New Chipper Trucks For Sale

New chipper trucks are built for high-volume brush, limbs, leaves, and wood chip collection, typically for arborist, utility line clearance, municipal, and landscape crews. Also called chip box trucks, chipper dump trucks, or lawn and landscape dump trucks, they combine a medium-duty chassis with a high-capacity enclosed aluminum or steel chip body and a dump hoist for fast unloading. Most buyers start with GVWR and body size. Common specs in this class include 22,000 to 26,000 GVWR, 14 to 16 foot bodies, 72 to 84 inch sides, and roof extensions or full chipper tops to maximize cubic capacity without adding excessive tare weight.

Body construction matters as much as chassis brand. Aluminum chipper bodies are popular because they resist corrosion and help preserve payload on trucks that spend their lives stopping, loading, and towing. Common build details include 3/16 inch floors and side panels, channel crossmembers on tight spacing, reinforced bulkheads, and rear barn doors sized to clear chips and brush cleanly during dumping. A smooth interior, solid post framing, and a properly matched electric-over-hydraulic or PTO-driven hoist help the body empty efficiently. Buyers who tow a chipper or stump grinder should pay close attention to the hitch type, trailer plug, brake controller setup, and rear body clearance.

Chassis selection usually comes down to route conditions and crew needs. A 4x2 truck is common for paved residential and municipal work, while 4x4 can make sense for soft shoulders, storm cleanup, and off-pavement access. Diesel engines remain common in higher GVWR applications because they offer strong low-end torque and easy compatibility with medium-duty service cycles, but gas-powered trucks can be attractive for lower acquisition cost, simpler emissions considerations, and lighter-duty regional use. Regular cabs are typical when body length and maneuverability matter most, while extended cabs add room for additional crew members, tools, and jobsite gear.

A good chipper truck should be matched to how the crew actually works, not just to body length on paper. Look closely at side height versus loading effort, cab-to-axle dimension versus body fit, and hoist capacity versus the density of wet chips or mixed debris. Toolboxes, D-rings, mud flaps, backup lighting, air brakes on heavier chassis, and suspension setup all affect day-to-day usefulness. For many operations, the best new chipper truck is the one that carries enough volume to reduce dump trips, tows the equipment already in the fleet, and stays under the licensing and CDL thresholds that fit the business.