It finally dried out enough for me to take the chipper on test run. I took down a 6" hickory that had been planned for. The chipper worked great (sorry no pix, my son did shoot a short video). However I learned that, at least for hardwood, the limit is about 5" before I stall the tractor.
I used the bypass valve adjustment to slow the drum input. Once I reached that 5" diameter though the tractor stalled. Perhaps I could slow the input even more but the reality is I'm not chipping anything over 4" anyway.
I don't remember my previous WC68 feeling this heavy on the tractor. Perhaps its because I only had forks on instead of the bucket. For whatever reason the steering sure was light :}
Of course its raining now and is supposed to continue through tomorrow. Once it dries out I have a bunch of pines to chip. Will take some pix then.
I used the bypass valve adjustment to slow the drum input. Once I reached that 5" diameter though the tractor stalled. Perhaps I could slow the input even more but the reality is I'm not chipping anything over 4" anyway.
I don't remember my previous WC68 feeling this heavy on the tractor. Perhaps its because I only had forks on instead of the bucket. For whatever reason the steering sure was light :}
Of course its raining now and is supposed to continue through tomorrow. Once it dries out I have a bunch of pines to chip. Will take some pix then.
