Chuck and Duck!

[ukminch]

Sorry this 'legal' thing annoys me. They're not illegal at all, they are however considered dangerous by the HSE and accordingly if you let an employee use them you could be in trouble. As for a one man operation you can do what you want with it.

 

R

[ad15]

lazy gits and hes using a top handel on ground pikeys with deep pockets i say

 

 

HSE rules might not be the same in other countries so he may not be being as lazy as he looks..

[tommer9]

lazy gits and hes using a top handel on ground pikeys with deep pockets i say

 

We all do it......get a few years under your belt and you will too probably...

[treequip]

hes using a top handel on ground pikeys with deep pockets i say

 

That’s in North America (probably the USA) and they aren’t bound by the same rules we are particularly the top handle saw issue.

 

As for deep pockets, those woodchuck drum chippers are plentiful over there so you don’t need deep pockets to buy one and as others have said they are productive and bomb proof.

 

If it didnt take your hat off twice a day you werent working hard enough:laugh1:

 

Andy

[Tom2020]

That’s in North America (probably the USA) and they aren’t bound by the same rules we are particularly the top handle saw issue.

 

As for deep pockets, those woodchuck drum chippers are plentiful over there so you don’t need deep pockets to buy one and as others have said they are productive and bomb proof.

 

If it didnt take your hat off twice a day you werent working hard enough:laugh1:

 

Andy

 

true every one has there opinion guys

[Mozza]

Id have one

[tommer9]

Same here liam.

[MaxJ]

They're all petrified of it!!

[MattyF]

I used one (or somthing very simular)when i was about 10 and it ripped the arm off my shirt! health and safety nightmare but very efficient chippers!!

[Taupotreeman]

There's a reason they have the nickname chuck and duck. If you're still holding on to the branch when the blades grab the other end something is going to get hurt. Same when you feed larger branches; you have to put the branch in and walk off to the side. None of this hanging around at the back. They are no more scarey than using a chainsaw for the first time and once you get used to what you can and can't do with them they're sweet as. They also churn through branches like you wouldn't believe and like I said before; production is high. If you ask the Yanks or most people who worked for the likes of Asplundh they probably started on these and are quite happy to use them because they know HOW to use them without becoming dogfood. They look evil but believe you me, if you want to get rid of branches fast then this machine does it. And rally, who thinks if they get sucked into a disc chipper, is going to be quick enough and agile enough to pull the emergency lever. Plenty of people have gone through them before but you have a bit more respect for one of these things.