# Bandit 200XP Used Price & Common Problems | Chipper Risk

> Bandit 200XP: used $10,000 to $15,800. Documented problems: hydraulic feed motor and feed assembly welds. OEM part prices and what to inspect before you buy.

**Verdict:** inspect

$10,000–$15,800 observed used across 2008 through 2015 machines. Biggest documented cost risk: the hydraulic feed motor, replaced twice inside a year on one filmed machine. Buy only after inspection.

**Observed used price:** $10,000–$15,800

**Documented failure risks:**
- Hydraulic feed motor: The lower hydraulic feed motor was pulled and replaced on a filmed 200XP, and the owner notes it had already been replaced six to twelve months earlier, implying repeat feed-motor attention within roughly a year on that individual machine. This is one owner's history, not a fleet failure rate.
- Feed assembly welds: Direct 200XP repair footage shows a broken weld point on the feed assembly that had to be cut out and re-welded, which makes the feed-assembly welds a structural fatigue point worth inspecting on any used unit.
- Main disc bearing: Cross-platform Bandit evidence, not confirmed on the 200XP: one owner's original main bearing survived 22 years before failing from heat and contamination, with the replacement part costing a couple hundred dollars.
- Chunks jam feed rollers: Owners report small pieces that miss the knives and lodge between the feed rollers and the disc, jamming the rollers and forcing constant reverse to clear them: "They end up back in the feed rollers and jamb them up, stopping rotation." A 250 owner (same design) "replaced everything in the hydro system... and he still has the same problem," indicating it is a design characteristic, not a single failed part.

## Sources
- [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBgddTW8ssw) (accessed 2026-08-19)
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- [r.jina.ai](https://r.jina.ai/https://www.machinio.com/bandit/200xp/wood-chippers) (accessed 2026-08-19)
- [Bandit 200+ feed-roller jamming (arborist forum)](https://arboristsite.com/threads/bandit-200-chipper.241272/) — "there seems to be a lot of small pieces that don't go through the knives and stay in the chipper between the feed rollers and the knives/disc. They end up back in the feed rollers and jamb them up, stopping rotation and constantly having to reverse the rollers to clear these chunks." (accessed 2026-09-12)
- [OEM anvil 980-0507-77 (150/200): $280.31](https://modernequipmentparts.com/980-0507-77-anvil-4-sided150-200-w-eyebolt-after-1-25-95/) — "980-0507-77, "Anvil 4-Sided 150/200 W/Eyebolt After 1/25/95", $280.31 — category "Disc Chippers – 200XP"." (accessed 2026-09-12)

_Last verified 2026-09-12. Source: Chipper Risk — https://chipperrisk.com/chippers/bandit-200xp/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._