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Got myself a PTO chipper - Take 2!


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I managed to source myself another chipper - again not local but I'm having it picked up by a bloke who knows what he's looking at so all should be well. I am however a bit baffled by the specs.

 

It was listed on ebay as a 10", but I thought the TP760 was only 6-8"? The hopper comes off to one side and the frame has a towing pin on it so you can chip into the mog or trailer, although you wouldn't want to tow too much weight I wouldn't have thought. The seller seems to think it weighs about 1.5t, which sounds like a lot! I thought it was the older version of the tp200 sized machine? I'll have it and it'll work either way, but is it really that heavy?:confused1:

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I managed to source myself another chipper - again not local but I'm having it picked up by a bloke who knows what he's looking at so all should be well. I am however a bit baffled by the specs.

 

It was listed on ebay as a 10", but I thought the TP760 was only 6-8"? The hopper comes off to one side and the frame has a towing pin on it so you can chip into the mog or trailer, although you wouldn't want to tow too much weight I wouldn't have thought. The seller seems to think it weighs about 1.5t, which sounds like a lot! I thought it was the older version of the tp200 sized machine? I'll have it and it'll work either way, but is it really that heavy?:confused1:

 

Its about 1 ton, i transported one back on a hilux once and i dont think it was over weight, what you do need to make it the muts nuts is a speed up gear, there is one on ebay for around £200 , will try and find you the number, i put one on mine and it transformed the machine, tweeks it from 540 to 1000

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Its about 1 ton, i transported one back on a hilux once and i dont think it was over weight, what you do need to make it the muts nuts is a speed up gear, there is one on ebay for around £200 , will try and find you the number, i put one on mine and it transformed the machine, tweeks it from 540 to 1000

 

Its item number 251777491279 someone may paste it for me. i got one from new it was about £650 possibly even £700 new. Great bit of kit.

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neil might not need that if he has a 540/1000 pto box on the 406 unimog, i have a 406 and run my tp on a 1000, a ton seems heavy for a 6" tp i have the 160 and I'm sure its -600kg.

 

Im not sure on the weight , i do know when i drove back from Penzance to Taunton with heavy duty rear springs on the hilux it sat right down, steering was light as a feather and it almost pulled weeleis at junctions. regarding pto speed i ran it on tick over on a u1200 , thats chipping on tick over on 540 pto through to the speed up gear, i used hardly any fuel on a days chipping and it never slowed the chipper, 6" 0r 7" it just sucked it all in and spat it out, when i now look back after owning other more modern chippers with things like stress control, nothing would slow the chipper or its engine speed on the mog.

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You might be correct on the weight then because when i drop a ton of ballast in my hi lux and it starts to sit down, that box does sound a good investment in the long run for the fuel savings alone, as even on cherry you can power through it chipping all day.

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Well chaps, it looks like a moment to brace yourselves for "Got myself a chipper take 3"...

 

I've been talking to a mate up north and it's just what he needs. My mog linkage still needs work and I don't have a banana box for the pto, so I've passed the deal over to him rather than have it sit in my garage for months. It was a bargain too:001_rolleyes:

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I forgot to say - thanks for all your replies. You never know I might find another TP760 at a later date so the info is useful.

 

My mog does have a 540/1000rpm box on it, but I can see how that speed up gear could be handy for some. I wonder if it would have the torque to run in 1000rpm and use this box, so you'd get really good speed at tickover for small brash!

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