Motor Mover for BIG chipper

[benedmonds]

Has any one fitted a caravan motor mover to a big chipper. I've seen ROB D's on the 150(I can't face reading though the whole weechipper thread.)

 

We've just purchased a twin axel 250 weighing 2.2tons. It's a pig to move around.

[redmoosefaction]

I think he generally said good but expensive. (£1000 ish)

 

 

Moosie

[Peter]

One of the firms I sub to is buying a 22 metre trailed niftylift that weighs 3.2 tonnes and has clip on electric motors for moving it around, so it is possible.

 

Don't have any other info on it sadly.

[NI Tree]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/9110-self-propelled-chipper-shreks-wee-chipper.html rob d has one

[littlerob]

you jan get a mover that a jockey wheel at has a handle that you turn around and it mover the chipper forward or back got one on my chipper thats a dosko 510sd that around the 1.5ton mark they have a 2ton swl on them i not sure if they do one that can shift more not sure got my of the bay for 30 pound they loads on there type in purpleline hitch drive have a look on youtube or i can up load a pick of it

[Stephen Blair]

the 250 is a big lump on little tyres, they dont skid round very well, and they like to lift the suspension of pick ups when reversing hard round lol

I could push mine myself on flat tarmac but on uneven ground 3-4 folk struggled just to shift it a few feet , i have seen caravan gizmos in action but i dont think they would be powerful enough for the big chipper.

[Daniël Bos]

Would it work to use two sets of caravan ones? One for each wheel?

[combined tree services]

personally i would guess that a small kubota tractor would be the best bet lol . i can see a caravan shifter being man enough to stop that if it decides to get away

[benedmonds]

Would it work to use two sets of caravan ones? One for each wheel?

 

You get all wheel drive units but they cost about £1700!

 

Has any one worked out away of using the chippers hydraulics?

 

You also theoretically should be able to use the hydraulics for running other things like log splitters.

[Kev Stephenson]

Armchair arborist runs his splitter off his TW190 hydraulics. Conversion done by Treequip as far as I know.