To chip or to hog....that is the question...

[Captain]

We need to turn out slab pile into a marketable product. 

We have chipped in the past, I actually have access to a large chipper.  The problem is, it makes large chips and is not an easy sell as mulch.  Smaller, more consistent chips would be more desireable.  Also, a product small enough for animal bedding would be even more desireable.  So the question is, a slow feeding chipper OR a wood hog?  I'm not at all interested in a shavings mill, at least the ones I've seen.  They look like too much upkeep.

Portable would be an added bonus, but I am considering stationary as well.  What is your experience??

Captain

[TexasTimbers]

Send them to Cedarman he will turn them into nice fluffy mulch. ;)

How far IS Massachootutts from Indeeanner ???

[wwsjr]

Captain,

Have you had any experience with chippers such as the Vemeer, Bandit, etc, portable with engine?  Is is possible to get different types of screens to make smaller chips? I have the same problem with getting rid of slabs. There is no market for firewood in my area. Mulch could possibly be sold bulk and I have a FEL. A new pellet fuel plant is under construction near me, but will not buy anything but sawdust and shavings with no bark.

[Captain]

I've run Vermeer, Salsco, Woodsman, Morbark, and a few others.  Disc and drum.  the only thing that regulates the size of the chip is the rate of the feed.  There are smaller chippers (6" inlet for example) that make small product, but there seem to be no big chippers dedicated to making small product.  That's why I'm thinking wood hog. 

Captain