Posted by nrowles on April 08, 2017 at 08:18:41 from (71.251.155.138):
I have anywhere from 1/2 acre to a few acres (depends on how I go about it and how energetic I get) of young pulpwood jack pine that I want removed from my property. Anywhere from 1"-12" but the average I would say is 4". I see a couple different options. My ultimate inquiry here is related to #4 below and what's after it.
#1 - Pay a crew $1,000 to chip the cut trees.
#2 - Pay an excavator $1,000 to push them in a pile and burn them. I don't really want to do this as it is a gigantic amount of material, would be a huge fire, and it is in a confined space.
#3 - Rent a chipper and get 6 guys to help me bust hump for a few days. Don't really want to bother a bunch of buddies.
#4 - Buy a used $3,000 chipper (that will take 6"-8" logs) and work at it myself over time. I would then sell the chipper when I'm done, hopefully for what I paid for it. I wouldn't want to buy a new one because when I go to sell it I will get much less for it and I might as well had just paid somebody else to do it.
What do you guys think about the situation, and specifically #4? I'm really hesitant to do this because I foresee a lot of headaches with buying a used $3,000 chipper. Are chippers like this bulletproof or should I expect repairs on putting a couple thousand trees through it?
I am somewhat impatient as well which I wish I were not.
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