[AT] Wood Chipper.

[Larry D Goss]

That's exactly the way the Bear Cat chipper-shredder is set up -- machinery 
is on its own trailer with a PTO shaft running out of it.

I take the wheels off of my 8-horsepower model and mount it directly on a 
Cat. 0 three-point.  That's very convenient.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Tabor" <dannytabor2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Wood Chipper.


>    Is Befco made by MTD? I have a Befco 090 mower and
> while thinking when purchasing it, that it looked a
> little cheap, after 6 years of hard use I'm starting
> to wonder if its not the best mower I've ever owned.
>       This year it lost a bearing and the repair
> (after I realized what I had to do) was remarkably
> simple. Generally speaking I'd agree with you Larry
> about steering away from MTD but I have to say if my
> Befco mower is MTD it must be one of the few things
> they have gotten right.
>      On the subject of chippers because of the 3 pt.
> hook up I would be limited with what tractor I can run
> it off of. And so I've been looking to see if I can
> rig the chipper (I purchase) on a trailer with a
> little modification and longer PTO shaft. I wonder if
> I can get one minus the motor (already mounted on a
> trailer) and just run a PTO to power it?
>
> Danny Tabor
>
> --- Larry D Goss <rlgoss at evansville.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a Bear Cat chipper-shredder with an 8-horse
>> engine on it.  It does an
>> excellent job of handling anything as long as it is
>> not wet.  They make the
>> same machine with PTO drive and also with
>> road-worthy wheels.  The Bear Cat
>> machines use sickle knives for mulching and they are
>> really rugged.
>>
>> I would avoid the MTD machines regardless of the
>> brand name that appears on
>> them.  IMHO they're too lightly built.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bill Bruer" <bill_bru at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Wood Chipper.
>>
>>
>> > Danny,
>> >
>> > I don't know what they're selling on Ebay.  I've
>> got one of these Befco
>> > chippers:
>> >
>>
> http://www.befco.com/products/bushmaster/default.html
>> >
>> > I've had it for several years & put a good bit of
>> stuff through it.  At
>> > the
>> > time I bought it, it seemed to be about the only
>> thing between the small
>> > yard chippers and the big Vermeers.  I've had good
>> service from it.
>> >
>> > Bill Bruer
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Danny Tabor" <dannytabor2000 at yahoo.com>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:01 PM
>> > Subject: [AT] Wood Chipper.
>> >
>> >
>> > PTO type wood chippers they sell on ebay. I've
>> been
>> > semi looking for a chipper mulcher, especially
>> since
>> > its become so difficult to burn around these
>> parts.
>> >  They look like a good deal if they don't shake
>> > apart. Just want to get all the info I can about
>> then
>> > and check all my options before committing to
>> buying
>> > anything.
>> >
>> > Danny Tabor
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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