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I worked for a tree company for three years. We had a couple of Aplundh chippers with Ford 300 c.i. sixes in them. I know the owner got them cheap because the bigger companies were going to some sort of (much safer, I suppose) powerfeed rig. The Aplundhs were fun in a masochistic way. If you threw in a big dead piece, they would throw it right back at you, a lot faster than you threw it in. And if you were chipping brush with vines on it, you ran a risk of getting whipped right in there yourself and chipped to death. Some I've seen had a bar which would - supposedly - stop the madness if you bumped into them, but ours didn't. Or the owner might have removed them: he hated anything remotely sissified, as he saw it. I know that he got them cheap, because they really are pretty horrible contraptions, but they sure could chip stuff up. He had to (well, should have) sharpen the blades quite often. His were high speed steel: I think you can get carbides. Oh, and there is nothing louder in this world.

Winters we used to trim roadside trees. Another guy and I would go up in the bucket (with 024 Stihl chainsaws: he was too cheap to get the hydraulic stuff), and guys on work release from prison (not reall wr, just a day out in the sun) would throw it all in the chipper. They were so starved for something to do that they would almost fight over the brush. From the bucket, they looked like sharks fighting over chum. You couldn't cut the stuff fast enough for them. Those cons just love an Asplundh chipper.

Hope that helps with your buying decision

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Replies 15 Post by LesserWeevil

Thanks for replying. Most of the trees are 6" to 14". I wouldn't want to get too big a tractor just to move the few trees that are bigger than 14". They make pretty good looking shade trees anyway, and becuse of where they've grown, competing with ash and maple trees, the branches start way up there, and grass will grow underneath, I think.<br>
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I'm more concerned with getting (safely) around than I am with grabbing every board foot, so maybe the 3130 is about right.

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