Chipper hour clock

[VEG]

Cant figure them out lol

 

Do they count the hours while on idle, running full chat or just on full chat with feed rollers running?

 

We use a greenmech quadchip but I assume they all work the same way?

[treequip]

An hours clock is usually wired to the ignition live, it counts while the engine is running full or tick over.

[D-parr88]

We have the timberwolf 150dhb and the hour clock counts even if the ignition is switched to on even when it's not running but don't know if all are the same?

[Kev Stephenson]

power to the clock and it's counting

[VEG]

Thanks for the replies

[Ty Korrigan]

I think at least 25% of running time is not actual chipping time when you think about the feeding and fetching of material.

So from my estimation manufacturers claims 'xyz' hours between blade changes is so much...rot.

If I was chipping pure balsa wood from a swept concrete floor MAYBE I could achieve the claimed hours BUT...I prefer to change much earlier, blades AND fluids to prevent...bad stuff.

Ty

p.s

What do I know anyway, I probally one of those forum ***heads...

Edited March 1, 2013 by Ty Korrigan
Said a rude word...sorry

[john p]

id take any hours clock on a chipper with a pinch of salt, know one contractor that pull s the wire at 500hrs:sneaky2:

[Rich2484]

Clock runs on the ignition. You could leave it all day with just the ignition on and the clock will still count on.

 

Don't know why people say they do less hours to change blades etc. the chipping time is nothing. So even if you follow the book and change the blades at say 100 hours, guarantee the blades have only done half that actual chipping. The rest will be on tickover or just running waiting for the next lot to be thrown at it.

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Clock runs on the ignition. You could leave it all day with just the ignition on and the clock will still count on.

 

Don't know why people say they do less hours to change blades etc. the chipping time is nothing. So even if you follow the book and change the blades at say 100 hours, guarantee the blades have only done half that actual chipping. The rest will be on tickover or just running waiting for the next lot to be thrown at it.

 

bloody hell rich wish we could get 100hrs outta ours.lol

ours say change blades at 20hrs but we go off chip quality tbh.

we put new set of them Saturn knives in today....not impressed:thumbdown:

loosing their edge already after only 4x tranny loads in clean conifer:thumbdown:

oops back to the thread,your clock ticks whenever the ignition is "ON" running or not

[monkeybusiness]

100 hrs is easy with Greenmech discs. Move away from orange metal/plastic - the future's green!