Latest addition to my arsenal of wood weapons

[JustWood]

Needed to cover my tail in case the pellet mills I am selling raw wood to bail or strong arm me on price. Gonna be a chip/mulch makin' maniac soon!

 

[savageactor7]

Yup, always a good idea to have a plan B at the ready LEE. Hard to get an idea of the size of that...what is the largest diameter of log that'll chip?

 

[SolarAndWood]

Won't find a chipper shredder like that at Home Depot. Does it run off a PTO or is it self-powered?

 

[JustWood]

75 HP , 48" chipper. I think the throat is about 16" square . Flywheel weighs around 3000lbs.

 

[WoodMann]

Dumb question, how are chips gonna help ya if the pellet outfits bail.....................

 

[Highbeam]

So what is it? A permanently mounted chipper? How do you plan to use it? Simply makes chips out of logs or does it do something else? I can't imagine a non-portable chipper and can't imagine a market for green chipped wood.

Maybe you have another machine for pellet making?

 

[BrotherBart]

Chip mulch around here sells like crazy.

 

[JustWood]

So what is it? A permanently mounted chipper? How do you plan to use it? Simply makes chips out of logs or does it do something else? I can't imagine a non-portable chipper and can't imagine a market for green chipped wood.

Maybe you have another machine for pellet making?

Ya, a permanetly mounted chipper.
Going to diversify and make mulch and/or sell raw scrap wood to pellet makers.
Green chipped wood has been a commodity(paper)for decades. Pellets ,biomass and ethanol are emerging markets. I'm gettin' ready to cash in.

 

[Highbeam]

Sounds good, I didn't realize there was such a market for the chips. We have hybrid poplar farms here where they grow trees as a row crop and to harvest they just fill a semi truck with the chips. I guess it's the same thing. We also call it hog fuel but that is usually dirtier.

So you would just grind the whole tree. Wow.

 

[JustWood]

Not whole trees. Scrapwood like this.
We haul a azz load of this stuff daily and need an additional market.

 

[JustWood]

Here's a shot of the chip thrower for loading semi trailers.