The Wee Chipper Club

[Bob The Dog]

I've had plenty of crap fly out beyond the knackered flaps, hitting me, and travelling a fair way from the chipper too. I'd rather have them than not.

[kimtree]

i took the inside ones off on mine .the outer ones keep most of the bits inside

However it rarely gets used

[Precise Moon]

Safety feature so I would keep them. You'll be surprised how much crap they retain. Helmet and visor but it will throw large lumps upward and does smart abit when hit on the arm or shoulder.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

My ol M500 used to make us laugh when you put a short length i.e. 8" long by 3" diameter bit down there. It would dance around in there with the drum for a while as each end of the piece got pencil-sharpened and then right on cue, bang; the chipper would mortar the projectile back out the hopper! You could tell it was coming so we used to stand back, watch and wait

Edited February 18, 2016 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[njc110381]

My Trukloder used to do that. You learn to read the machine after a while and just know what's going on. I used to chuck a handful of smaller stuff in the end of the hopper when doing short logs - holds them in nicely and helps to drag them through.

 

I used my CS100 for the first time yesterday. Absolutely amazing little machine considering it's size. It beats my old Entec hands down with bendy or forked material. The rubber curtain bothered me when I was doing pyracantha - the thorns stick in it and it won't feed. I spent more time picking thorns out of my arms and fighting with it then anything else! In the end I thought I'd take a chance on shoving it down the chute with the broom, but we all know what can happen when you start doing things like that. Luckily I didn't, but it came close!

 

My only gripe about the little machine is that it really could do with a brake. I was working on a slight incline on a driveway and it was hard to hold it still. I think I'll fudge something together to brake the wheels next time I'm rained off.

[PeteB]

Get yourself a selection of forked sticks to use as 'pokey sticks' and usually a couple of chocks stop it from moving if that is an issue.

[Guss109]

Pete are you and the team up for the spring show this week in Aberdeen?

[njc110381]

Get yourself a selection of forked sticks to use as 'pokey sticks'

 

I used to do that with my old Entec. It's a very good trick when using a gravity fed machine. Unfortunately yesterday it took a while before I found anything large enough to do te job, so the broom had to be employed.

 

I'm not sure about chocks for the wheels. I was thinking I may add some small latches to it somehow that will engage into holes drilled in the wheels. A bit excessive but a good long term and dead solid answer to the issue. It's not even a big issue really, but it is a small niggle that only happened once in the half dozen different spots I wanted to chip in.

 

All in it's a very good machine. I'd really recommend them:thumbup1:

[Sharpy92]

Has anyone had experience with these guys?

 

15HP Towable Petrol Chipper | MDL Power Up

 

I am liking the idea of the shredder rather than chipper. Looks more capable tackling gnarly branches.

[IVECOKID]

Has anyone had experience with these guys?

 

15HP Towable Petrol Chipper | MDL Power Up

 

I am liking the idea of the shredder rather than chipper. Looks more capable tackling gnarly branches.

 

Its a MTD GTS1300 and badged under many other names , not for highway towing, great little machine and I have battered mine now and 2 years old .

I have put some clips on here recently.

 

 

Ste