tracked chipper on plant trailer vs ifor williams gd trailer

[swinny]

The GD trailer works great, we used one with our Jensen for a while but the Forst is too long for it..

 

What size is that Tom? 84 85 ? Cheers

[Johny Walker]

whats needed is a trailer maker to make a custom built 1, for tracked chipper,nice & light,

[swinny]

I want one for all tasks really, carry chipper or grinder, landscape and fence materials, deliver logs, maybe carry both chipper and grinder, probabilly need the 10x 5 for that johnny?

 

Also do you agree drawbar way to long? Was considering having it cut down in length... But sometimes better to get the right thing first time

[mowingjamie]

any one tried a chipper on a ifor williams gh94? really light strong trailer but with a very low height? might make life easier to feed...

[Hodge]

I have mine on GX 84, works fine..... I also have TT 105 which I can get the chipper and grinder on but can't really work off that trailer as way to high.

[swinny]

Only thing with yours hodge is you tilt the bed back thus bringing chipbox towards chipper 2ft or so.

 

I think i may just end up cutting 2ft off my draw bar, just looked at it now as loading up and it could easily take it

[skyhuck]

The draw bar is that length for a reason, I'd be very reluctant to alter it.

 

Could you not alter the tailer bed, to allow the chipper to be moved forward while chipping and back while traveling?

[monkeybusiness]

I carry a Greenmech 1928 safetrak on an gh94 with the 10 inch wheels to keep the floor (and subsequent loading) height as low as possible to allow easy chipping on the trailer. It also has the axles a bit further forward than other plant trailers, which reduces nose weight when towing choppers (as opposed to diggers with heavy counterweights at the back). It is almost as though the trailer is made to measure for the chipper , it is a perfect fit even where the chipper butts up against the trailer's bucket rest. However, the 10 inch tyres are rubbish, they wear out very quickly. Also the single leaves on the suspension are weak - our chipper is under 2 tonne so isn't pushing the trailer's maximum weight limit but we had a spate of broken springs only rectified by fitting the double springs fitted to 3.5 tonne ifors. If the GH 94 was available with 3.5 tonne capacity I think it would be the perfect tracked chipper trailer.

[Tom D]

A chute extension would be cheaper than messing with the trailer. I made my own for the Greenmech, wasn't a big job...

[skyhuck]

A chute extension would be cheaper than messing with the trailer. I made my own for the Greenmech, wasn't a big job...

 

With many chipper you would simply end up with a blocked chute if you extended it.