compact truck with chipper and crane is this possible

[skyhuck]

I don't think its a great idea (if it was they would be out and available already)

 

But if you did manage to fit a PTO chipper I can't see it being big enough to crane feed.

 

A small PTO chipper may be possible, but TBH I think you'd be better getting a decent tow behind.

 

If you had crane fed chipper on a truck like that you would fill it in about 10 minuets.

 

A small hiab would be a good idea and a tool box and chip box.

 

Remember the truck company will say its a great idea and take your money, but you may well finds its not all you had hopped.

[Billy]

the sort of chipper you can sensibly crane feed, would weigh alot more than 1 ton. that one ton but just in GVW terms it seems doable as that oen on ebay still has 3.4t payload with the little crane on it which is quite impressive. If i were you i'd use a tow behind chipper unless you need a parking permit or whatevr for any trailer?

[damian]

thanks for the input skyhuck i wasnt gonna put a massive chipper on something like 20 cm the truck would be used for mainly deadwoods reductions thins small to medium fells anything bigger and i get my buddyy to come in with forestry truck the reason im trying to do this is because ive been going two years now and have been running a knackerd ols talbot r citreon3.5t without a tipper. transit tippers just dont exist here in vienna i have no chipper and spend most my time chopping up that was the thinking behind the grand scheme

[damian]

at billy yeah thats my problem permits for trailers in the city and space on site when parking in the city small streets lots of car hard work also getting round corners in vienna is a problem with a long load i was expecting to feed whole trees into the chipper just thought it might be easier to feed a small chipper with a crane as the chipper would be mounted on the truck it would be hard to feed manually

[damian]

i wasnt expecting to feed whole trees (sorry)

[David Riding]

at billy yeah thats my problem permits for trailers in the city and space on site when parking in the city small streets lots of car hard work also getting round corners in vienna is a problem with a long load i was expecting to feed whole trees into the chipper just thought it might be easier to feed a small chipper with a crane as the chipper would be mounted on the truck it would be hard to feed manually

 

In which case buy a towable chipper strip the axles and front frame and have it permanently on a tail lift and have a 3-way tipper so you can tip side ways (saves you taking the chipper of the tail lift), you might even get a small tracked chipper on the tail lift, or if you stripped a 10 inch chipper you might get down to 1.4 tonne you could then crane feed that side ways, you would be better buying a light forestry crane with grab set up already that would but be fine running of the a hydraulic PTO or a 24 volt hydraulic pump, the crane would not fold up but would be miles better and would just lye across the length of the vehicle, you can buy a mechanical pto unit to put on any any vehicle but you would need serious gearbox upgrade cause of the stress of chipping,

Edited July 9, 2011 by David Riding

[damian]

ok good point i dont know what is like in england but i cant just put things on trucks i have to have it all checked and checked etc tail lift idea is a good one will think it through i was looking at the fassi f50 r thepalfinger pk 4001 cranes r i even had a look at the hiezo hack chipper with its own crane put im not all that clued up on what these things can lift it would have to be able to lift good size timber as to the pto the crane would run off that and the chipper i hope would run off a seperate elactrical hydraulic pump if that makes any sense

out here it hard to buy any second arb gear as the industry is small and relatively new if i was to buy in england then check check check again emissions etc

[David Riding]

ok good point i dont know what is like in england but i cant just put things on trucks i have to have it all checked and checked etc tail lift idea is a good one will think it through i was looking at the fassi f50 r thepalfinger pk 4001 cranes r i even had a look at the hiezo hack chipper with its own crane put im not all that clued up on what these things can lift it would have to be able to lift good size timber as to the pto the crane would run off that and the chipper i hope would run off a seperate elactrical hydraulic pump if that makes any sense

out here it hard to buy any second arb gear as the industry is small and relatively new if i was to buy in england then check check check again emissions etc

 

so am I right in thinking your going to try and power your chipper with a hydraulic motor running off a hydraulic pump on the pto

[damian]

yeah i think so but im no expert on this whats ur opion i also thought bout doing what u said with trailer chipper r just buying the chipper without the trailer is zhat possible

[David Riding]

yeah i think so but im no expert on this whats ur opion i also thought bout doing what u said with trailer chipper r just buying the chipper without the trailer is zhat possible

 

you could buy a brand new chipper with out the axles etc special order no probs. I would seriously think about having the chipper with its own engine, the hydraulic power required to run a just a 6 inch chipper is insane and would cost you £9k+ just for a powerful enough hydraulic set up with a big enough hydraulic motor and pump and cooler etc and still would give you rubbish power, no one does it and there is a reason, the chippers for skidsteer / bobcat you can buy which have hi-flow hydraulics to run attachments have very poor chipping power. If you don't need much chip space forget the tail lift and mount the chipper on the the actual truck either behind the crane so you can still tip backwards or at the back of the truck and tip sideways, and shorten the tipper body.