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  • From: "mcoldiron" <mcoldiron AT crcom.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wood Chipper
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:19:56 -0500

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)
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http://www.morbark.com/Equipment/SpecSheets/4036%20whole%20tree%20chipper.pd
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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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