Rented a wood chipper this weekend with a 4bt in it. Most bad ass wood chipper I've ever used. The thing would motor through a 10" diamter, 20' long oak log like it was nothin. Operating speed was 2700 rpms, you could set the rpms it would kick the feed wheel off at- I set it at 2k rpms. Shove a log in there that was just alittle big, it would chew on it till rpms dropped to 2k, shut the feed wheel off, motor would get back to 2700, and feel wheel would turn back on. It also didn't snort at the various other things we shoved through there, soccer balls, water bottles and a lizard or two. rotfl
Thats funny I worked on a wood chipper that had a 6BT in it and I thought it was a bit over kill . I've seen both models in Ag application as water well pumps and in Generators.
I was just at an Ag auction and saw a VE 5.9 6BT in a stationary water pump application go for $800. I think I have a 4BT in my Ford tractor. Not sure since Ford used both their own motors and Cummins in their tractors. I know it's a 4cylinder turbo engine but never looked close enough to tell if its a 4BT or Fod engine.
I've seen this engine in a lot of construction equipment, most of the time in the Gradeall's, which is kind of like an overgrown fork lift. They run quite a while on a tank of fuel too......
The Pick-N-Pull in Rancho Cordova, California(suburb of Sacramento) has a hydraulic car flattening machine thats powered by a VE pump 6BT Cummins.
