Truck mount chipper

[josharb87]

23 minutes ago, PeteB said:

I should read my posts before I post - I seem to fall foul to Spell Check!

 

I thought Paul dismantled the TW/Defender after the show......

I thought it was the Hägglund’s tracked 250(?) that was dismantled post show

[PeteB]

I reckon Mike Zarkos said that the Haglund lasted a couple of years before it was separated and the Haglund was returned to Witham. But the Defender was from SAS in Malvern and that too was split....May be wrong though.

[s o c]

Would love to see pictures of the huglund 

[PeteB]

I believe that it could only carry a 150 but was a big chunk of money!

[dan blocker]

This was on another thread back in 2015?  Looks to me the chipper on the back had a self contained motor and didn’t run off the gearbox. It was about for sometime after that show with it appearing on eBay a few times. 

[buffalo606]

You would want to be tall to feed this all day but apart from that I reckon it looks pretty useful - esp being on a 4x4 (and for mainly rural work)...

[Mick Dempsey]

I reckon you’d put one branch in before realizing you’d made a horrible mistake.

Ridiculously high hopper, stuff of nightmares.

Edited November 20, 2021 by Mick Dempsey

[htb]

Also wonder how much would end up in that trailer, far too far away.

[Will C]

A true case of it looked good on paper! The concept is good if you could lose the height I reckon it could have legs.

 

I think the only way would be to use a front wheel drive truck and bend the chassis down and round under the chipper, possibly between the rear trailing arms. But this would bring you into SVA regs and possibly a whole load of ball ache 

[PeteB]

2 hours ago, buffalo606 said:

You would want to be tall to feed this all day but apart from that I reckon it looks pretty useful - esp being on a 4x4 (and for mainly rural work)...

This was the thing I was looking for! I seem to recall that the owner has been very happy with the set up. if it works well for him, then very best wishes to him!