Is my chipper blunt?

[dan blocker]

12 hours ago, Con said:

It's interesting you say it was OK to start with. The condition of the blade and particularly, that gap, are never going to produce good chip. Also, that bluntness and gap doesn't look like it's happened overnight. Unless something has moved!!

Have you checked nuts and bolts? 

I've only ever hired a big chipper once. When I returned it, I had to wait whilst the shop opened it up and checked the condition of every wear part. A bit of a pain at the time, but on reflection, assuring. 

I never have hired in a chipper but I think there’s a good call to open up and inspect blades when taking delivery. I can see the hire company blaming the hirer in this case? “ it was all checked before you hired it”, what does it say on the hire agreement?

[scbk]

I feel sorry for the hire machines. The average weekend warrior thinks wood chipper / green waste shredder / concrete crusher are 3 interchangeable words

[manco]

14 hours ago, scbk said:

I feel sorry for the hire machines. The average weekend warrior thinks wood chipper / green waste shredder / concrete crusher are 3 interchangeable words

7 words. just saying.

[maybelateron]

19 hours ago, scbk said:

I feel sorry for the hire machines. The average weekend warrior thinks wood chipper / green waste shredder / concrete crusher are 3 interchangeable words

Absolutely. And that sums up why these days I decline to provide a chipping service to people who have done the felling themselves, or had a "tree surgeon" in to do it. The former don't know the difference between barbed wire and a tree branch, and the latter don't give a monkeys.