I finally used my chipper, for a total of 5 operational hours over three days. For the most part it went well.
The trailer hitch works great for my set up.
The chips are more like course sawdust than the chips you would buy at a nursery. I believe this is related to the wood entering the knives at a 90 degree angle compared to other chippers that have the wood entering at a lesser angle.
I would not want a smaller chipper. I also would not want a gravity feed chipper.
The 6060 (53 pto hp) handled it well, Three inch dry maple and five inch dry balsam fir were the max sizes chipped. other than some 6 inch rotten pieces. The chipper never had a problem grabbing the wood. It would also grab 1/2 inch pieces.
The outlet spout turned easily with out the handles installed. I greased the spout base before install, and the grease/dust, does not seem to be gumming up the swivel area.
The paint/powder coat seems to be standing up well inside the inlet chute.
The drive wheel does get wrapped in twigs when I feed in bushy balsam firs, think christmas trees, but they clear out once the tree is chipped. The twigs also tend to wrap around the ends of the drive wheel, but are easily removed once you shut down the chipper.
The drive wheel has stalled 2-3 times when feeding in trees, but began to turn again after I backed out the tree a bit then reengaged the forward feed. I would rather do this a thousand times than increase the hyd pressure and break something once. Most times the drive wheel will spin/chew into the wood when it can't pull the tree into the chipper.
I have adjusted the safety bar rod to it's shortest length to help reduce the times branches bump the bar to neutral. It is still easily moved if I need to stop/reverse the feed wheel.
I also removed the right latch for the inlet chute to allow easier connecting of the safety bar rod to it's storage mount. I have yet to use the latches and have had no issues with the chute moving.
I did find that the knob/bolt for the chainsaw mount tends to vibrate out, so I cross drilled the end and installed a roll pin. To keep it from coming out completely. It does not turn if it is tight, just when the saw is removed and the bolt is loose.
I would also not want to run it without a small electric saw to trim branches when needed.
The black plastic knob came off the end of the lock for the outlet spout, I reinstalled it with some rtv silicon.
Hope this post helps someone.
The trailer hitch works great for my set up.
The chips are more like course sawdust than the chips you would buy at a nursery. I believe this is related to the wood entering the knives at a 90 degree angle compared to other chippers that have the wood entering at a lesser angle.
I would not want a smaller chipper. I also would not want a gravity feed chipper.
The 6060 (53 pto hp) handled it well, Three inch dry maple and five inch dry balsam fir were the max sizes chipped. other than some 6 inch rotten pieces. The chipper never had a problem grabbing the wood. It would also grab 1/2 inch pieces.
The outlet spout turned easily with out the handles installed. I greased the spout base before install, and the grease/dust, does not seem to be gumming up the swivel area.
The paint/powder coat seems to be standing up well inside the inlet chute.
The drive wheel does get wrapped in twigs when I feed in bushy balsam firs, think christmas trees, but they clear out once the tree is chipped. The twigs also tend to wrap around the ends of the drive wheel, but are easily removed once you shut down the chipper.
The drive wheel has stalled 2-3 times when feeding in trees, but began to turn again after I backed out the tree a bit then reengaged the forward feed. I would rather do this a thousand times than increase the hyd pressure and break something once. Most times the drive wheel will spin/chew into the wood when it can't pull the tree into the chipper.
I have adjusted the safety bar rod to it's shortest length to help reduce the times branches bump the bar to neutral. It is still easily moved if I need to stop/reverse the feed wheel.
I also removed the right latch for the inlet chute to allow easier connecting of the safety bar rod to it's storage mount. I have yet to use the latches and have had no issues with the chute moving.
I did find that the knob/bolt for the chainsaw mount tends to vibrate out, so I cross drilled the end and installed a roll pin. To keep it from coming out completely. It does not turn if it is tight, just when the saw is removed and the bolt is loose.
I would also not want to run it without a small electric saw to trim branches when needed.
The black plastic knob came off the end of the lock for the outlet spout, I reinstalled it with some rtv silicon.
Hope this post helps someone.
