Jensen blade failure !

[defenderjack]

So not a great end to the week , ! Started the chipper thismorning and put one little ash tree branch through and bang ! All mother of hell let lose , half the blade shot out beneath the rollers and and buried itself in the gravel drive next to my foot ! Machine shook it's self silly till I could turn it off , on inspection it's smashed part of the bed the blade sits in and in the process the flywheel has moved and bearings probably knackerd , been chipping all week fine and bearings only 6 month old so can only imagine there must have been a fault on the blade , I won't tell you what the possible repair bill is ! (That's if it is repairable ! Gutted ! Just glad it didn't injure anyone !

[defenderjack]

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[Suffolk-Matt]

Ouch.. Blades just been changed?

[skyhuck]

Yikes!!!!! that could have been so much worse!!!

 

I'm sure its reparable and thank goodness no one was hurt or even killed!!!

[defenderjack]

Ouch.. Blades just been changed?

 

Yes mate last week , but ive been chipping all week ,im always really carefull with cleaning and torque settings etc

[defenderjack]

Yikes!!!!! that could have been so much worse!!!

 

I'm sure its reparable and thank goodness no one was hurt or even killed!!!

 

Yeh it could have been much much worse ! Although it has put me in little bit of a touchy mood tonight !!

[aspenarb]

Aftermarket or genuine blades Jack? We have had replacement blades fail but never genuine.

 

Bob

[defenderjack]

Aftermarket or genuine blades Jack? We have had replacement blades fail but never genuine.

 

Bob

 

Rotatech !

[Ian C]

I would say its reparable and glad no one was hurt. I have never used aftermarket blades and have never had one go on me, may be luck or my be not!