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#58 Woodmaxx WM8M is an amazing tractor pto chipper!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2020
- Using my Woodmaxx WM8 to clear my newly created trails in our woods. Chipper is on my John Deere 4066R with 52 PTO HP.
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I never get tired of watching that chipper work. Something so satisfying about it. I can't imagine how good it must feel when you drive down that trail system and think to yourself, "I built all this". Awesome job.
I really do enjoy that trail and the chipper
I chipped a lot of pine. Yea it gunks up the blades. I let the resin cool off overnight then run some dead hardwood thru the next day. It seems to flake off real well. I was using an old troy built stand alone, but just ordered a woodmaxx for the tractor. Great video. Nice to see someone not trying to force the wood into the autofeed and using the chipper the way it was designed.
I've had the WM-8m for several years and have had no issues with the pine, but found that it doesn't like sweet gum at all. At one point it locked up the fly wheel all together....I got it freed up with a little wd40 and cleaned it out with hard wood. In hindsight though, it may have been caused by a heavy concentration of sweet gum that I worked on...when working on the pine I combined with the hardwood so no issue. Perhaps if I did the same with the sweet gum I wouldn't have had issue....all that to say, it definitely will lock up if not mindful of the material you run thru. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the information, I'll apply it!
That wood chipper is perfect for your needs. Nice job keeping the trails clear. Take care.
Yes it's a wonderful piece of equipment
Glad to see you love the chipper! Great video!!
Yes it's an excellent chipper, I absolutely love it. I'm about to start using it a lot more as I clear out fence rows and limbs around our property. A lot more videos to come!
Hi there
Good job
You two people
Have a good day be safe god bless 👍🇺🇸👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Great Video. I have the 8H and love it. Been using it for 6 years and it performs flawlessly. I do slow the feeding teeth down when chipping 6 to 8" logs. Chops green sweetgum, poplar, ironwood, oak and of course pines with ease. Haven't had to use the spare blades I initially ordered yet. Love it that I don't have to use the high horsepower tractor as well.
These are great chippers! Luckily I have plenty of HP to avoid the extra expense of the hydraulic version. Also anything over 4 inches is usually firewood for me anyway. Take care!
@@TKCL What’s the difference between the 8H and 8M?
H is hydraulically driven and the feed speed is adjustable. The M model is mechanically driven and one speed only. I prefer the M model, less stuff to leak and break, plus I have plenty of power to chip anything at the factory speed setting. If I had a low pto HP tractor, I'd have the H model so I could slow down the in feed speed and not bog the tractor.
Oh man! Now you have me really jealous! I could really use a good chipper!
I absolutely love that chipper, makes excellent mulch and compost. It's so nice to take a ugly looking mess of sticks and limbs, then wind up with a beautiful pile of chips. Again I really do appreciate you stopping by the channel.
That chipper's a beast
Yes it is, I have a lot more I'm about to chip, but it keeps raining 😩
Love your videos and you really put things through their paces. We do not have a Tractor PTO powered chipper yet. Still renting commercial 9" (Carlton 1790)... we find that when we run run any softwood or decaying we have to follow with some good hardwood to clean it out. Also seems as though hardwood sharpens the blade (sounds odd but definitely chips hardwood better). The rentals, we find when the chips are more like shavings and bigger pieces the blades are dull. Also really important to try to keep it level... when it isn't I get jams and those are an SOB to clear.
Luckily not a single jam yet, I'll definitely watch my chips for signs of dulling. I'll be building a fence in the future and really giving my chipper a workout. Thanks for watching!
I have WoodMaxx like yours for 3 years, I do pine all the tine, no problems.
Good to know, thanks for the info
I don't do a lot of pine...until last summer/fall. Then I had to trim the lower branches (being choked by weeds and saplings). No problem, but I did run some other (not pine) branches through the chipper...green stuff to keep the blades lubricated (as recommended by Woodmaxx)
Thanks for the info
Great video. It demonstrates use very well and all the possibilities of this chipper. I am strongly considering one of these. I was wondering about the need for the hydraulic feed vs. mechanical and have read your previous comments. I'm always willing to save some money! I would be chipping all hardwoods and eastern red cedar with a 35HP PTO. I would expect a mechanical feed would handle it. Like you and many others have said, likely only chipping smaller than 4" material, anything larger is firewood.
One suggestion: Consider the tractor's direction of approach when cutting and piling material. For the first couple piles in your video, the material was oriented with the butt ends pointing to the back of the chipper. This required flipping each piece before feeding into the chipper. Not a big deal for one or two small piles, but exhausting to do that all day. If the pile is layed the other direction, it is easier to pick up each piece and fed straight in. Of course, the other option is to approach from the other direction.
I think you'll be fine with 4 inch material, manual chipper and the PTO hp you mentioned. Yes if I chipped a lot I'd set my piles up better, this was one of my first times chipping, so I've yet to streamline the process. Buy one, you'll very much appreciate it and enjoy it. Can't wait to put mine to use again in the coming months.
I have a Woodmaxx chipper as well, don't have many pines but chip a lot of cedar and haven't had any issues, but chip a lot of hard wood as well. I use the hardwood to grow Composter aka King Stropharia mushrooms which are like the large portabella mushrooms. Don't know if they would grow in Florida but may be something to look into if you have a lot of hardwood chips.
Thanks, I'll look into it. Currently I plan to use my chips for garden compost/mulch. Thanks for watching and commenting!
The Kelley's Country Life Those mushrooms grow in wood mulch. Oyster mushrooms too.
Love these trail videos
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
That chipper is Bad Ass, with pine you will see resin build up if that is all you chip, but running some hard wood will remove that. Mix them chips with soil and you have some compost working.
Have a good Day and be safe.
I LOVE this chipper, I have not found anything it won't eat! My plan is to let the chips start to compost and layer my garden year after year with them. I see it's a popular trend nowadays and makes great use of a byproduct. I'm use to traditional in the ground gardening but looking forward to trying this method. It's supposed to help with grass and weeds too... Time will tell, thanks for watching!
Just chipped 5 big blue spruce last fall. Never really thought about it getting sap on the inside. No problem with the blades staying sharp. As much as you use yours on other types of wood I wouldn't be concerned.
I think you're correct, just thought I'd get some input. Pine sap in the south is some nasty stuff. Thanks for commenting!
The Kelley's Country Life a bigger concern is woods high in silica. These include paulownia, larch, black locust, and more idk look it up haha. Those genuinely dull blades pretty fast because silica is harder than steel.
@@Dollapfin thanks for the information!
At 4:30 that large one went in with ease. Just like it would with a commercial wood chipper.
Yes I've been extremely impressed with the capabilities of this machine, far exceeded my expectations.
That chipper is amazing. Quick question though, have you ever considered blowing the chips directly into the Ranger bed? I was thinking you could slap some sideboards on there with some 1& 1/4" PVC pipe screwed to them spaced to fit down into the lock and ride holes on your bed. That way you wouldn't have to worry about scooping up dirt with your chips using the tractor bucket. Just a thought. Thanks for the videos!
Yes I have thought about it, but I would have to make constant trips walking back and forth from the tractor and ranger to my locations. I wind up far away from the buildings at times. That's why I want something that can come along with the tractor
@@TKCL How about plastic commercial totes? Put a set of forks on the front of the tractor and you can take everything in and out together... unless you fill the tote too quickly.
I wound up building something similar out of the metal crate the chipper shipped in. Used 3/4 ply for the walls
That’s awesome
Hallo Andrew, großartiges Video! In G. wird das Kiefern-Holz als Brennholz verheizt, in den Winter-Monaten.
Aufgrund der Menge an Kreosot vermeiden wir normalerweise das Verbrennen von Kiefern. Es macht ausgezeichnetes Lagerfeuerholz. Unsere Kiefern haben viel Harz.
I would have backed right up to the tress so i could feed them directly into chipper without having to pick them up and turn them around and take 30 steps for each tree.
Scrolled down to see if anyone else mentioned it before I posted the same. Work smarter, not harder.
I'm betting you could use the extra steps.
I have same one here in Australia I chip all hard wood with it
It's a great machine
That woodchipper is awesome. Really curious to know why you picked that JD and the woodchipper. Did you do a comparison against other models for both? Looks like a good way to spend the afternoon and like the way you leave a bit of time for the animals to not be disturbed by the noise. Keep up the great content.
Huge JD fan, my last one was bulletproof. Chose the 4066R because it has the most pto hp of any compact tractor, I mow a lot so that was important. As for the chipper, it seemed to be the best deal out there in that price range. And it was absolutely important to me that I get one with a drive roller that would pull the trees in
@@TKCL Really appreciate the response. Thank you.
Your welcome
You should've been chippiing all that wood in those big drop offs in your trails. Could've helped fill in some of the steep declines.
Well my main purpose for the chipper is for mulch and compost in the new garden I just built. Need to save all I can since it's going to require a lot of chips to fill it in.
With the way that’s performing it’s probably a better idea to burn woodchips.
LOL, good point!
LOL, good point!
Crazy question, can you give me the overall dimensions of the chipper (length & width). We have one on order and built carts for all of our attachments, and would like to know the size if it's not a huge deal. Woodmaxx can only give me the shipping size. Thanks in advance for any help!!!!
I'll do my best to grab those dimensions in the morning.
@@TKCL Awesome!!!! And please only if it's easy for you.
No problem
Widest point is around 34 inches, length is 77 inches and overall height is around 77 inches.
@@TKCL - Can't thank you enough for the info!!!! Look forward to your next videos.
What horse power does it require?
It really depends on the size you are chipping. I've seen a 19 pto hp tractor on TH-cam run it. You just won't be chipping to max capacity with that low of hp. This unit has a 200lb flywheel, much larger than the competition. Once you get that much energy moving, it will chip well even with lower hp.
I am looking at this chipper with and without the hydraulic feed, any recommendations?
It's a great chipper that I highly recommend, and a lot of excellent reviews online. If you're going with a non hydraulic version like me, I just recommend you think you have enough horsepower to run it. The only reason to go with a hydraulic version is if you're using very low horsepower, and need to adjust your feed rate. Otherwise save the money, and don't deal with all the fluid, leaks, and hoses. I'm not sure on hp, but I bet if you had 30 to 40 horsepower you can easily run this without needing the hydraulics.
Is this the WM-8H chipper? I know your title says WM-8M but I cant find that model. Thanks!
No it's the manual M model, I didn't realize they stopped making it.
What horsepower is your tractor? Thank you in advance.
66 hp, 52 pto hp. You definitely don't need as much HP as I have to run this chipper.
That's what I was wandering, I'm looking at buying one for our farm and I was very impressed with how smooth it ran. The tractor I'm wanting to run it on is a 55hp and I figured the flywheel being 200 lbs. Made up alot of how smooth it runs. Thanks for the content helped me make my decision to purchase.
You won't have a problem running this chipper with that much HP. You hit the nail on the head, flywheel weight is extremely important.
No matter what I put thru mine it eventually has build up on and around the knives
If you let the wood sit for a year after cutting you don't have a problem with the gum or sap on your flywheel and blades
Luckily this is probably the last of the pine I'll chip. Was definitely curious though as I might find a good use for pine chips in the future. I believe some people prefer pine chips for chicken coops ect
I chip all my wood first I split it so the pieces are able to fit into the chipper . I use it as a topper to my apple trees and Elderberry bushes. Also for my Blackberrys and Blueberries
@@bryansteen2219 glad you said that as I plan to have an area with fruit trees