The Wee Chipper Club

[AHPP]

The unloading was really no bother. The loading is what killed me. It probably wouldn't have fitted on a tipper without massive greedy boards, which a luton in effect has.

 

Character building stuff.

[jonnygurkha]

On 02/08/2025 at 20:45, Ledburyjosh said:

A rip off, but with a swivelling chute which the greenmech misses..

 

Would you mind sending a couple of pictures of how it attaches?

Also curious of how much of a clone it is to the greenmech, as in would it mount the same

Some pictures of the underside of the Peruzzo. 

[openspaceman]

20 hours ago, AHPP said:

The unloading was really no bother. The loading is what killed me. It probably wouldn't have fitted on a tipper without massive greedy boards, which a luton in effect has.

 

Character building stuff.

You youngsters don't remember the days before chippers were ubiquitous, climbing into the back of the truck to rasher down lop ad top, several times . Probably achieved a 3 or 4 to 1 reduction, compared to the 15:1 I saw quoted for a chipper.

 

Actually rashing was a reasonably dangerous activity , often involving remounting saw chains.

 

Doubly dangerous if done in the back of a luton body.

[Dan Maynard]

43 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

You youngsters don't remember the days before chippers were ubiquitous, climbing into the back of the truck to rasher down lop ad top, several times . Probably achieved a 3 or 4 to 1 reduction, compared to the 15:1 I saw quoted for a chipper.

 

Actually rashing was a reasonably dangerous activity , often involving remounting saw chains.

 

Doubly dangerous if done in the back of a luton body.

I was called young man the other day, doesn't happen so often now I'm over 50. I do remember weekend tree working as a teenager, everything was shifted by flatbed trailer back to the nursery bonfire so the game was stack 8-10 foot high and then rope it down to half the size.

[AHPP]

When did ratchet straps come on the scene?

 

I love it when people tell me they can secure a load with ropes better than with ratchet straps. Ratchet straps pull a tonne. Hang off that trucker’s hitch as much as you like. You don’t weigh 333 kilos plus the friction. 

[Dan Maynard]

2 hours ago, AHPP said:

When did ratchet straps come on the scene?

 

I love it when people tell me they can secure a load with ropes better than with ratchet straps. Ratchet straps pull a tonne. Hang off that trucker’s hitch as much as you like. You don’t weigh 333 kilos plus the friction. 

We used to use more hooks though, rope back and forth, and then sometimes pull the legs sideways. That gives more mechanical advantage than a truckers hitch.

 

Rope being a bit more stretchy is better for security too, as soon as something on a strap moves a tiny bit all the tension goes.

 

Ratchet straps are quicker and easier, agreed, and I use them nowadays.

[AHPP]

Good points all. Back in my box.

[Mark Bolam]

Whatever you use, remember to twang it and say ‘That is going NOWHERE.’