Chipper major mechanical failure, warrant???

[sihart100]

Hi, has anyone ever had a chipper decide it want to rip itself in to pieces for no obviously reason?

 

My chipper went with a huge bang today and ripped a massive hole in the side of machine throwing a large chunk of metal towards an operator! leaving a mangled mess where the bell housing is. The machine is approximately 2 1/2 years old and was only chipping smallish diameter brash and it just exploded without warning.

 

Machine is currently at my dealer waiting for manufacture to have a look at it, but what to know where I stand as machine looks totally trashed. Machine should still be under warranty, but has anyone ever had something similar happen and what was the outcome with warranty?

 

Regards Simon

[Mick Dempsey]

You’ll have to tell us what actually happened. 

 

Blade came off, bearings disintegrated....

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You’ll have to tell us what actually happened. 

 

Blade came off, bearings disintegrated....

Seconded.  Blades snap?  Are they genuine? Etc etc 

[sihart100]

No blades and bearings are intact and genuine and sharp... looks like part of the flywheel that’s welded has decided to part ways with the chipper

[sihart100]

Also it’s had the flywheel changed in the past under warranty due to an unrelated performance issue... so I’ve already had my fair share of issues with machine in past but not to this extent

[sihart100]

[Mick Dempsey]

I can’t really make sense of the photo tbh.

But if the flywheel (especially if it’s a replacement one) has really fallen apart  then I can’t see an argument.

 

Bear in mind my opinion is worthless!

 

Does look a mess!

[aspenarb]

Perhaps a balance weight has parted company with the flywheel. that or you have been employing my guys on the side.

 

Bob

[Ty Korrigan]

When I saw the image of the flywheel I knew it was a Quadchip.

I had alot of things go wrong with ours including a broken anvil during the 1st hour on the clock but nothing remotely approaching this for sheer drama.

  Stuart

[Mick Dempsey]

Mind you his avatar was a bit of a clue.