Perikles
New Member
Hello, wanted to ask a question here before buying the wrong chipper. I have read all postings here about this subject but I still have worries.
I live in 5 acres with about 250 mature palms, lots of oaks, mango and avocado. I remove all fronds and pruning, place them outside every other week and bulk pickup takes them. The first problem I have is that I’m exceeding the 12 cubic yards allowed per pickup and the extra yard cost is way too high. The second problem is that I’m dumping everything instead of 1-composting and 2-using my own mulch. I feel I’m depleting the soil too.
I need to chip very little compared to a commercial company but from all I’ve read no homeowner chipper will do this job. Koa Man mentions Gravely 395, but there are none available, also mentions Bandit 65 or 95 due to the disk with right angle cut. These are also very hard to find used or way to expensive to buy new.
Is there a used chipper that can do this specific job for less than lets say 10k? drum? disk? disk at 90? should I get a chuck and duck? Gas, Diesel? I like the simplicity of not having a hydraulic system but seems like the C&D just rips them and throws large sections (may be OK to compost but not for mulch)..
Thanks for the input.
I live in 5 acres with about 250 mature palms, lots of oaks, mango and avocado. I remove all fronds and pruning, place them outside every other week and bulk pickup takes them. The first problem I have is that I’m exceeding the 12 cubic yards allowed per pickup and the extra yard cost is way too high. The second problem is that I’m dumping everything instead of 1-composting and 2-using my own mulch. I feel I’m depleting the soil too.
I need to chip very little compared to a commercial company but from all I’ve read no homeowner chipper will do this job. Koa Man mentions Gravely 395, but there are none available, also mentions Bandit 65 or 95 due to the disk with right angle cut. These are also very hard to find used or way to expensive to buy new.
Is there a used chipper that can do this specific job for less than lets say 10k? drum? disk? disk at 90? should I get a chuck and duck? Gas, Diesel? I like the simplicity of not having a hydraulic system but seems like the C&D just rips them and throws large sections (may be OK to compost but not for mulch)..
Thanks for the input.
