What's your favorite chipper?

[CalTreeEquip]

Mine is the Bandit 250 with a winch and JD turbo. Best chipper ever built in my opinion and apparently there are more 250's in use today then any other chipper other then the Bandit 200 and thats only because they have been selling fleets of them to utility tree companies and municipalities for 25 years.

 

[arborealbuffoon]

I really liked my two Bandits. One was a 200+ w/Cummins 4bta, and the other a 200 with the Ford gas 4 banger. Then again, after years of stacking sticks on trucks-who in their right mind wouldn't love any chipper.

 

[a_lopa]

View attachment 286230BANDIT 280HD with winch,not much they wont chew up and spit out hard.

 

[CalTreeEquip]

Self-Propelled Bandit

I posted this one in another threat, might as well post it here.
One more very cool chipper.
It wasn't the best a chipping, having the old Bandit model 60 single feed wheel system, but its mobility made up for that quite nicely. I'v had two of them. The first one took over a year to sell, the second one about 1 month.
Self Propelled Brush Bandit Chipper - YouTube

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[a_lopa]

That self propelled would be a great one to have doing inner city work.

thanks for posting

 

[CalTreeEquip]

tracked Morbark

How about this monster!!
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[Goose IBEW]

My 1987 Badger TM400 isn't much compared to most anything newer but I'm liking it anyway. When you don't have much, what you do have becomes your favorite

 

[old_soul]

Mine is the Bandit 250 with a winch and JD turbo. Best chipper ever built in my opinion and apparently there are more 250's in use today then any other chipper other then the Bandit 200 and thats only because they have been selling fleets of them to utility tree companies and municipalities for 25 years.

Wow, all the line clearance guys around here use, vermeer, altec., woodchuck chippers I don't think i've ever seen one pulling a bandit.........

But you're right they are nice we rented a 250 a few times when our chipper was down. Man can that machine pack chips into a truck

 

[a_lopa]

CBI make GREAT chippers just need the big $$$ to buy..

 

[paccity]

 

[CalTreeEquip]

Nice 2400! That's a lot of weight behind a little truck tough.

 

[k5alive]

my pops runs a bandit 1590, very nice machine. I'm stuck with the old whisper chipper he used to run

 

[paccity]

Nice 2400! That's a lot of weight behind a little truck tough.

yea , with the grinder, 5k, on there also it's heavy. but the f-450 does pretty good . work this combo when i'm dumping , sprayin and grinding.

 

[ducaticorse]

Which ever one is running lol.. Seriously though, Ive always been fond of Bandits, but I believe Morbarks to be a better quality build. They just "feel" stronger.

I will be running a Model 13 in a week, with a JD 125 turbo. I have a bandit 150 with a gas job now, it certainly gets the job done, but Im looking forward to the Model 13.

 

[CalTreeEquip]

Check out this rig!!
Bandit 1990 XP woodchipper & mini grapple loader - YouTube

 

[BlackOakTreeServ]

Check out this rig!!
Bandit 1990 XP woodchipper & mini grapple loader - YouTube

Thats a nice set up Matt.....chipper is a monster!