vermeer bc150 not chipping well.

[Joe Loggs]

hi guys im hoping you can help, recently we got a vermeer bc150 all in good shape and health but when it comes to chipping thin brash it barely reaches the truck and ends up on the floor, blades are sharp etc. is this common with this machine and has anyone ever modded the spout?

[Johny Walker]

check belt tension,

[Joe Loggs]

it chips absolutly fine with cord just crap with brash. i should have stated that sorry

[log dog]

i have a bc 150 we un hitch chipper and push under back of wagon to shorten distance of chip travel do you do same ?

[Mesterh]

Sounds like an anvil problem

[Joe Loggs]

log dog we have tried that and it does help but its alot of hasstle, whats a anvil?

[Graham]

The anvil is the metal plate the knives shear against. As the knives wear the gap between them and the anvil increases. Small diameter material then tends to shred instead of chip. The anvil wears too. Its edge becomes rounded instead of square.

 

The manual should state the gap between knives and anvil.

[Joe Loggs]

thanks graham that makes alot of sense we will give that a go and let you no if it works.

[Taupotreeman]

The anvil is the metal plate the knives shear against. As the knives wear the gap between them and the anvil increases. Small diameter material then tends to shred instead of chip. The anvil wears too. Its edge becomes rounded instead of square.

 

The manual should state the gap between knives and anvil.

 

Agreed. You can often tell when the anvil gap is to large. Small stuff comes out looking almost the same as it went in. Sometimes some brash will smell burnt too as it doesn't chip properly. Not sure if you can sharpen an anvil though. I know on mine you can't.

[log dog]

hi you might be able to turn anvil on to a good side if that is the problem try and check anvil with a straight edge steel rule perhaps good luck