Homeowner VS Professional Chipper | Not What I was EXPECTING

[@elizabethmacdonald4605]

Good mauhnin Lumnah acres and friends! Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

[@StoneKathryn]

Good morning Elizabeth. We woke up to a killing frost of 23 degrees this morning here in Minnesota. I hope you're staying warm! Have a great day! Butchered my meat birds last weekend. Yay, that's done!

[@dropshot1967]

you could collect the woodchips by blowing them into the back of your truck (protect the windows with a piece of cardboard). Then you could unload them where you need them.

[@stephencynthiascherry6340]

Could save chips in the dump wagon down by the goat barns. Just have to empty the wood in it first.

[@EnorMouseUK]

I was going to suggest building a 'catcher's mitt' out of timber and a tarp to go inside the back/bed of the truck to do exactly that. Use a sheet of ply or similar to form a base and then you could just tip it out into one giant pile.

[@mihandsplitters705]

Run the chips through a second time for excellent animal bedding

[@waisangyau8653]

@@mihandsplitters705 Yeah... bit of a waste not to use those chips on the farm

[@bryanlloyd1099]

Great idea!!

[@egood4531]

Tractor supply sells Carhart heavy farm jackets. They have what looks like canvas exterior and are water proof. I bought an extra large size so based on temp can do more or less layers. At 4 layers (Shirt, Light hoodie, Heavy winter hoody, and Carhart) I have worked in -40° windy weather. This is what I would suggest for the farm. Naturally that is just top, Do the same for bottom. Stay dry and warm. Get well Gina and get your winter gear too.

[@clarencewiles963]

Anything bigger is fire wood. Thanks again for your feedback and information.

[@deltonwatts9726]

Great demonstration of the chippers.

[@SpicySteve-tz2so]

Glad the chickens made it their first night! Continued prayers for Gina with her recovery, and for you and Olivia as you encourage her!

[@CapnScott]

I have a chipper for my tractor. It is a must have for a farm.

[@samvalentine3206]

What are the specs of yours, Cap'n?

[@acepetdetective4424]

AL, I would be looking for a chipper that runs off the PTO on the tractor. I would also like to see you do a test on the wood boiler logs v wood chips how many days you would get out of each..

[@terrimoore5181]

Always love your family's videos. Praying for Gina and hope she is resting!

[@agnestakacs2059]

Good morning 😊 good to see the chickens are alive and well! Praying Gina continues to heal and get stronger each day

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good morning to ya Agnes!

[@samvalentine3206]

G'day, Agnes! I was a little concerned at 2:40 at the size of the opening by the ground on the back edge. A motivated racoon or some weasel-type of critter would have little problem digging under and helping themselves to a chicken dinner... agree with you with prayers for Gina and hope she's on the mend towards her normal self!

[@forrestgump9576]

Good morning Agnes!

[@InsideTraderNancy]

@@samvalentine3206 yeah its going to happen just a matter of time.

[@jacquelinewells7575]

Really like the chicken tractor but are you not a little concerned that a raccoon or coyote or other animal might try and dig down and under to get into it. Hope Gina is still recovering well.

[@robertworman4355]

Good morning Al, Gina, Olivia and all the Lumnah friends and family

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Robert! Hope all is well with you and yours and that you have a great week!

[@randolphroark1463]

The chippers I have used had both six cylinder and V8 engines. I worked in the tree trimming industry for 35 years. Our chippers can keep up with six men feeding them. The size of the chips depend on the knives and the settings.

[@samvalentine3206]

Thanks for your input. No doubt about it, the units with the auto-type 6 or 8 cylinder engines would make short work of almost anything tossed in the maw.

[@centurion726]

I am thinking the bed knife and blades where dull on the rental you can see by the output of chips, the rental chipper is still dinky but should of been a lot better. I have worked on repair side of the tree trimmers fleet for years and there should have been no comparison between the two.

[@rosemarysinder2151]

Continued prayers for Gina 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. Looks great Al .

[@patriciafuchs5970]

All this wood chipping brings the movie “Fargo” to mind! I find it amazing. Hope Gina is mending well. She’s smart to listen to her body. Prayers coming your way

[@stevealldred4424]

Good Morning Al, Gina and Olivia! Very interesting comparisons. DR makes very good home equipment! Continued prayers for Gina and a quick and pain free recovery and return to her daily activities. Always in our prayers!

[@lindamartinez8569]

❤

[@TheFlatlander440]

Good Morning. I'm curious why you didn't opt for a PTO driven wood chipper especially with that big TYM tractor. The added torque from a diesel is a beast in comparison with gasoline driven wood chippers. Their cost ranges from $3500 to $6000 depending on how many HP your tractor puts out. Anyway, it was just a thought.

[@StoneKathryn]

I've seen my neighbor's wood chipper on his tractor work and it's impressive! He has an old IH small 27 hp Farmall tractor.

[@williamlowry1274]

You have a tractor. If you are going to continually have branches to chip I'd check out a PTO wood chipper. Some will do very large branches, and are self feed. If you go PTO that means you have one less engine to maintain.

[@ilonakatalindako-tolman5545]

What a beautiful ... gorgeous....surrounding area you have, and in the fall season it’s the most....💝💫

[@lauraquigley6403]

Thanks for detailing your hard work ethic! We appreciate you showing us everything! God Bless your wife & family!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ANGEL77762]

Good Morning Lumnah Family, and Friends. I hope that y'all have a wonderfully blessed day!!

[@samvalentine3206]

Thanks Angel! Howdy! Hope you and yours also have a blessed day!

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood Morning

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Good morning Angel 🤩👍🏾

[@freddien7]

Isnt there a better way of picking them up rather than small piles?. maybe get grab on the tractor go along edge where the branches are scoop them into a pile near the end Then stand and throw them in!! glad Ginas getting better.

[@marianbrown4173]

Good morning Lumnah family from chilly Scotland. Al that driveway looks fantastic, beautiful autumn colour. Hope Gina is healing well. I have yo7 all in my prayers.

[@nahnisjourney1406]

Hoping everyone is having a wonderful day and week. Thinking of Gina, and hoping she is beginning to feel a lot better and adjusting more and more with each day.

[@jacksak]

At somewhere between $5K - $10K for the Bandit XP 6 inch at recent auction prices. that Bandit you rented seems like it must be incorrectly adjusted or needs new parts or just isn't worth the money. So, great video here showing what it really does fortunately only used as a rental.

[@kipcudd7253]

I'd want to get a 3 point mounted chipper with a 10 ' dump trailer behind it would be the perfect setup especially for someone wanting to create a stockpile for compost or mulch. 3 point chippers will do just as big as the bandit but would be using less fuel because your tractor would be more fuel efficient than a 37 hp gas engine. I think of less handling of the chips ,less fuel used.

[@ericroadking7564]

A good days work chipper contest was interesting! Hope Gina is mending well. Glad chickens were safe!! Stay blessed everyone!!!

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good Tuesday morning to ya Eric!

[@samvalentine3206]

Thanks, Eric! Hope you and yours stay blessed as well! The chipper contest was fun to compare. Al's owned DR unit would be great if it was self-powered to feed. Another person could accomplish that goal... even with another set of hands, no doubt the Bandit would win out when it comes to speed.

[@ericroadking7564]

@@samvalentine3206 good morning!!

[@ericroadking7564]

@@teresahyneman4349 good morning!!!!

[@LarryTait1]

The 8” woodland mills with hydraulic feed is very similar, and cost effective. It would fit nicely on your TYM three point hitch. I love it. Watching it eat through an entire 5 “ thick trees, from the base to the top is so satisfying

[@evalinawarne1337]

Good morning AL and GINA and LADY Oliva Gina PRAYING WITH YOU. Miss seeing you. Thankful your home.

[@samvalentine3206]

Prayers for The Lumnah Family, especially Gina! Blessings to you, Evalina... take care of yourself. 🙏

[@mr.ricknohle3795]

Continued prayers for Gina's speedy recovery! Hope you are all well!

[@Fulltimer]

Gina: we truly pray you are doing well. All of us that have had a major problem know that recovery can be a real challenge. Sometimes the days don't move at all. Pray and you will be back and your new home will welcome your return.

[@samvalentine3206]

Amen - nicely said! 🙏👍

[@forrestgump9576]

Yes! Agree and could not said it better!

[@maryjemison1101]

So Beautiful with All the. fall Colors Gina Big Hugs 🤗 And My Get Well Blessings 🙏✨✨🙏❤️

[@BruceMesser21]

Set a trail cam up on the chickens just to see what curious predators you have trying to move in to the noise in the evenings. They may not attack yet, but getting ahead of what's coming in before they do is a good thing.

[@samvalentine3206]

2:40 - worried about those gaps in the back - rather inviting spaces for hungry critters to get in and chow down... so far, so good. 🤞

[@BruceMesser21]

I'm worried about the tarp on top. A bear can open that up with no problem

[@shartne]

@@BruceMesser21 A Bear can open up your house if it wants to.

[@Jadae]

@@shartne I hope the bear at least has manners and knocks first.

[@70acres]

Al, where is the perch for the chickens? They need a non-metal perch to keep off the ground at night. One of the sticks you are chipping would work. I use saplings and leave the bark on to provide extra traction for them. God bless all y'all.

[@lauriesmith7793]

Nice clean up job. Now your road ready for some ❄️. Yes prayers for Gina to keep on healing, physical and emotional.

[@joycemcneill853]

Have you considered a PTO powered chipper? We love ours. We make mountains of mulch with all the tree debris from firewood cutting here in NW Montana.

[@gardeningfishingjimw9364]

Great to see the chooks still there Al!! Good comparison of the two chippers too. I have an electric chipper and does up to 2 inches and you have to lift into the hopper but the chips flow out low only so I run a tarp to catch all of the chips. For a normal houseblock sized home it is ideal for what I need and does a decent chip size.

[@StoneKathryn]

Thanks for commenting about that. We just bought an electric chipper too. We hope it'll help us clean up all the small branches from our fallen trees.

[@craigdreisbach5956]

Good morning Al. I enjoyed the video. Consider a chipper that runs of your tractor PTO. I looked at Wallenstein and a Woodland Mills. (not a sponsor) I bought the Woodland Mills 3 months ago. Handles an 8 inch log and is self feeding...all for the price of the DR. My PTO horsepower is about 35. I live near All Around Power if you want to check it out. Kind Regards. Craig

[@StoneKathryn]

Thanks for commenting about this. Someday we'll get a tractor and as many PTO attachments as we can get! I love seeing our neighbor run his. His snow blower off his tractor is amazing. He has to back up to do it but it is really good at throwing the snow way away from the driveway! The chipper is awesome too.

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

You might want to add captions when the chipper is running for those of us that can’t read lips, LOL. I love your videos.

[@stanleygallman7800]

I personally might end up clearing a large wooded area using the larger commercial type chipper. Know idea what it is about but this video was so relaxing 😎. Hoping that your wife Gina continue to make good progress as she's healing from the surgery. Al you have really got a good thing going here on KZbin from what I can see you really don't need to change much of anything. Great entertainment.

[@jamesscroggins3486]

Nice cleanup! You need the larger one for the size of your property. Even bigger than that if they make it. You can buy us d ones from the power company sometimes

[@StoneKathryn]

Good suggestion! They have to cut down trees and clean up by chipping all the time! Good idea!

[@stevenbutcher6979]

Check into wood max. It's PTO driven off your tractor. Have the hydralic model and are very happy with it

[@patriciablanton6243]

Glad Gina is coming along nicely, continued prayers. Liking that coop more each time I see it. Like the little wood chipper, especially since the larger one costs over $3,000. The fall colors are amazingly beautiful.

[@v3124]

The little DR chipper cost $4k. A new bandit like the one he used would probably be around $15k.

[@josephdriscoll8527]

Good morning, being the type of person I 'am, I would pull and make piles of brush with the excavator to eliminate all the ditch walking and speed up the process since you did a good job laying out the brush. Armchair opinion, take care be safe.

[@raymondheckard234]

The bandit chipper is an upscale homeowner unit, it is not a commercial unit. The model you was using is what they call the enter level unit and is designed for a farm or ranch to use, or a person that has a hobby craft lawn care service, or the home owner who has a lot of trees. The 7” model and higher is classified as a commercial unit and those base model prices start out at $20000 and go up, based on the 2019: price list. That unit used can be bought for $3000 to $5000, new the base model without upgrades is about $10000, the price all depends on the bell and whistles you add on to it.

[@ambermorgan1340]

I love the HD video of the woods with the falling leaves! It looks amazing on our 87 inch TV!

[@BertsCustomCuts]

Woodland mills makes 3pt chippers that would work on your tractor too. Diesel motors on chippers bog down less than gas motors.

[@jamesmoore1743]

Al you need to check out PTO chipper shredders that can hook up to your tractor and I believe you can get them I believe starting out at 8" diameter and get larger

[@samvalentine3206]

Now that's an excellent idea... utilizing the power of the TYM's PTO!

[@matthewtaylor2185]

I am impressed with the little DR machines. I am always a used market guy, I bought my old DR 18hp chipper for $250. It needed some attention, but I didn't put more than $200 into it. So for $450 I got a decent chipper. I'd rather have one to run off my old diesel tractor around home, but I want to be able to bring woodchips on to the homestead from little tree jobs here and there. My DR is very dangerous because the chute is not half as long as my arm. Your shoulder/chest ain't gonna stop you, if you get into it, your arm is gone to the elbow. The other big danger around houses is power lines overhead and long brush. You stand that long brush up in that chute and sometimes it could easily contact the powerline feeding the house. My older model acts like an old chuck and duck/ whipper chipper. It will sting your arms pretty bad sometimes because all the little branches are like switches smacking you...and it sucks the material in FAST. The biggest down falls to my near antique DR are: 1. safety (newer models like yours look MUCH safer with the longer chute, but you also have to reach higher to load it) I plan to build a higher chute to bolt on to the existing one...this will also catch a lot of sticks that break off of decaying wood and go flying just from the violent whipping down the chute. 2. Size of the input opening. You have to cut brush more than you may like just to get it to fit. Really wiry stuff that a power fed chipper would break down a d drag in will get hung...and that's where you are tempted to do the most dangerous wrestling you can do with the chipper. If it is just a little crotch, it will break up as soon as the knives hit it, but perpendicular branches and thick masses of little branches at the end will tempt the dangerous pushing out of you. 3. Light construction. With sharp knives and sharp, properly adjusted bed plate, you can run pine at full capacity all day long, but don't try the same with hard rock maple or anything with dull knives and wide plate gap. The flywheel is only 3/4" thick and will bend. The chipper housing is pretty thin also...nothing like those junky MTD stamped out overpriced chipper/shredders, but would benefit from more steel. You just have to realize what you should and shouldn't be chucking into them. I am currently considering the purchase of an old Bandit 65A with a 2 cylinder diesel. Asking price is just shy of $6k. Not sure. Capable brush chipper, but that auto feed on the newer ones is pretty sweet. I mat still get a woodmaxx that I can run off the tractor. Old dependable fuel sipping diesel with tons of torque and no extra engines to maintain sure looks appealing.

[@erniejoyce7347]

With the chicken coup do the birds sleep on the ground. Thought the coup would have some built in perches for them.

[@LumnahAcres]

We need to add some perches

[@samvalentine3206]

@@LumnahAcres - Some of those branches you ran through the chipper would have been nice and natural perches. With your ingenuity, we're confident that you'll figure out a solution, Al. We have faith!

[@StoneKathryn]

@@samvalentine3206 Your right Sam. I took branches from downed trees on our land and put them up in the barn for perches. We had old wooden ladders that the previous owner left outside the barn. I wouldn't trust them but they make great bird perches too.

[@billamick2338]

Glad to know that Gina is getting better by the day. Still long way to go so keep on taking it easy. Now as the chipper, anyone that reads lips please let those of us that don't know what Al said why running it. LOL

[@StoneKathryn]

Even with headphones I couldn't hear a word he said!

[@jejakedwin]

thank you for cleaning this earth. May God reward all your actions by cleaning up all the problems you may be facing

[@gagorian8294]

can you use wood chips in the woodboiler ?

[@tonygrimes13]

No, the boiler is not designed for chips.

[@CCRider5312]

Goooood Morrrning Lumnahs 👋🏻 And subscriber friends 👋🏻 Hope everyone’s week has started out great and that you have an awesome week ! 👍

[@samvalentine3206]

Thanks, CC! Wishing that you also have an awesome week!

[@CCRider5312]

@@samvalentine3206 Good Morning & thanks Sam my Friend 😁👍

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good Tuesday morning to ya CC!

[@keithprinn720]

think reducing time by carrying more than one each time walking from the pile to the unit then feed them one by one or small batches but less trips walking.

[@marinbandel2574]

Good morning Al! Nicely done, snow plowing will be much easier this winter. Prayers for Gina continue. Hugs from N.C..❤️🙏

[@patriciabeyer8029]

Good morning. It looks good all cleaned up.

[@LarryTait1]

The Three point hitch 8” Woodland mills with hydraulic feed is even more compact

[@ACO-Amy]

Excellent video Al. It was hard for me to pay attention to the wood chipping with all that beauty surrounding you. Prayers for continued healing for Gina.

[@Val1950MAgirl]

What a satisfying feeling knowing the job is done! Great job Al!

[@stevek4727]

Good to see you working in great Fall conditions! Color is very similar at my SW VA mountain property. Hope Gina is recovering well! All the best to the Lumnah family!!

[@hairhurt1]

Hi, I would love to see you try a PTO chipper on your tractor. I see someone else has mentioned collecting the chips, I was wondering would the wood chips be any good for burning in the wood burner?

[@BigGuy8059]

Good Morning! We chipped about two dozen dead avocado trees on our place, when we first moved in. Had a DR 13 HP, but it was about 20 years ago, so they have made some improvements since then. To sharpen the blade, it had to be serviced because the blade was built right into the flywheel, and could not be removed through an access hatch. Still, it did a great job when the blade was sharp. Gravity feed worked fine. Never jammed. We bought a lot of DR equipment after that experience. Highly recommended. I can see gaps under the chicken tractor edges. A mink or weasel could easily get in, and kill them all. I think you need something safer, or maybe a secure coop for night time.

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood Morning

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Guy! You're right about those gaps... 2:40 and cause for concern

[@sailingbvi1]

Al, Could you pick up all the brush with your grappler and put the brush in one place? The chip pile could accessed easier. Just thought. Good to see the 6 chicks made it through the night. God bless you and your family, especially prayers to Gina's speedy recovery.

[@jacquelinewells7575]

Hey Al, instead of the chips laying all along the side of the road what if you pulled the chipper with that little truck you bought and that way you can turn the chipper to blow them into the back of it and then you can just tilt it to empty it somewhere on the property and just make one big pile of them. Just thought that would be easier than having all the chips all up and down the side of the road. Also really like the new chicken tractor but aren’t you a little concerned a coyote or some other animal may try and dig to get up and under it. Hopefully Gina is recovering well.

[@louisl.8724]

@@goodiebee3007 He need's to put the same type of wire that is on the sides, on the top and as a floor too.

[@jaynedavis3388]

Fantastic idea. I’ve been bothered by the many piles too but didn’t know how to fix it

[@whitehillhomestead1799]

I would recommend a Woodland Mills chipper. I have a WC46 and love it on our small 50 acre homestead in southern NH.

[@ronaldfrancis3628]

Al, a Bear is going to be able to LIFT / PUSH OVER the coop with ease, if its hungry!! Maybe fix deep rooted strong pegs to minimalise any movement, hope this helps!!. God bless you all.

[@bay9876]

Energy is the key. 13.5 horse motor running the little chipper would blow it apart but at least go through the brush like butter. Chips make a nice cover for those trails made through the property

[@mariowickel456]

Good Morning Al, hope all is well, my buddy has a tree service and he just bought a Vermeer AX17 . talk about making chips 4cyl Cummins 130 hp 12" limbs no problem

[@DDA40Xman]

Place the trees on your flatbed trailer, take them to a spot for the chip pile with a chipper already there, use the Bobcat forklift to take the trees off the trailer if desired, chip away. Minimizes vehicle and chipper movement. Prayers for Gina and your continued success.

[@bevnelson3678]

Pleased to hear Gina is doing well. Keep up the good work. Doing the driveway gives you a break from building. Your probably enjoying the change.

[@hollandduck79]

how much HP on the PTO is your Tym tractor ? because I think a pto chipper might be a good choice

[@131dyana]

The chickens still need nesting boxes but you know that. the large yellow chipper is great, but not to be used around children and it works well in the rain. God bless.

[@tonygrimes13]

These are pullets so have not started laying yet.

[@tagladyify]

@@tonygrimes13 he said they should be laying any time now.

[@KhanOfCons]

I've used Vermeer in the past for a chipper when I trimmed for power companies.. As far as I know, they do make commercial size chippers... I had a 4 cyl. Ford engine in mine that would take a 12 inch log with no issues as long as my cutter bar was still sharp and what I was chipping...

[@acarius69]

You can get similor one chipper for tractor at a fraction of the price of a engine power one

[@gonetroutfishing]

Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great day!

[@mariedoremus8440]

That was a big job! Road looks great. Prayers for Gina!

[@markbaumgardner3760]

Keep in mind with the chicken pen, it's still new and it will take a few days or weeks for the wild animals to get used to it, before they approach it....

[@teresahyneman4349]

Good morning Lumnah family and friends from Chilly Mississippi! Hope everyone is having a great week!

[@samvalentine3206]

So far, so good, Teresa! Hope your week is great so far too!

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Good morning Teresa! 🤩👍🏾

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood Morning Mississippi

[@teresahyneman4349]

@@samvalentine3206 Hiya Sam, pretty darn good so far! Cleanup and wood chipping today! To bad he doesn't have something to catch the wood chips! 😕

[@lloydwilliams8715]

Hi Teresa. How's your week

[@barryradel3107]

Hi Al . I love what your doing with the property I recently bought a woodmax chipper it is a 3point attached chipper that mounts on the rear of your tractor and is powered by the PTO also has a power feed and is a 8" capacity you can adjust the feed rate as it has a hydraulic pump the is powered by your pto and is rated from a 25hp to 60 hp tractor I also put sides on my gator to haul chips away and dump in a pile saves time as their is no cleanup after everything is chipped good luck and keep showing how you grow your 500 ac homestead prayers for Gina

[@AncientHermit]

I hope Gina is doing ok❓ Given all you said about those chippers, if I were in your shoes, I'd like to at least try out and compare a PTO driven chipper on your TYM Tractor, it ought to have way more power than either of those two self powered chippers.🤔 I looked and they are out there, even saw one or two on ebay. Because they assume you already have the power, then the value is all in the chipping mechanism.🤨Be well.😉

[@reneebrown2968]

Al, if you were planning on using that mulch for your garden or animal bedding for winter, you should have blown it into your truck bed. Otherwise it's blown out to too thin of an area to reclaim it for use. It should be collected piled into one pile. It will however build fertility along side your driveway. Maybe later your can plant lots of blueberries or cranberries along your driveway

[@tonygrimes13]

As stated in a previous video these piles of chips will be available for future use.

[@aliceparker5216]

Looking good that machine is doing a fantastic job 👏😀👍🙌👌

[@reneebrown2968]

Next year plan to cut and move all of the brush and trees to a chipping site near where you will use the mulch.

[@edscales282]

Nice to see the property and color of leaves.

[@wksoftranquility1040]

should hv gotten the woodland mills 6" pto chipper!!! has self feed...works great !!!!

[@chrisoakey9841]

you need roosts for the chicken coop. have you thought of catching the chips. you could use you excavator and a steel box to press the chips into compressed fuel for your furnace. it seems like it needs a sharpen. you could add a self feed for your chipper. buy an old scrap self feeder and replace the chipper with yours.

[@StoneKathryn]

Good idea! That would (wood) speed things up!

[@bobt3374]

Good Morning Al Gina & Olivia. That was a good couple of days Al Those chippers certainly make the job easier. Also glad to see the chickens are well & ok i suppose they are missing there friends at the moment. Good Gina is recovering well bless her. Take care happy family. 🙏🙏

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Bob - Positive healing vibes directed towards Gina for sure! 🙂 👍

[@normagarrett4509]

Continued prayers for your Gina hope you get to feeling better soon

[@ceselb]

Hi Al. Being a total novice in this, is there a reason you're not talking about or using a PTO powered chipper at all? Anyway, maybe you could but want to help most viewers who are not likely to have a tractor? Or are those just not available at all for rent?

[@genegoodman5233]

Al, you need to build something for the chickens to get up on off the ground. Maybe a shelf or rooster rods and maybe a box with small auto door. You have a brush unit for the front of your tractor, if you use it to pickup and carry all the brush to a central area. It will be much faster loading the unit cause you want be walking so much and you can load more than 1 at a time. This will also put all the chips in one location instead of small piles Down the road. I think half of your time is spent walking back and forth.

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

Good Day from Kamakura, Japan! 🇯🇵 Hello Lumnah Acres Family & Friends! Enjoy your week everyone, and stay warm! 🤩👍🏾

[@samvalentine3206]

Howdy Robert! Thanks my friend, the same sentiment to you!

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

@@samvalentine3206 Good morning Sam! 🤩👍🏾

[@LumnahAcres]

Gooooood Morning Japan

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

@@LumnahAcres Have a wonderful day; and heal well, Gina! 🥰👍🏾🙏🏾

[@lloydwilliams8715]

Good morning Japan

[@williamdawson5265]

why no roosting pole for the chicken tractor

[@kalaipaa]

Wow Al, that chipper was fast!! Oh wait, that was time lapse!! hahaha Prayers for Gina as always. Prayers for your chickens. Aloha from Hawaii!!!

[@denisewilson8367]

That bigger Bandit chipper is fast. Twice as fast as the DR chipper. But I'm sure the price is about double too.

[@kalaipaa]

@@denisewilson8367 Renting was the way to go.

[@billymiller1319]

I have run chippers and Tarrups and to cut down on labour you have to chip into a hydrolic tip trailer. you can then stockpile or compost the chips using your tractor. You will need to put a wood or shadenet canopy over the trailer to capture all the flying chips. Regards from South Africa

[@johnhouchins3156]

I'd be interested to know exactly how sharp (or dull) the blades on the Bandit are. My guess is, since it's a rental, that they may be much more dull than your DR. You personally have a personal investment in it as opposed to the rental where the company understands that when it's down for sharpening it's not making $$$.

[@seeker9257]

Mornin Al, you might want to consider a small lock (or nut and bolt) on that chicken tractor door latch, seemed pretty easy to open for a nosey coon or bear. Hope Gina's healing well with plenty of rest. Cheers from Australia.

[@gophersgirl]

Lol, the roof will last about 2 seconds if a bear puts his paw on it. Tarp roof is useless in regards to predator protection imo...

[@terrellcummings4385]

Is the faster worth the money? Not have the right size chips

[@brettadams417]

Curious…the hydraulic feed chipper that i have for my tractor has a speed adjustment for the intake. This allows you to unjust the speed for the size of the material your putting in or the size of the chips you want out of it. Thought this was a feature all hydraulic feed chipper’s had. Does the bandit have this feature?

[@RoloTomase]

The blade on the bigger unit, how clean ?? You cleansed the blade on the smaller unit

[@margaretfoster492]

Suggestion.. make a perch in the chicken tractor..

[@robertlee8714]

I used small chippers for a while, yeah they worked but slow and high maintenance. I bought a PTO powered unit matched to my 40 HP tractor, huge difference, no comparison.