biochar too.

TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
West Texas Zone 7b


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Abner" <wizard1 at ctsbroadband.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wood Chipper


>
> just to inject a question  why are you wanting to chip trees that large 
> are
> they not fit for lumber or fire wood? around here any more fire wood is
> brining a50 dollars a chord. I have cut a lot 0f 10 and 12 inch stuff into 
> 2
> x 4s I ny chip the stuff thats less then a couple inches and the chipper 
> on
> my BCS walking tractor handles anything up to 3 inches with ease.
>
> Mark in KY
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Vinton
> Lawrence
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:40 PM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wood Chipper
>
>
> Mark,
> Take a look at Vermeer chippers.
> They used to make pto driven chippers, but I think they now only make
> self-powered units.
> They have a model 1000 which can handle up to 12'' diameter logs which
> is driven by an 85 hp Perkins diesel.
> I have owned and  used their 6" diameter series chippers in both pto and
> self-driven models. The advantage of the self-powered models is that
> they have a "smart feed" controller which adjusts the feed rate to
> engine speed, which means that you can start to feed a tree trunk into
> the unit and it will stop and start the feed, so you can go and get the
> next piece to feed in and not worry about the chipper bogging down. This
> saves a significant amount of time as the operator does not need to
> stand by the machine until the unit has finished chipping each piece.
> Production rate is high and the chippers are well made, easy to service,
> and can be left as "stand alone units", meaning that you can use your
> tractor to go and retrieve more material to chip. Really good operator
> safety features as well.
> The other "productivity" tip for any unit is to keep your feedstock
> clean (don't drag that tree through mud and gravel before you put it
> through the chipper as this can dull the knives and knife block quickly)
> and keep your knives sharp and change them out often. Most chippers will
> work OK with semi sharp/dull knives (just like a dull chisel) , they
> will work extraordinarily well with really "sharp" knives (try using a
> really sharp chisel sometime, you won't need a mallet to make it cut),
> productivity increases exponentially and the chip quality improves
> (i.e.- not smashed bits of wood, but sliced chips).
> No, I'm not a Vermeer salesman/dealer, I've just used their equipment
> for 10-15 years and really appreciate it.
> Vint Lawrence
>
> Sharon and Steve wrote:
>>  I'd prefer a pto driven one with a 3 point hookup, but am not limiting 
>> my
>> options.
>>
>> Thanks
>> TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>
> http://www.morbark.com/Equipment/SpecSheets/4036%20whole%20tree%20chipper.pd
> f
>>
>>
>> BeeFarmer, a 3 point chipper that would handle 10 inch wood would be on
> 150+
>> hp and very rare indeed, and to do any reasonable production in wood like
>> that would need something in the 5 -700 HP area. If you can buy that bad
>> dude for 250K you will need twice that for suport/supply equipment.
>>
>> Plenty of guys here who would like to set you up in the wood business, 
>> let
>> me know if I should have them call!
>>
>> MAsteveINE
>>
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