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WoodMaxx WM- 8M Chipper Good & Bad
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2014
- WoodMaxx WM-8M wood chipper review.
Is it worth the less than $2400 price? You bet! But there are some things you should know about it first. The online assembly video leaves out some important things. The manual could use some clarifications too.
If you do purchase one of these units, make sure you take off all the covers and check EVERY nut, bolt, and set screw before using it for the first time.
Jump to seeing it in action at 3 minutes.
See the good at 6 minutes.
The bad starts at 7minutes 25 seconds.
Thanks for the demo and good/bad report. I see one of these on FB market for $1350 with 16 hours on it.
I would have put the bolts in the other way so the threads are pointing out. The feed hopper would work a little smoother.
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All nuts and bolts were tight on mine , set screws and grease fittings were not . I changed out the 5 inch eye bolt for a 7 inch one so I could let off all the tension on the feed roller on my 8M in case of a jamb and I did have a couple . If I were to use it in any type of commercial way I would get the hyd. unit for sure , for my use around my wood lot it is just fine as it does a great job . In my opinion it is well worth the money , and very glad I bought it . It took me about 6 hrs. to set it all up and check everything , at 74 I am a little slow I guess . The instructions were quite clear to check everything first . I will say this as you won't find better people to do business with than Wood Maxx .
I have the hydraulic model. Since we don't have many trees that grow straight here in Kansas it is nice to be able to back the limbs out by switching the control valve direction and then re-feeding them in. I have had my unit for three years with no problems. I did have to tighten the main drive belt once. Make sure and run it at full RPM to clean it out before putting it away. Blow compressed air or a leaf blower into the intake ports to maximize air flow to clean it out. found out the hard way. My machine would not spin starting up. I took the access ports off and cleaned it out and it has worked ever since. I run mine with a 5740 Kubota.
Bruce Branson Can you clarify what the advantages of the hydraulic feed are over the standard feed? Both the hydraulic feed and the standard automatic feed pull the brush in the unit correct?
East side the difference is one is driven directly off the tractor pto and the other has the pto drive the hydraulic pump for the chipper
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I am likely getting the 8H model. Not to be critical of your choice, but my reason for the "H"... I have a lot of varied wood from a wildland fire to deal with. On the ten acres, most all of it burned over. I have some pine along with oak and manzanita. Burnt, dry manzanita is a very hard wood. The variable hydraulic feed speed on the 8H will allow a slow feed for the hard wood and a faster speed for the soft wood. The slower feed also reportedly makes smaller chips.
The fire took my home, and in the garage I had, among a lot of equipment, the Woodmax DC-1260. I had some problems with it and their customer service was excellent. My wife and I have both worked extensively in customer service and we know good service when we get it! Why not another 1260? I have a 40HP tractor now.
Nice to see your video, I had about all the same problems you had with Allen screws loose, almost all grease fittings were loose and various other loose nuts and bolts, great chipper and all but definitely make sure everything is tight from the factory,
I would have told Woodmaxx to place a big sticker right on the side that says.
"Machine likely to come apart because we are too lazy to tighten all the nuts and bolts.
Oh and don't worry about that place we didn't weld it's because all we have is a mig welder."
Got one a few months ago. Love it. It will keep you busy feeding it if your pile is trimmed down and ready to go
Thank you for the objective review, which is helping me decide between the WM-8M and WC-8N for light use on wood < 3" diameter (the rest is burned).
I always enjoy end-user reviews. When I research items I am buying, I always look for reasons the designers/engineers made the decisions they did. In this case they got the 90-95% successful. You have to ask yourself why they didn't go the little extra? I mean even if it added $100, people will pay for that on something this expensive.
You called it a "manual feed" -- I think you meant to say "mechanical feed". I've read some posts saying that the feed speed on this unit is too slow compared to the Woodland Mills hydraulic feed, but IMO the speed is perfect. Thanks for your excellent review.
I'd suggest chipping off some of the paint around that support strut, and using a standard stick welder to close that topside off. I think folks have gotten a wee bit spoiled with the mig welders.
Thanks for this video. It would be great to see a video of replacing the three knives if you get a chance.
Thank you for the info.
You sold me on this unit. I hope that you get a kickback
Excellent observations on the “bad”. Thank you. I’ve just purchased one so will be looking out.
Ive had my WM-8H about 6 years now. Pretty much every plastic handle on any lever has vibrated off and disappeared. Also the plastic covers over the bearings. And the threaded rod on the F-N-R lever HURTS when you back into it to dodge a limb and theres no handle.
Prolly my biggest complaint is they should have used round-headed bolts like a carriage bolt in the feeding chamber, cause the square edged ones snag limbs _constantly_ forcing me to stick my hand in to pry them loose, and since I mostly chip hedgeapple, its like reaching into a gigantic medical "sharps" container thats also full of pissed off electric eels; and if you are lucky, it doesnt slice you to ribbons (or worse drag you in) when you break it loose and it takes off again (you cant switch the feed into neutral to do this or it will simply re-hook when you take your hand away and you wont have gained anything), also the thorns hang up on the lip of the feed chamber and its always on the other side from where I am standing. I definitely wear thick leather work gloves (plus goggles and earmuffs), yet still had so many glove perforations from thorns I couldnt use my left hand for a day, but thats the wood's fault not the chipper's.
The spring loaded handle on top to let you raise the feed gear for large items bounces around like a madman while its running, be very careful not to be within its sweep especially with your head. Also the feeder loves to flail the wood back and forth as different elbows present themselves to the feed gear, this is also very dangerous with thorn covered wood. Basically stay forward of the opening (ie towards the tractor) as much as possible and wait for the action to die down.
But having said that, I am very happy with the chipping once I can get the stuff into the chamber. It would be downright fun to use if I had skinny straight wood like in this example, pine or something I just just push in and walk away to get another. I dont know how many hours I have on it, guessing at least 50, the hour meter no longer displays anything; but it is starting to jam up in the discharge chute (4 times this week) so I think the knife has gotten dull, I also noticed the chips are looking more like long soggy strips like pasta now rather than small square-edged chunks like they originally did. Planning to change sides on the knife, which is why I am looking at chipper videos.
I wish they had some sort of (optional) chute I could add on to direct the chips down into a trash can or something to make distributing them easier. I tried various sized drain tile with no success. So far the only thing I have successfully captured chips in is the 90" wide bucket on a fullsized backhoe, which works really well as long as you have a spare backhoe and a 30' x 15' space free beside your chipper to park it in, but most of the places I chip I can just barely get the chipper into, frequently have to dismount from the wrong side of the tractor cause theres no room on the step side.
I thing you did a equitable job by including Woodmaxx's comments about your video. I think it would help to put that warning sticker about taking apart and retightening the nuts on the intake & discharge chutes, for people like me have a tendency to not read manuals.
Great video review! I'm thinking about buying a chipper.. Thanks for taking the time to post it.
I have been a welder for 30 years. If they can't weld that gap with a mig welder then whoever is doing the welding isn't much of a welder. That gap can be filled by a good welder and I don't mean a 30 year experienced welder without even thinking. Lame excuse.
Yeah...and wouldn't it be easy enough to use a stick welder for that one place?
I could weld that gap easy. If you have a good welder turn your shielding gas pressure up up 50psi and weld it, easy.
You said it's manual feeding and you didn't want the automatic feeding. Then you said it self feeding. I'm confused?
I have had the hydraulic model for over five years and have around fifty hours on it. I don’t remember having to tighten anything, other than the belts. Maybe the Chinese have forgotten how to tighten bolts and screws. I always run it at full rpm and blow it out prior to storage. It was locked up when I went to use it the next time.
I like this model , less complicated & maintenance and the flywheel is durable....
Use some Loctite stud lock for nut to bolt and allen screw connections. No problems after that.
So other than some quality control issues, its a very nice chipper.
2200 dollars I guess you are in the states .wish that was canada
I believe the instructions say to set the machine slightly lower than your PTO at an angle not to exceed 15 degrees.. looks like yours is set up slightly HIGHER.. Is there a reason for that? Your stiff leg is almost too short as a result.
Thanks for the observation and question. The legs on the chipper are set for as short as they will go. The tractor is a Kubota L5240. Maybe I should get a smaller tractor so that the chipper will sit at the correct angle. If Woodmaxx had put a lower hole in the legs/skids, I would have used it.
What does this model cost brand new?
The reason I ask is because I am looking at a used one for sale for $2500 and I don’t really know if that’s good or bad it looks to be in good shape he says he’s only used it about 20 hours and he’s done with it hard for me to believe that somebody would buy a piece of equipment like that knowing that they only have about 20 hours of work but that aside I am curious? also would like to know anybody’s opinion on buying this type of equipment used? Or should I just buy one new? Thanks any help on the matter would be appreciated
A new one like mine is $2745 with free shipping.
www.woodmaxx.com/WM-8M-Mechanical-PTO-Wood-Chipper-p/wm-8m.htm
When I bought mine it came with and extra set of cutting blades. There is no hour meter on the machine so who knows how many hours are on a used one. $2500 sounds high to me for a used one.
Thank you very much for the information. The Machine looks clean and close to new but like you say I have no way of actually knowing how used it is so if you don’t mind me asking how much do you think a machine like this would actually be worth?
I just bought one, it is being shipped in about a week. Are you still happy with yours? I've got tons of pine trees that need chipping..
How you reckon this would work on dead bodies? Asking for a friend ....
Manual feed? Are not they all?
I’m fixing to pull the trigger on the same one. How’s yours holding up?
This is a fantastic video!
Mines the same as the woodmaxx, but says was a brian nixon.??
Other than the knifes that they change, it's "all" made in China. There are many copies of this machine by other Chinese manufactures in other colors. I was going to get one of their smaller units, but will look for something else.
oh man. their website implies it's really made in the US. Thanks for the tip.
@@KevinKimmich44024 Some of the 3-point hitch models are made in the US. You can tell by the larger price tag. But, I do love my DC-1260; that I call the "Beast". Have 22 hours on it, and piles of chips to use for my garden paths.
@@bigwheelsturning I've been looking around for alternatives to the one in this video, and it seems like it's one of the best options for me even if it's made in China. It's sort of remarkable that it costs less to build such a simple device overseas and ship it here than to just build it here.
@@KevinKimmich44024 If you want a PTO version, they make there own; made in the USA model. It's a big more expensive, but worth it. I believe it's the blue model.
W.hat drives those rollers or are they there just to slow fed
awesome video thank you sir.
The support leg vibrating loose is not even an issue. Just let it down while using it. As far as the bolts who wouldn't go over every nut and bolt. That's just a no brainer.
Great Video thank you !! Liked !!
Whomever wrote the "explanation" of welding at was either ignorant of welding processes or they were trying to baffle you with bullshit: MIG but I could weld welding does require the use of a shielding gas, and I could weld the area you show with a 120v MIG machine, in the dark with my eyes closed in a light breeze. MIG welders are also capable of feeding flux-core wire which does not require a shielding gas. Stick welders also do not require shielding gas, and a $300 buzz box machine from Home Depot would do a fine job making a weld like the one you describe. As Mow Pro56 pointed out, even a novice welder would be able to fill that gap with a MIG machine without even thinking about it.
Hey there 8 in is firewood 6 inches is firewood have a good day
Good job👍👍👍
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yea for what you pay for that thing delivered I would not expect every nut and bolt to be tight. I would take it apart and lock tite or silicone every nut and bolt. Gotta be made in china. Got your button see your short of the 1k requirement. keep making videos.
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Did you wear it out yet? :-)
Manufacturer comment about we don’t tighten bolts because we want customer to become familiar with all bolts is BS… what other manufacturer makes that claim??? Think about Ford making that claim…..lol…
so you buy it ,,, take it to bits , to build it and tighten the bits they didnt .
i really dont think so.
Is it made in China?
No built in New York
This model is made in China
lol wow shows you how much they care about their product when it could potentially just fall apart. I would never buy. Got a Bandit chipper and have yet to need to do any nut bolt tightening on it. Also poor design those nuts should not be on the inside of the shoot cause that is just more objects for the brush to catch on before it goes into the chipping head or like you said when a nut came loose and could have gone into the shipping knives. Very bad when sch rap metal might start flying. Not sure that flap would stop a piece of flying metal. And having issues around the bearings and shafts. It is like you are really gambling every time you fire this thing up if it just might fly apart. Watching your video and knowing how other chipper work I would never buy that chipper. Belongs in the scrap pile. Today you pay for what you get. Pay the price get quality or pay the price being cheap and it just might fall apart.
Double U not Dubba U
Manual not manule
Notheen????
Checkeen????
save bucks 4 shit
ergo a badly designed piece of shit that shakes its self too bits
How’s this holding up? Looking at a used one.