as brian said its the fly wheels doing the work on the chipper. i run mine at 2000rpm spinning the chipper fly wheel on 1000rpm. most i've used in fuel is 25ltr on a 20 mile round trip as well as chipping for a couple of hours.
mine was bought from atkinson vos. she was cheap but i've spent a few grand re-welding the cab and renewing other bits. it was less than any u will find on his site lol.