COOPERSTOWN, N.D. -- Getting into the big-scale tree chipping business isn't cheap. Rod Zorn offers this basic shopping list:
- $300,000: 435-horsepower wood chipper.
- $15,000: End-dump truck, 40 cubic yards.
- $80,000: Semi-tractor and semi-trailer with walking floor.
- $80,000: Two stump grinders at $40,000 each.
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- $110,000: Mulch machine.
- $188,000: Bobcat skid-steer machines: One at $68,000, two more at $50,000 apiece and 15 attachments, including a shear and "hot saw" with carbide teeth, at $10,000 each.
