Hey all, I’m wanting to pull the trigger on a new wood chipper. I’m not looking to chip anything bigger than 3”, for obvious firewood reasons. Seeing as all the chippers on marketplace by me are either way too small/big or, are only a couple hundred off a brand new one, it makes more sense to just go with new.
So my question is, which is the better buy? The chipper will live behind a rebuilt Ford 8n if I go the PTO route. I kind of like the idea of the self contained unit, but to get a chipper as capable as a PTO driven one it would cost more than the PTO one. Is it worth spending a few hundred more on the self contained unit or give the old 8n some love and put her to work?
So my question is, which is the better buy? The chipper will live behind a rebuilt Ford 8n if I go the PTO route. I kind of like the idea of the self contained unit, but to get a chipper as capable as a PTO driven one it would cost more than the PTO one. Is it worth spending a few hundred more on the self contained unit or give the old 8n some love and put her to work?
