New chipper

[emr]

We finally bought our first piece of new equipment. It's a Vermeer 900. It's a small chipper by most standards, but I think it's the perfect fit for us. No more costly repairs or down time. We'll, at least for the next year or two.

It's amazing how a new piece of equipment can make work more fun.



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[bonner1040]

Congratulations! Make it serve you well.

 

[atw]

congrats

 

[canadiantreeman]

Nice setup, Eric!

 

[NickfromWI]

I like your truck paint job. I'm torn on if I should paint mine or not...

 

[emr]

I really wanted painted equipment and trucks to help with branding. Each company has their own colors around here and several have white. Grey was just about the only color left that nobody had. We have since found that white is the easiest to find, buy, sell, etc.

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[rangerdanger]

Nice man! Looking good!

 

[rskybiz]

Congrats

 

[vharrison]

Wow! Congratulations! Nice looking outfit. Now, go make some money!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice kit! Now, get some chrome rims!!!

 

[emr]

Maybe some spinners....

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[cory]

Way to go. Yes, that grey color rocks. White is nice for the reasons mentioned but the grey looks classy. Does it show dirt/dust easily or not too bad?

 

[emr]

Not at all. It always looks clean..... I never even realized that.

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[C. Kirk]

Hay Eric,
Nice chipper i saw it parked on the way home . i've been looking at BC600XL. how dose the 900 compare to 600? What made you pick this over the other brands?

 

[emr]

Hi Travis..... It's been a while.

We choose Vermeer mainly because of the local service. We were very seriously looking at Bandit but they fell apart (long story). Terex was also in the running but all their sales guys that we dealt with were duche bags and didn't know their products and didn't care what we wanted.

The 900 is way better than the 600, or at least better than the 625's that I ran. Honestly, our 900 chips brush just as well as a 1000. It's just slower and less capacity when it comes to logs. We are more of a pruning company so the 900 is the best Vermeer chipper for us.

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[flushcut]

Cool! It's good to hear that you are happy with your purchase.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Congrats on the new chipper!


Nick, do you mean getting your truck painted to be mobile advertising Everywhere it goes, with no more costs beyond the initial painting/ signage?

 

[NickfromWI]

Well when you put it that way...

Actually here's the part I'm considering- I'm gonna put the logo on the sides after the chipper is half pd off. The logo painter guy, who's opinion I value, said the aluminum looks awesome and I should put the logo straight onto the aluminum.

I like the idea if a cab, box, and truck all being the same color. But wonder what it would cost to paint the box AND the cab. I'm looking at $1400 for the cab alone.


love
nick

 

[brendonv]

It would be a sin to paint an aluminum body.


Coming from an aluminum freak.

 

[Tucker943]

Your chip truck reminds me of this one I just finished up painting. Needs wheels finished and logos.

 

[emr]

That's sweet. Make sure to post pics after the decals.

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[NickfromWI]

It would be a sin to paint an aluminum body...

Yes, but why?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It wouldn't be shiny anymore.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Aluminum is pretty, but it can give the impression of being some food industry related vehicle, or was one at some earlier time. Painting gives more options for creating your own atmosphere.

 

[NickfromWI]

What I wonder is if the paint will hold up on aluminum as well as it does on steel?

I don't care if it's shiny. I'd love it to have a consistent look across all our equipment.