Wow. I traded up from an 18hp DR manual-feed chipper, and this is not even playing the same game. Paying for the hydraulic feeder was *totally* worth the money. Can throw limbs in from 3' away instead of standing there feeding them in by hand the whole time. Probably 8-10X faster getting through a slash pile.
The hydrostatic feeder on the MX is really good. Nice to have the variable speed and instant direction changing.
The MX has very stout construction - the metal seems thick enough everywhere it should be.
(The biggest deficiency of the DR, for those interested, is that it had only 1 knife on the flywheel. Thus, the feed rate is really slow. This one was >15 years old; I think they've gone to a two-knife design for newer models.)
I did have to switch my 3pt to the inner arm holes to get it low enough to pick up the chipper from the ground. It was a little nervous driving around my very hilly property with that load on the back, but the LX did great. I was able to go everywhere I could reasonably expect to (3" rear spacers installed for the summer).
The hydrostatic feeder on the MX is really good. Nice to have the variable speed and instant direction changing.
The MX has very stout construction - the metal seems thick enough everywhere it should be.
(The biggest deficiency of the DR, for those interested, is that it had only 1 knife on the flywheel. Thus, the feed rate is really slow. This one was >15 years old; I think they've gone to a two-knife design for newer models.)
I did have to switch my 3pt to the inner arm holes to get it low enough to pick up the chipper from the ground. It was a little nervous driving around my very hilly property with that load on the back, but the LX did great. I was able to go everywhere I could reasonably expect to (3" rear spacers installed for the summer).
