self propelled chipper (Shreks wee chipper)

[RobRainford]

Prevention is better than cure. I wont chip dead stuff with mine, it isnt worth the whacked fingers and skint knuckles, it doesnt even chip it very well either. I think if they made an easy access hatch then people would chop their fingers off trying to make short cuts.

 

That's the thing. There has to be a compromise in design to compensate for the individuals who would end up losing body parts to little Gloria.

 

An easy access hatch, or even a simple way to drop the hopper off in a minute to access the drum. That's linked to the ignition so you can't run the chipper with it taken off.

[Stephen Blair]

I never have to take the hopper off anymore if it gets clogged, if you jam it with too big a bit of wood then hi the person who jammed it with a brush, if you clog it with brash fair enough. Listen to the revs, do not let it die down too much, that effects the throw of the chip and keep an eye on the discharge to mae sure the chip is still coming out

[Robert_S]

Stevie have you still got all the rubber strips in the hopper or did you cut them off, i find them a pain.

[Ty Korrigan]

Gentlemen,

I'm changing blades around today at 20h (fitted a counter)

Local firm does them at €17/£14 a side.

Our jammin, do you like jammin?, I hope you like jammin too? problems occur uniquely when chipping the 'Cupressus bastardos' family.

With a firm grip on the branch the blades eat through the stem but when they get to the mixed dead/live mass of little branches they can be ripped out of the operators hand too quickly.

I'm going down the route of not chipping dead shoite as the honourable Mr Blair suggests and sharp bladezzz.

Why can't the motor be lower? Make it less ungainly to move or tow.

Now to change blades...

[RobRainford]

I never have to take the hopper off anymore if it gets clogged, if you jam it with too big a bit of wood then hi the person who jammed it with a brush, if you clog it with brash fair enough. Listen to the revs, do not let it die down too much, that effects the throw of the chip and keep an eye on the discharge to mae sure the chip is still coming out

 

i blocked it completely once, engine was running but nothing was coming out. Courtesy of our friend lleylandii, took the top of the chute off and pulled out what i could reach then gave the brish a wiggle about to loosen bits up and it went straight away.

 

I prefer to feed the chipper, it takes a bit of practice to know how stuff will go in and how it will affect the chipper. getting good now, i find vibrations are dampened a lot if you grab branch tips, especially with conifer because you have to keep hold until its almost all through, the vibrations are dissipated through the rest of the piece and you dont feel much at all.

[Tree Man Tom]

i blocked it completely once, engine was running but nothing was coming out. Courtesy of our friend lleylandii, took the top of the chute off and pulled out what i could reach then gave the brish a wiggle about to loosen bits up and it went straight away.

 

I prefer to feed the chipper, it takes a bit of practice to know how stuff will go in and how it will affect the chipper. getting good now, i find vibrations are dampened a lot if you grab branch tips, especially with conifer because you have to keep hold until its almost all through, the vibrations are dissipated through the rest of the piece and you dont feel much at all.

 

Obviously not if you keep blocking it!

[Stephen Blair]

Stevie have you still got all the rubber strips in the hopper or did you cut them off, i find them a pain.

 

yes i dont mind them, they stop a lot of stuff coming out, if you ever have the front too low it spits a lot of chip out, the secret is a big heavy brush, shove shove shovetty shove. Choose your brash well. Dead stuff if you do do it, put it in the wrong way around, to the woof helps throw the brash:001_smile:

[RobRainford]

Obviously not if you keep blocking it!

 

I blocked it on it's first outing. Not done it since!

[Andy Collins]

Time for an update on things on the wee chipper front. I still have my little jo-Beau M300, and its proved itself time and again, not just on garden shrubby type jobs, but big call-outs where access has been a pig its excelled. The build quality is very strong, the paint is very durable, servicing basic and blade changes on average probably around 30hrs rathe then the recommended 60 in the book. Would I sell it to you? No, its invaluable on many jobs, has saved me the costs of labour to drag stuff out. Do I wish now that I'd bought a GM? Tough one, but I dont think so.

[geoff]

Time for an update on things on the wee chipper front. I still have my little jo-Beau M300, and its proved itself time and again, not just on garden shrubby type jobs, but big call-outs where access has been a pig its excelled. The build quality is very strong, the paint is very durable, servicing basic and blade changes on average probably around 30hrs rathe then the recommended 60 in the book. Would I sell it to you? No, its invaluable on many jobs, has saved me the costs of labour to drag stuff out. Do I wish now that I'd bought a GM? Tough one, but I dont think so.

 

Nice one Andy,I got a good bit of info off these threads!