How to kick chipper tyres?

[roseyweb]

Hi everyone

Going chipper shopping this afternoon, my first little venture into chipper ownership after years of racking up big hire bills.

Its a TW150, I know my way around these machines quite well and have fixed nearly every problem they can throw up. But what should I be looking at in terms of serial numbers, bearings and other bits to kick take apart and poke.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Roller alignment - are they parallel

Infeed hopper - are the sides belled out

Filters - do they look as if they are changed on a regular service routine

Oil - is it thick black stuff or nice clean stuff

 

If you can get a little mirror to look at the side and bottom anvils and see if they have ever been changed, chip quality might give you a clue to this, is it stringy chip or nice little even lumps

 

General condition - does it look as though it's looked after

[roseyweb]

cheers

thats my check list

[roseyweb]

Purchased!!

Cheers for the advice i had that list in one hand and spanner in the other

[Johny Walker]

do the 2,numbers match the 1, on the housing & the 1,under the spout

[roseyweb]

Yer checked that, it has a tracker as well so all the digits and paper work was all kosher

[tommer9]

Dont kick too hard- the wheels will fall off....