Frankenkubota
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was it the movie fargo where achipper played a big part?
Chipper accident
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RoyJackson
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oosik
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My chipper - Wallenstein BX62S. ALL my young pines are fed in - butt first. The chipper grabs the butt end and jerks it into the chipper so hard/fast - it's scary.
The butt end is laid on the lip of the chipper. Go back 20, 25, 30 feet to the top and lift it up and slide it in. It will "digest" and spit out a 30 foot tree in less than ten seconds.
This jerking/pulling action has scared many who come for the day to help me.
They learn in a real big hurry. Lift it up - slide it in - let go of it - back away.
The butt end is laid on the lip of the chipper. Go back 20, 25, 30 feet to the top and lift it up and slide it in. It will "digest" and spit out a 30 foot tree in less than ten seconds.
This jerking/pulling action has scared many who come for the day to help me.
They learn in a real big hurry. Lift it up - slide it in - let go of it - back away.
Snobdds
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I have an Echo Bearcat 9 inch chipper with hydraulic feed. There is a safety bar around the entire outside of the chute that can stop or reverse the hydraulic feed. The end of the chute is only a foot square, meaning unless something can be compress into something less than a foot square, it's not getting to the blades because there is a giant roller in the way that goes up and down on a spring mechanism.
I use to have a manual feed chipper with direct exposure to the blades. Trying to force things in, one quickly figures out, it very dangerous to get a hand too far in the chute.
I will always have hydraulic feed chippers, let the hydraulics do the tough part of the job. I never really have my hands in farther than a few inches, then the roller takes over.
I use to have a manual feed chipper with direct exposure to the blades. Trying to force things in, one quickly figures out, it very dangerous to get a hand too far in the chute.
I will always have hydraulic feed chippers, let the hydraulics do the tough part of the job. I never really have my hands in farther than a few inches, then the roller takes over.
metalbender
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The Bandit looks like a man eater. Why would any company make such a large "chuck and duck" machine? Controlled feed with safety bars to stop and reverse make way too much sense over the lower cost. My Champion gas powered unit requires a lot of attention.
RoyJackson
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I've seen quite a few "chuck and duck" chippers used by Asplundh over the years. Looks like those are getting phased out since the new ones have the safety bar.
Still a lot of gypsy tree trimmers around, with older equipment.
Before I bought my Woodmaxx, I had a Woods 5000 chipper/shredder which could handle up to a 5" branch or trunk. It was gravity feed and unless one purposely stuck their arm down the chute, there was no way one could be pulled in. The unit also had a brush chute on top....now, that pulled in like the speed of light....almost scary!
Good implement though...had it for years. Ran it behind a Deere 790, then a Deere 4400.
RandyT
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I think what Asplundh and Davey used was what was available at the time of purchase, but have been getting phased out as the newer safer equipment became available. I am not sure the self feeding roller type chippers were even that available 20-30 years ago.
