Breaking?

[Nathan Smith]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

 

Would anyone happen to be breaking a TW or Entec 18/100 before I order a brand new flywheel from Timberwolf at 500 quid. I think the flywheel is the same on the PTO gravity feed they did too. 

Edited March 20, 2022 by Nathan Smith
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[aspenarb]

That`s a serous bit of fatigue, may be worth looking for the reason why before buying/fitting a new one, could be a balance issue. Are the knives sharpened as a matched pair or as singles?

 

Bob

[Nathan Smith]

We gave it a full weeks abuse chucking in dead hard 4 inch conifer to try and finish a back garden job, it's never skipped a beat in 20 years prior. To be fair when you look at the flywheel, it's inherently weak- unlike a 150 which has 4 inch offset blades, this thing has two massive gaps with very little meat. 

 

[swinny]

500 quid is cheap compared to a flywheel for another machine I priced up not long ago! 

 

Go through it properly  if going down this route. New bearings job lot

[woody paul]

6 hours ago, Nathan Smith said:

We gave it a full weeks abuse chucking in dead hard 4 inch conifer to try and finish a back garden job, it's never skipped a beat in 20 years prior. To be fair when you look at the flywheel, it's inherently weak- unlike a 150 which has 4 inch offset blades, this thing has two massive gaps with very little meat. 

 

There's a lot of other bigger chippers with the same setup with big gaps. Did you find crack when doing blade change, would clean it of and see if there's any other cracks on the outer edge. 

Would only replace with new, as fitting second hand flywheel is a no brainer as not know what abuse it has had. 

[dumper]

If your going to spend money on a twenty year old chipper and intend to keep it buy new and go for a rebuild or why not sell for spares, if it’s not good enough to make money breaking is it really worth putting a flywheel on? You must of had your money out of it

[Nathan Smith]

8 hours ago, dumper said:

If your going to spend money on a twenty year old chipper and intend to keep it buy new and go for a rebuild or why not sell for spares, if it’s not good enough to make money breaking is it really worth putting a flywheel on? You must of had your money out of it

Yeah you're dead right, it owes us nothing, and its a great little back up machine- I actually prefer it when working alone for its lightness, its dead easy to move. Have just ordered a brand new flywheel and bearings, anvils and blades.