About Vermeer
Gary Vermeer founded the company that bears his name in 1948. A farmer based in Pella, Iowa, Vermeer is credited with having invented the wagon hoist, which he manufactured and sold to others in the Pella area who were requesting their own. Vermeer followed the success of the wagon hoist with the development and manufacturing of stump cutters in the 1950s, trenchers in the 1960s, and round balers in the 1970s.

2024 Vermeer BC1000XL Towable Wood Chipper
Over the decades, Vermeer continued to grow in terms of its U.S. and global reach. Today, Vermeer has nearly 3,000 employees, and operates several facilities around the world. The company has factories in China and South Dakota, and sales offices in the Netherlands, Singapore, and Brazil.
Vermeer Product Lines
Vermeer produces equipment for a wide range of markets, including forestry, agriculture, fluid management, utility installation, surface mining, pipeline, and recycling industries. The company’s forestry machines include track and wheel stump cutters, pull-behind brush chippers, tub grinders, mulchers, forestry tractors, whole-tree chippers, compost turners, tree spades, and horizontal grinders. Vermeer even markets a few tilt-bed trailers designed to simplify hauling its forestry equipment.
Vermeer’s family of pull-behind brush chippers, also known as “towable wood chippers,” is one of its most popular product lines. The BC1000XL Tier 4 Final towable wood chipper has a 49- or 74-horsepower (36.5- or 55-kilowatt) engine, a 25-gallon (94.5-liter) fuel tank, a rubber torsion suspension for smooth towing, and a patented bottom-feed stop bar that enables the operator to stop the feed rollers and switch between forward and reverse operations.
The BC1000XL gas model has a 72.4-hp (54-kW) Deutz 2.9 L4 gas engine and an electronic fuel injection system for better performance in cold weather. A direct electronic pressure regulator provides enhanced control of fuel delivery and combustion.
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