PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Chips Off the Old Block - Chippers, Grinders & Shredders

BANDIT 1590 BIG DRUM  BRUSH CHIPPER

• Hand-fed tree and brush chipper

• Offers 37-inch diameter drum

• Larger drum increases efficiency by cutting on a downward arc

• Material is chipped with ease and less vibration, making a more uniform chip while consuming less fuel

• Sleek design includes fuel and hydraulic tanks built into frame

• Available with gas and diesel engines up to 130 horsepower

• Towable or self propelled

• Bandit Industries – 800/952-0178, www.banditchippers.com

VERMEER BC 1000XL BRUSH CHIPPER

• Enlarged feed opening

• Equipped with a standard 85-hp Cummins diesel engine

• Split fiberglass engine hood provides easy access to engine
components

• Equipped with 66-inch long feed table to put more distance between the operator and the roller system

• Features noise-reducing design and optional sound-abatement package

• Vermeer Mfg. Co. – 641/628-3141, www.vermeermfg.com

RAYCO MFG. LOG SPLITTER

• Model LS2526

• Gas-powered, tow-behind machine with 25 tons of splitting force

• Powered by a 13-hp Honda engine

• Has a standard four-way wedge

• Special features include a 600-pound log lift, auto cycle and hydraulic wedge lift

• Rayco Mfg. – 800/392-2686, www.raycomfg.com

MORBARK BRUSH CHIPPERS

• Twister and Clipper model chippers now built with standard two knife drums

• Makes two cuts per evolution instead of one

• Model 207XL Twister is equipped with live hydraulics

• Model 2050 Clipper offers a torsional axle for greater stability, wheels that are independent of each other and a tubular steel-welded frame

• Morbark – 800/837-0062, www.morbark.com

BLUEBIRD CLAMSHELL 533CV

• Combines vacuuming and chipper-shredding operations into one powerful unit

• Four-blade impeller with 16 free swinging flails reduces collected material into a finely ground mulch

• Two 4-inch, high-carbide chipping blades

• Devours limbs up to 2 inches in length

• Bluebird International – 303/288-5880, www.bluebirdintl.com