P.T.O. brush chipper....

[upnut]

Borrowed our neighbor's Wood Maxx WM-8H brush chipper to make some landscape chips. It's been parked in his shed for several years, maybe 4 hours run time on it. Mounted on my brother's JD 2440, with some basic maintenance, ready to go. Two old guys making chips and dust, the next adventure begins...


 

Initial test run went ok, will want my battery chainsaw to trim down ugly stuff and some sort of chip collection rig. It does NOT like punky chunks...plugged up tighter than a drum. We will learn more I'm sure! Any chipping advice welcome!

Scott B.

[rjwoelk]

I would be interested to know if they work well with dryer up slabs?

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rjwoelk- It is hydraulic feed, so as long as the feed drum could get a bite I think it would work. The owner fed a 6"x24" chunk of split firewood thru it, no problem. He did say he sometimes had to pause the feed to let the RPMs recover...

Scott B.

[azmtnman]

Can't tell from the pics...
   Do the hydraulics run off the tractor system or does the machine have its own?

[upnut]

azmtnman- The black stand underneath holds a hydraulic tank, there is a belt driven pump in the drive system, it is self contained as far as hydraulics.

Scott B.

[rjwoelk]

Thanks for the update. 

[upnut]

A morning in da woods.....



 

About a load an hour, two old guys feeding. Had one plug up, stringy basswood bark. Learning to feather the feed to keep rpm's up. Keeping Stihl battery saw handy to cut out kinks, working good.

And delivered....



 
Scott B.

[jimbarry]

I've run a few over the years. You can feed softer material but follow it up with harder material that will clear up the blades and the chute from impaction. As you noted, stringy bark from a basswood tree, feed half the log through, back out the remaining and feed in a bunch of hardwood crown limbs. Then feed in the other half of the basswood.

Keep your blades sharp so your machine doesn't have to work so hard. 

You'll get a feel for the sounds coming from the machine as to when and how to feed it (if it's not a self feeder).

[davch00]

I would be interested to know if they work well with dryer up slabs?

I have a 8" Woodland Mills chip that I use to chip all my slabs and off cuts. 



 

That pile is a hour or so of feeding slabs in it. I usually use the dump trailer but this pile was to keep from making a mud hole in front of the mill. 
I try to trim my slabs down to 7" or less every few logs. 

Just like sawmills, hp is king when it comes to pto chippers. The more the better.