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Tigwelder83

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Had a deutz powered bandit 90, it needs parts, going to be a week at least so I bought another. This time a morbark 17, 6068 deere power. She goes to work tomorrow!
 

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Good chipper but that truck seems a little small to me. I'm not even considering numbers. I'm just using the Force here but it looks a little small.
Well it hauled it home, 250 miles just fine... and yes, that beast will fill it quickly. Found a leaking front main seal, changed that today, otherwise seems to be an awesome chipper. By the weight, I scaled the chipper, just a touch over 8k pounds.
 

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Hey look what I found!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...wse_serp:662be0a2-edd4-455d-9703-21e76063208f

It might be worth considering holding onto the bandit for a backup. You're probably like me and like to stay away from debt so you buy older machines. The downside is that they need a little more wrench time. It's a life saver for us to have one waiting at the yard just in case the other blows a hydraulic line and we can't fix it on the fly.

Just bought a tractor to use during my mini skids' weekly repairs!
 
Hey look what I found!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/946632172802931?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp:662be0a2-edd4-455d-9703-21e76063208f

It might be worth considering holding onto the bandit for a backup. You're probably like me and like to stay away from debt so you buy older machines. The downside is that they need a little more wrench time. It's a life saver for us to have one waiting at the yard just in case the other blows a hydraulic line and we can't fix it on the fly.

Just bought a tractor to use during my mini skids' weekly repairs!
Yup, going to keep 2 chippers, but I want 2 drums. Found a smaller morbark i think I'd like.
 
It’s definitely nice having a good back up chipper. We’ve been using my bandit 250 quite a bit recently. While the big chipper is indispensable, there’s a lot of jobs where it’s just easier to bring the non CDL machine.
 

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