Pros & Cons
Pros
Box elder chipper is a good value for the money. Easy to fit onto a 30hp kubota with the pto shaft attached.
Highlights
Quality
5 ptodriven chipper because i like the quality of their products
Overall i rate the unit very highly and other than the initial difficulty with the drive shaft it has met all of my expectations
Nonpto version of the dr chipper at a local farm barn store so have some idea of its quality
Price
Cost me a couple hundred bucks to get it fixed
Packaging/appearance
Getting a big chipper for a small farm is a pain in the
Once the knife gets dull it is worth the time to flip it or change it out to avoid the danger of pushing branches into the hopper
Competitiveness
I have rented a big commercial chipper a few times but decided to get one of our own in order to avoid that weekend of 12hr chi... Read More
Overview
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- This product had a total of 10 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 11 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only real assembly is to put together the feed chute and attach it to the unit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Anything that fit through the throat at the bottom of the chute was chipped in short order with no bogging or stalls
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It lacks the autofeed of large commercial chippers but absent any limb forks that prevented limbs from going in the flywheel pulled everything in on its own
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have very little to add here thats negative but there are one or two little things
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The spout from which the chips fly is not adjustable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would have liked to configure to fire the chips into our dump trailer but theres no real way to aim
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On the upside its probably safer as the spot is fixed aiming about 45 degrees out and down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When connected to our tractor and with the pto shaft horizontal the lip of the chute stands almost 6 off the ground