General Info

Founded in 1983, Bandit Industries was originally managed by a group of young men right out of high school. The same men still guide the hand-fed, whole tree wood chipper equipment company. Based in Remus, Mich., the company was started by Mike Morey, Sr., and Dave Forquer. The pair worked together at a Bandit competitor before branching off to start their own line of hand-fed chippers. Since 1990, Bandit has added six new manufacturing buildings to its complex, averaging about one expansion every two years. In 1991 Bandit produced the first self-propelled whole tree chipper, the Model 1900 Track Bandit. In 1997, Bandit created the Beast Recycler. This monster ranges in price from $200,000 to $450,000 and grinds hard to process materials including whole trees, asphalt, shingles, telephone poles, wet leaves and even refrigerators.