[AT] Wood Chipper.

[Bill Bruer]

Befco has nothing to do with MTD.  I believe they are mainly importers.  I 
was told a lot of the stuff is designed & made in Italy, but can't swear to 
it.  The Befco chipper is built just about the same way you describe your 
mower.

You'd have a hard time putting wheels under the Befco chipper mainly because 
the feed chute is on the side, just exactly where the correct balance would 
put the wheels.  You may also wind up with a fairly large angle on the PTO 
shaft.

Bill

----- 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 1:19 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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