Carol H

I purchased the WC68 Woodchipper to help clean up property we purchased and are building our off grid cabin on. It works great. It is easy to use and easy to move since it is attached to the tractor. We had brush piles everywhere and I was getting frustrated because it looked horrible. But after getting the woodchipper and chipping all of the brush, we were able to clear more land in a short amount of time and didn't have the brush piles to keep moving around and pushing back. Very great product.

Eugene

Like many other reviewers I spent a lot of time researching PTO chippers. I looked at countless reviews, watched dozens of YouTube videos, and even read the on-line product manuals. In the end I chose to buy the Woodland Mills WC68 based on several of its innovative features such as (a) the clam shell rotor housing, which should make servicing the blades much easier, and (b) the folding in-feed chute, which will save room storing the unit inside. Even after I placed my order, however, I still wondered whether it could possibly work as well or do as much as the promotional videos seemed to show. Any lingering doubts were put to rest, however, with the very first piece I fed into my new machine, i.e., a 20 foot long sugar maple (a/k/a rock maple) branch roughly 4 inches in diameter at the base. The WC68 grabbed hold and ate the thing like it was toothpick, spitting out the nicest wood chips one could want! The videos don’t lie – this unit is a beast! It helps, I suppose, that my John Deere 4120 has 35 HP on the PTO, but even so the performance exceeded my expectations. I was especially impressed by the complete lack of vibration, which tells me the rotor and other moving parts are well balanced. As others have noted the unit comes nicely crated and I was able to assemble everything by myself in roughly 1.5 hours. Just make sure you have a set of metric wrenches (socket and/or box end) as well as metric hex keys (i.e., Allen wrenches.) The only “nerve-racking” part of the assembly process was trimming the PTO shaft to fit – a case of measure three (or more) times before cutting once. The product manual includes some good instructions on how to do this, but I also watched several online videos which showed alternative ways of calculating the amount to trim. Each method gave results that were within an inch or so of each other, which boosted my confidence in making the actual cuts to the shafts and covers. In summary, this is an excellent piece of equipment that’s worth every penny. It is well-designed, well-made, and has so far worked flawlessly. What’s more, the folks at Woodland Mills were a joy to work with. They called soon after I placed my order online, walked me through the delivery process, and sent several follow-up emails with the invoice, warranty, shipment tracking number, and other information. With such a great product and equally great customer service it’s hard to go wrong choosing Woodland Mills.

Joel R

I am thoroughly enjoying my Woodland Mills WC88 Woodchipper! Before getting this one, I did a comprehensive online evaluation of tractor three-point hitch wood chippers, and it seemed like the WC88 was a cut above the next closest competition. I have not been disappointed with either the wood chipper or with the Woodland Mills people. Because my tractor only delivers about 34 HP at the PTO, Woodland Mills sales asked me if I knew about the WC68 and thought maybe it might be a better fit for the size of my tractor, but I decided to stick with the WC88 to make it easier to chip awkwardly shaped branches--anything larger than 3-1/2 inches becomes firewood here, not wood chips. And when I spoke to the support team to get help with shortening my PTO driveline, they were awesome to deal with. Anyway, even with our 34 HP PTO, our tractor did fine powering the WC88. We only had to slow down or reverse the feed if the piece was large hardwood. Performing maintenance on this machine is a dream because everything is so easily accessible. We chipped the trees we removed from nearly 3/4 acre on an overgrown hillside. Most trees were in the 1 inch to 3 inch range, but some were much larger. In the first picture, you can see the huge pile of trees waiting to be chipped. The tractor and chipper are on the far right tucked in the woods. The second picture is the after (with some boulders removed, too). Thanks for reducing the huge pile of trees into useful wood chips for my garden!

Jon P

Excellent chipper which has worked well with my Kubota L3710 tractor. I had several trees blow down in Hurricane Dorian and used the chipper to clean up the branches.

Lorne M

After about 12 hours of steady chipping my conclusion is that the WC68 is well designed and easy to operate. Assembly instructions were short and to the point. I'm using an older IH 444 to run it and at 38 pto hp it has devoured the limbs (up to 4-5") with ease. It is nice that it is easy to blow the chips into a dump wagon. I did have a few minor issues that would have made it 4 1/2 stars if given that choice. The green paint was very easy to scratch during assembly, not baked on. My first time greasing the main bearings one of them wouldn't release the grease gun so I had to change it. I also a hydraulic line connector come loose the first day and lost about 5 liters of oil before I noticed it. As others have mentioned, trying to chip fresh red pine was causing the chute to plug. Not something I would normally attempt without a drying period but it was a storm damage tree. Having said that I would definitely recommend this to others.

David C

I purchased the WC68 chipper in July 2018. After a year's use. I have to say I'm pretty impressed. The chipper handles good sized pine, oak, maple, and ash branches and barely breaks a sweat turning them into chips. Build quality is excellent, and the unit seems pretty rugged. The steel pallet and cage that the unit arrived in was "over the top". I have found that when I chip sappy pine branches with long needles, the discharge chute sometimes clogs. I don't store the owners manual in the plastic tube on the unit, but I do keep a ratchet with a 24 mm socket and an aluminum trowel in there to speed up unclogging of the chute and the housing. I also keep a 16 mm combination wrench in there for adjusting the power feed opening, and two 13 mm wrenches for the shear bolt (haven't needed them yet!). My previous chipper had a manual feed, and it was exhausting to keep it fed. Love the power feed on this unit. It's like being on vacation. Twisty, branched tree limbs get drawn and crushed in with little effort from the operator. I sometimes chip gnarly mountain laurel, and the power feed pulls this in fine too. A couple nits/suggestions: The machined slot for adjusting the deflector on the top of the discharge chute should be a little longer toward the top to allow for a straight discharge for those of us who blow chips right into the woods. I spent a little time with a drill and a grinder to extend the slot, but it'd be nice if it came from the factory that way. The clevis pin for the safety bar actuator rod (which gets removed/installed frequently) is kind of a pain. I changed mine to a pin with holes on both ends with two spring clips, so that no matter which side of the chipper I approach the pin from, I have a clear view of the clip. Way easier. It'd be nice to have a way to add some pressure treated 2x4 feet to the bottom of the unit. Unfortunately, my unit lives outside year round, and keeping the legs off the ground would be desirable.. Some drill holes in the base and some angle iron clips would do the trick. But other than that, I really like the unit.

Wesley M

I'd like to start by saying that if you're willing to take that much care wrapping and packaging a piece of industrial equipment, I'm coming to Canada for Christmas. The presents there must be absolutely spectacular. The steel framework, pallet and individually wrapped pieces is something to behold. I was a little apprehensive about purchasing a chipper for my project. Not because it wouldn't perform as described. I was pretty sure it would chew up and spit out tree limbs and straight material. No, my concern was would it be able to draw in brush that twists and turns without the need to cut it into small pieces. My intended use for the chipper is to clear 15 acres of Autumn Olive. For those unfamiliar with Autumn Olive the best way I can describe it is, if a grape vine and a Crab Apple tree had offspring. It's a twisty thorny bush that can grow 15 feet tall, 6 inches in diameter and travel horizontally indefinitely. The Set-up: I started by fitting it up to the power plant which in this case is a John Deere 2630 a 70 horse power diesel. I followed the directions for set-up and had a couple of issues. First, I couldn't get the stated clearance between the base plate and cutting knives. The best I could do was .240 so flipped the plate and tried again still no go. I had ordered a spare set of knives and base plate, so I simply replaced the base plate with the spare, problem solved. I'm not sure if I'll ever need to replace the base plate so I'm not worried about it. If however, your experience has been that they occasionally need to be replaced, a replacement would be pretty cool. Second was the grease. The manual says to grease at 40 hours. It says nothing about greasing the new unit or what type of grease to use. I pulled the grease fittings and found no grease in the Zerk fittings so I greased the unit careful not to blow out the seals. Due to the fact these bearing turn so slow any quality grease will do so I chose a polyurea grease. At 40 hours I pulled the unit apart to check all the components. When I initially looked over the unit I was a little concerned about some of the welds and potential for cracking in critical areas. We'd always taught our welders to weld up hand. The welds on this machine seem to be a quick down hand. After 40 hours everything still looks good. The only thing I found was the drive sheave lock nut had come loose. There wasn't a keeper on the lock nut. Other than that the blades were sharp and everything else was tight. I gave everything a shot of grease and went back to work. So, what have I learned after 60 hours of chipping? First this WC88 is a beast and will chew up anything you can drag near it. Second, regardless of your tractors horsepower you want the largest chipper your tractor can lift. More often than not when chipping brush that has a lot of branches that twist you will exceed the chippers inlet capacity long before you tax your tractors horsepower. Third the hydraulic infeed is a must. With the hydraulic feed you can control the feed rate which is very nice when dealing with thorny brush and it makes it easier on the tractor when grinding larger brush. The most important advantage of the hydraulic feed is it will flip and roll the branch as necessary to allow for a much bigger piece to pass than one you could feed by hand. Which in turn makes for much less cutting with the chain saw. This is a quality product that over delivers. It's not often that you make a purchase with high expectations and then have them exceeded. I would recommend this product to anyone. A very satisfied customer, Wes Maddix

Charles D

love it

Robert L

Yes I’m very satisfied. Easy to operate. Works well. Thank you very much. Robert Lalande

Paul K

I have used the WC68 on various limbing jobs with neighbors and relatives. It worked as expected and everybody was impressed. My real question was, "how would it do on shrub prunings". Well, it performed quite well after I learned how to feed this kind of debris The enclosed pictures are of very old Mock Orange, Spriea and Forsythia shrubs. Although I amd elderly and slow, it took only a couple hours to clean up the two piles. Cheers, Mike