Cthompson22
TreeHouser
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2015
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- 13
Hi everyone new to the site so I wasn't sure where to put this but here looked good. I'm looking for opinions from people who have gone to grapple trucks or trailers for moving brush rather than chipping, even someone who is just loading a trailer instead of chipping might have some input. Lately it seems I am saving out more material for firewood and chipping less, im down to chipping brush that is 4" and less most of the time, here it is always easy to get rid of wood and only occasionally do I get rid of chips.
My chip box is carrying 8 yds max and more often than not im only moving 4-6yds, only on large removals do I ever fill the box and even then it's only 2 or 3 times at most. I am considering going to a grapple trailer either dump or just a flat bed and loading brush into that, this would eliminate a truck and all the problems that go with it but I have no idea if I will be able to keep up with what the chipper will do and still have a reasonable sized trailer. Does anybody have an idea how many yards a trailer would have to hold to compete? I don't mind doing some cutting to pack things down but I don't want to be in that trailer all day either.
My chip box is carrying 8 yds max and more often than not im only moving 4-6yds, only on large removals do I ever fill the box and even then it's only 2 or 3 times at most. I am considering going to a grapple trailer either dump or just a flat bed and loading brush into that, this would eliminate a truck and all the problems that go with it but I have no idea if I will be able to keep up with what the chipper will do and still have a reasonable sized trailer. Does anybody have an idea how many yards a trailer would have to hold to compete? I don't mind doing some cutting to pack things down but I don't want to be in that trailer all day either.