WC68 6″ PTO Wood Chipper, Wood Chipper | Woodland Mills USA
Did my homework, and studied hard. The WoodMaxx WM-8H has a much heavier flywheel (200 lbs) which turns more than twice the speed of the direct drive models (120 lb), but sports only two knives. A few more strikes per second, but enough to warrant another $100? That's also going to cause some extra heating of the knife edges, especially after they get a little use/wear. It also needs slightly more horsepower because of the step-up in speed. Next drawback for me was the FIVE drive belts . That's a lot of normal wear items, and I can't imagine those belts being cheap to replace.
Their equivalent to the WC-68, the TM-86H, has a direct drive hydraulic pump, but I'm not so sure that's a great idea either because of all the strange and wonderful forces associated with impact loading. I think I like the belt isolation for the pump. The pump really shouldn't have too much load on it, so a belt should last a long time. It's about $50 cheaper, but they also have a much longer lead time. The WC-68 is in stock at Woodland Mills. WoodMaxx pretty much told me on the phone that their production is halted for another 3 weeks, and then there may be some delay while they catch up on orders. That was probably the deciding factor. I want to get started on some of the brush destruction before it gets too stinkin' hot.
I nearly added the trailer hitch to it, but figured I can make a trip back for the trailer or just pull it with the Husqvarna lawn tractor. I'll need to build a back-stop for the trailer so I don't bury my Husqvarna in chips.
As soon as I have to flip the knives the first time, I'll order a replacement set. While I'm wearing out the other edge of the originals, I'll find a local machine shop to make me some duplicates of the replacement knives. Next flip, I'll put a new set in, and send the originals for sharpening, probably to the same local machine shop. Anyone got a clue how many times the knives can be sharpened? I'm guessing that answer will be somewhere in the instruction book.
Gonna have to go get a bucket of hydraulic oil to fill it now. I'm thinking ISO-46 down here in the sunny southern summers. Better start shopping for that now.
Next up, a stump bucket. Gotta love a woman that tells ya to go get tractor stuff for an anniversary present. She gets camera gadgets, I get tractor stuff.
The original plan was a BH77, but the delays on subframes gave me enough time to talk myself outta that. My use would be limited and I don't want an expensive piece of equipment to become a shed ornament.
Must get storage space SOON.
Did my homework, and studied hard. The WoodMaxx WM-8H has a much heavier flywheel (200 lbs) which turns more than twice the speed of the direct drive models (120 lb), but sports only two knives. A few more strikes per second, but enough to warrant another $100? That's also going to cause some extra heating of the knife edges, especially after they get a little use/wear. It also needs slightly more horsepower because of the step-up in speed. Next drawback for me was the FIVE drive belts . That's a lot of normal wear items, and I can't imagine those belts being cheap to replace.
Their equivalent to the WC-68, the TM-86H, has a direct drive hydraulic pump, but I'm not so sure that's a great idea either because of all the strange and wonderful forces associated with impact loading. I think I like the belt isolation for the pump. The pump really shouldn't have too much load on it, so a belt should last a long time. It's about $50 cheaper, but they also have a much longer lead time. The WC-68 is in stock at Woodland Mills. WoodMaxx pretty much told me on the phone that their production is halted for another 3 weeks, and then there may be some delay while they catch up on orders. That was probably the deciding factor. I want to get started on some of the brush destruction before it gets too stinkin' hot.
I nearly added the trailer hitch to it, but figured I can make a trip back for the trailer or just pull it with the Husqvarna lawn tractor. I'll need to build a back-stop for the trailer so I don't bury my Husqvarna in chips.
As soon as I have to flip the knives the first time, I'll order a replacement set. While I'm wearing out the other edge of the originals, I'll find a local machine shop to make me some duplicates of the replacement knives. Next flip, I'll put a new set in, and send the originals for sharpening, probably to the same local machine shop. Anyone got a clue how many times the knives can be sharpened? I'm guessing that answer will be somewhere in the instruction book.
Gonna have to go get a bucket of hydraulic oil to fill it now. I'm thinking ISO-46 down here in the sunny southern summers. Better start shopping for that now.
Next up, a stump bucket. Gotta love a woman that tells ya to go get tractor stuff for an anniversary present. She gets camera gadgets, I get tractor stuff.
The original plan was a BH77, but the delays on subframes gave me enough time to talk myself outta that. My use would be limited and I don't want an expensive piece of equipment to become a shed ornament.
Must get storage space SOON.
