The Wee Chipper Club

[Dan Maynard]

2 hours ago, Dilz said:

Finally got around to fitting the winch. Ended up sticking it on the front for ease of getting to the drum release. Cut a hole in the front to recess the winch as much as possible and tefuce how much it sticks out by about 1.5". Made a base plate out of 2mm plate and bolted it to the frame then mounted the winch on this. Ended up having to rewire the controller so the wires were long enough to reach the winch and had to switch the cable round on the drum which was the biggest faff.  i completely bodged one of the mounts  so its a little skew but it works well enough on its test run on the flat. Not sure how far i can move the machine with its little 18ah battery and still start it but if its an issue there is plenty of space to attach a bigger battery or a seperate one. Some point will give it the proper test of winching up the ramps onto the tipping trailer. 

 

Will be interesting to see, when I replaced the battery on my chipper I found a car battery was much cheaper than the small one I had, think maybe 40Ah and about half the price. Seems to have been fine since.

[doobin]

11 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Will be interesting to see, when I replaced the battery on my chipper I found a car battery was much cheaper than the small one I had, think maybe 40Ah and about half the price. Seems to have been fine since.

Yup, plenty of room for a larger battery- you might need to loose the plastic cover, but nothing a couple of large cable ties wouldn't sort.

 

If you are going down this route, then I'd fit a leisure battery. The CCA required to start a 15hp engine (that starts first pull by hand) won't even move the needle on a 40ah leisure battery, but that battery would stand up far better to being used for winching.

[Dilz]

Yeah I was thinking about a small deep cycle battery would be a good shout.  

[5thelement]

What is the current retail price of a Jo Beau M500. I’ve been trawling the net to no avail.

Are there any better machines with the same, or similar specifications on the market. TIA.

[Dan Maynard]

3 hours ago, 5thelement said:

What is the current retail price of a Jo Beau M500. I’ve been trawling the net to no avail.

Are there any better machines with the same, or similar specifications on the market. TIA.

I think somewhere around £10k +VAT, but that was few years ago so maybe with current weak pound could be more. Saw one on eBay not too long ago that went for about 6.5k, was in good condition too. Really tempted to buy because mine is very old, but thought I can buy some paint and a new engine if needed for a lot less.

 

I think some of the new Haeksler are getting closer as have 18hp and self drive, otherwise don't think there are any others which are 24hp and have self propulsion.

 

Also it has 50cm wide opening to put branches in so you can squeeze a fork and shove it in, a lot of the others are 30 or 40cm.

[Rac man]

Lts chippers any good for small cony sticks in the garden 

[doobin]

21 hours ago, Rac man said:

Lts chippers any good for small cony sticks in the garden 

They are the same as any other Chinese mini chipper but with less (or even no) backup. They’ve gone broke at least once. 
 

mine was a bargain at £800 plus vat for the 15hp one 

Edited July 21, 2022 by doobin

[Pedrod316]

Any one used one of these?
 

Or recommend something about £1k

 

Thanks

 

[doobin]

22 minutes ago, Pedrod316 said:

Any one used one of these?
 

Or recommend something about £1k

 

Thanks

 

7hp simply isn’t enough. You need the 15hp model. 
 

Here you go- the cheapest 15hp on eBay currently. 

NEW Summerdale Ninja Shredder 15HP, 120mm Petrol Wood Chipper 420cc

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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The modern design, large wheels and well balanced construction allows the...

 

Edited July 24, 2022 by doobin

[Dan Maynard]

I thought of starting a "pimp my chipper" thread, but thought maybe it would just be me.

 

Made this bonnet for my M500 as a lockdown project, and finally got round to repainting the rest of it during the current lull in work. Bonnet makes the chipper far better, stops all the dust and chip going on the engine and being sucked in to the cooling ducts. Also keeps the rain out of the electrics.