How do you guys prevent getting small rocks in the chipper. During the cleanup there are a lot of small sticks that we want to chip, but if we rake into a bucket we pick up rocks. So the boss has us go around and pick up the little sticks for the chipper. This is very time consuming. Any advice?
Getting rocks in chipper
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Open the trap door underneath!
We do that already. Is that enough to keep rocks out?
It sure helps but not every one of them. All you can do is watch what goes in and the trap door open.
I usually tell my customers to throw the rakings in the truck and not run them through the chipper.
Hope this helps!
Dave
Global Equipment Exporters
770-420-6400
Hope this helps!
Dave
Global Equipment Exporters
770-420-6400
Yeah...not chipping those last 2 shovels of small sticks seems pretty simple.
Those ground guys are let go.
Good.
I thought this was part of Chipping Basics. When we clean up no one touches a rake. Or if they do, the raked stuff goes directly into the chips, and not through the machine.
Sometimes a homeowner appears with a rake before he/she can be informed. Any raked material from them is deposited on the chipper table where I paw thru it thoroughly. Can't tell you how many times I've picked out a rock and held it up in someone's face (can't hear $hite over the chipper) to emphasize: you do not bring raked material to the chipper.
Sometimes a homeowner appears with a rake before he/she can be informed. Any raked material from them is deposited on the chipper table where I paw thru it thoroughly. Can't tell you how many times I've picked out a rock and held it up in someone's face (can't hear $hite over the chipper) to emphasize: you do not bring raked material to the chipper.
Its not 100% but we make a pile of rakings then use a 4 prong pitch fork to pick up the bigger bits that get put in the chipper (pitch forks or garden forks dont tend to pick up stones), rest gets shoveled into the truck.
