Specific tracked chipper trailer

[openspaceman]

  swinny said:

This :

 

Looks like a good size and still able to chip whilst on the trailer, albeit a bit of a lift.

 

Balance looks forward of the front wheel, what's the weight on the drawbar?

[Mick Dempsey]

  openspaceman said:

Looks like a good size and still able to chip whilst on the trailer, albeit a bit of a lift.

 

Balance looks forward of the front wheel, what's the weight on the drawbar?

 

I think loading brush into that whilst it was on the trailer at that height would get pretty old pretty quickly. Plus because it hasn't got a bottom stop bar and its above 600 mm (I think that's the limit) above the ground there might be h&s implications.

Just my thoughts mind.

[tree-fancier123]

  richy_b said:

i don't know of any specifically but you could modify a ifor gd84 pretty easily. 1.25cm internal width, 2.5 length.

 

this was on ebay a while back, bit bulkier than purpose made, but plenty around

[richy_B]

  tree-fancier123 said:

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this was on ebay a while back, bit bulkier than purpose made, but plenty around

 

Unbolt the ramp and turn the chipper around! And you're ready to go. Must be able to get a decent 3 year old one for £1k.

[swinny]

You see i like to chip with chipper on trailer.

 

Plant trailers have a 6 fr drawbar, your shoots in the middle of the machine so 7 ft or so before the tailgate of the truck.... Then another 8ft to hit the head board!

 

I use a gd105 so a 4 ft drawbar better then the plant trailer. Also i can throw logs down the side of the chipper too.

 

I was just looking at these small trailers as the gd105 can go behind a 4x4

[openspaceman]

  Mick Dempsey said:

I think loading brush into that whilst it was on the trailer at that height would get pretty old pretty quickly. Plus because it hasn't got a bottom stop bar and its above 600 mm (I think that's the limit) above the ground there might be h&s implications.

Just my thoughts mind.

 

Fair comment, I've certainly never tried it and don't know the rules regarding stop bar.

 

To my mind one takes a tracked chipper to site when it is not possible to get the truck to the work, otherwise take a tow behind but if you only have one chipper...

 

Still looks like the drawbar weight may exceed 100kg.

[Johny Walker]

  openspaceman said:

Fair comment, I've certainly never tried it and don't know the rules regarding stop bar.

 

To my mind one takes a tracked chipper to site when it is not possible to get the truck to the work, otherwise take a tow behind but if you only have one chipper...

 

Still looks like the drawbar weight may exceed 100kg.

 

it sits foarward as the trailer was built around a tw150 not a jensen a530,the 150 rides lower lower so the hopper is lower over the tail gate ,it worked fine for me with no issues ,

[swinny]

  Johny Walker said:

it sits foarward as the trailer was built around a tw150 not a jensen a530,the 150 rides lower lower so the hopper is lower over the tail gate ,it worked fine for me with no issues ,

 

Yup i had no issues with it either

[Tom@EVA]

Greenmech have one ...

[Breezeblock]

  Tom@EVA said:

[ATTACH]196973[/ATTACH]Greenmech have one ...

 

that looks like a tidy set up