The Wee Chipper Club

[Andy Collins]

Actually, all the wee chippers are utter rubbish. Wouldnt touch one with a barge pole. Tommers right, we've bought into the hype and become blinkered. Useless, heaps of junk metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(now no-one will want one and me, Stevie and the rest of of the wee chipper club can earn easy money all day, every day. Mwuhahahahaha)

[tommer9]

I see where you are all coming from in a way, but I never drag brash anyway. I have a groundy to do that, and he makes me well over £100/ day in doing so.....its a no brainer to me, and he costs me nothing when he isnt there. I am HONESTLY not trying to be argumantative, i just CANNOT see the advantage in them. Sorry guys.

[bushy]

My GM CS100 is 190kg's, I wonder what that would be like on the back of the 8foot trailer??

I don't know Max, my trailer is 10ft. I'm sure it will be a close thing, I find the Jo beau just that bit too heavy to have hanging off the back. If you have the materials and the time then probably worth a bit of experimentation, spend a fortune ; you could be disappointed .

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Holy Cow! Did the first blade change on the JB M500 since I bought it with brand spanking new blades yesterday. Got the anvil gap better too. Result? Absolutely destroying the brash today; conifer, ash, elder... Sharp blades and correct gap has totally transformed the machine - has heaps more power, sucks the stuff very strongly, pumps the chip out much further and faster. Love it.

[ad15]

how long had you ran that blade for?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Somewhere between 50 and 85 hours...

 

2 blades on the drum...

[ad15]

so that was just the single side on each blade? not rotating them round?

 

that's not bad,,, i was wondering how often to rotate/ check etc..

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

The blades are reversible but just thought I'd try out brand spankers. Will post pics.

[gibbon]

Er, hmm. I'm not biting!

 

 

 

The job in the video was won on one merit - that machine could get into the small garden paths of a National Trust property. Some of these paths were miles long; only a self-propelled 500 could do it; only a 500 did.

 

YouTube - Jo Beau M500 Wood Chipper blasting through some birch and pine

 

I love the one handed use of the climbing saw on the ground. The job wasn't won on merit of your strict health and safety then?

Edited July 19, 2010 by gibbon

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I love the one handed use of the climbing saw on the ground. The job wasn't won on merit of your strict health and safety then?

 

I bollocked him for that. Pi553s me right off indeed.