Wood Chippers Upcoming Auctions

New and used wood chippers for sale come from such manufacturers as Altec, Bandit, Bear Cat, Jensen, Morbark, Peterson Pacific, Salsco, Teknamotor, Terex, Vermeer, Woodchuck, and Woodsman. Wood chippers can vary from small, portable, handfed models providing in the neighborhood of 5 HP and suitable for handling small branches, limbs, and other debris to large, self-contained, auto-fed, industrial-sized models topping 1,000 HP that can handle entire trees. Turning turn tree trunks, branches, and limbs into small woodchips, wood chippers are used in agriculture, forestry, logging, landscaping, construction, and other industries.

The origins of wood chipper technology are said to date to an early-1920s invention that Heinrich Wigger of Germany patented that incorporated a steel disc integrating knives. Today, wood chipper models generally feature a hopper, protective collar, and output chute. Models may be mounted on a truck or wheeled frame for towing behind another vehicle; integrate tracks, a hydraulic crane, grapples, and feeding table or tray; draw power from an internal gas or diesel engine, PTO system, or hydraulic power; and rely on a disc, drum, or screw chipper mechanism that integrates knives.