Towing/moving around a 6 vs 8 inch chipper

[Jase hutch]

Motor movers , I like that idea....

[andrewmiskin]

Don't see why you couldn't fit motor movers. Probably not ideal on a muddy surface. I did fit a set to an Ifor Williams trailer for an old guy I knew. Worked well when empty no good when full. The ones I fitted to my caravan were rated at about 2.8t.

[openspaceman]

21 hours ago, Jase hutch said:

Motor movers , I like that idea....

I thought that full tracks were a bit of overkill for most chipping jobs and remembered the Ford 4000 with half tracks pulling a trailer with FMV crane, it could go anywhere the County would. So a cage driven by the same hydraulic motors as the feed rollers and a lightweight steel (or plastic) band track which could be put on around the road wheels and off quickly.

 

[Mike Hill]

Behold the Chipdozer!

 

An unholy union of British, Latvian and Finnish engineering on a Satanic quest for Arboral destruction.

 

I carried the chipper up an off a wet off camber track with the dozer instead of risking the Valtra. Shame the dozer dosnt have enough shaft speed to run the chipper. Be a propper weapon .

 

 

[doobin]

3 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

Behold the Chipdozer!

 

An unholy union of British, Latvian and Finnish engineering on a Satanic quest for Arboral destruction.

 

I carried the chipper up an off a wet off camber track with the dozer instead of risking the Valtra. Shame the dozer dosnt have enough shaft speed to run the chipper. Be a propper weapon .

 

 

Ideal for back garden jobs! Simply lower blade for access 

[woody paul]

1 hour ago, andrewmiskin said:

Don't see why you couldn't fit motor movers. Probably not ideal on a muddy surface. I did fit a set to an Ifor Williams trailer for an old guy I knew. Worked well when empty no good when full. The ones I fitted to my caravan were rated at about 2.8t.

Nifty have it as an option on their large cherry pickers. 

 

[dumper]

Big Jenz shredders have had them for years cage drive to wheels powered from machine hydraulics radio controlled, don’t see caravan movers being much good unless on hard surface

[dumper]

1 hour ago, Mike Hill said:

Behold the Chipdozer!

 

An unholy union of British, Latvian and Finnish engineering on a Satanic quest for Arboral destruction.

 

I carried the chipper up an off a wet off camber track with the dozer instead of risking the Valtra. Shame the dozer dosnt have enough shaft speed to run the chipper. Be a propper weapon .

 

 

Not possible to put a gear box on ?

[Mick Dempsey]

I read somewhere that some big yankee chippers have movers as well.

 

I think the best answer is a small wheeled loader with a tow hitch on the fixed grab.

The loader is a game changer in this job anyway.

If you can’t afford that, push and drag till you can afford it.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Mick Dempsey
Used the word ‘think’ twice in quick succession and it annoyed me.

[carlos]

tracked chipper??