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ldj

11-30-2007 19:32:12




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I have read back in archives about how sorry chipper shredders are. I believe no more than I'll need one I can put one to use. Besides I like the challenge. With the negative I've read I'll have to get it on the cheap. I've noticed a few were made with belt drive. I have 2 Wisconsin engines. A 10 and a 12hp that I would like to use for something. Now does anyone have a chipper shredder with a blown engine I could put one of these on. It would need to be near Central Texas because shipping would probably be more than it's worth after paying for the chipper.

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ericlb

12-05-2007 04:26:44




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to ldj, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
ive found out the hard way with a chipper, the flail type will do almost nothing except light twigs 1 at a time i gave mine to my bil, for tree branches theres no subsitute for horsepower, ive used a rented john deer brand with good results, 4 of us filled a 2 ton grain truck in 3 hours, [ it had power feed] the best one of all was a old county unit a friend of mine bought at a auction with a blown up 4 cylinder buda engine, no power feed, but he didnt need it he repowered the unit, with a 454 chevy, holy crap would that thing chip!!

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scooter01922

12-01-2007 20:11:34




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to ldj, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
I've got one of those craftsman ones and i would also gladly give it to you if you were closer. If your looking to actually get some work done i would suggest piling it up till you have a sizable amount then renting a commercial chipper. The hunting club rented one for the day a few months back. Got a bunch of guys and chainsaws together for the day and boy you should have seen the pile of chips. Sent several LARGE pines through that thing, only rated to 12inches but didn't slow down at all.Think it had a deere 4039 with a turbo. Got an awful lot done for what it cost.

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Gene Davis (Ga.)

12-01-2007 19:02:42




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to ldj, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
I have a Bobcat chipper made by the Crary corp. It is a 3 point hook up behind my John Deere 650 compact diesel. It does not have power feed. It uses a large 120# spinning flywheel and will chip 4" limbs if you can feed it in the chute. It is rated for 5" limbs, but the tractor does not have enough power for the 5" stuff. The first thing that wears out is the operator feeding it. A good shredder if you can keep the material fed into it. The rated capacity is up to 35 hp and since my JD 650 is only 15 hp, the tractor has it's load. I found that the small 5-10 hp garden varitey units weren't worth the trouble to fool with if you had anything larger than twigs and they would choke down if you fed ivy vines in the 10 hp unit I bought before this one..

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rockyhawaii

12-01-2007 15:59:05




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to ldj, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
I know that I'm so disappointed in my Craftsman chipper that I'd give it to you if you were nearby.



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PJH

12-01-2007 10:17:03




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to ldj, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
We had a clearing contract that specified that the small stuff had to be chipped for local folks to use for mulch. (Couldn't even give the stuff away). I was watching a guy feeding the chipper when he stopped to get a drink out of my water keg. I commented that the chipper looked dangerous. He said that the safest way to run it was buck naked. I asked what he meant. He said a branch once caught on his boot lace, turned him upside down and was taking him in the chute when he kicked the safety bar by accident. I think I'll just make brushpiles and leave them for the critters. Good luck with your project and be careful.

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T_Bone

11-30-2007 21:37:34




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 Re: Chipper shredder in reply to MF294-4, 11-30-2007 19:32:12  
Hi ldj,

If you have time on your hands, take a look of how frail mowers/disc's/rotortillers are designed. This is a popular design of $1000 chippers and why they don't work well for larger limbs more than 2" or so.

A good chipper brand uses 2 to 3 rotating carbon steel knives at high speed with a flywheel. There is no known engineering calculations for flywheel mass designs but 70lbs is usually a good flywheel weight for most small applications.
T_Bone

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