Greenclimber
ArboristSite Operative
My chipper infeed is 12x17" and is ratted for 12". It will feed larger wood if I cut the wood at a 45 degree angle as I don't have a lift cylinder.
My chipper is pretty good on long wood and bush. However with smaller short stuff it leaves lot of little vampire looking spikes and it won't feed. Today I had like 6 pieces behind the in-feed rollers and it stopped feeding all together. Just seemed jammed and I smelled smoke. This happens often. I had to reverse the feed wheels and all these little short vampire looking spikes came out. Is this normal with disc chippers that feed on a 45 degree? Or am I needing to sharpen my knives or maybe adjust my anvil? I keep the knives sharp/dressed with a little knife sharpener that bandit sells...
Also, my top feed roller will get stuck and stop moving several times through out the day when I am chipping. I think I need a new motor because I've already tightened the hydraulic belt which was quite loose and even switched the hoses from the bottom motor to the top motor. Tightening the belt seemed to help a huge amount for the first half the day, but then it went back to normal and now I really can't tell much of a difference on my 2nd day in. Sometimes it will stop on little small 2-3" brush, sometimes on larger 6-8". It is pretty frustrating.
I have a woodchuck WC/17... It is like a bandit 200 clone.
Also, dead dry wood not as easy to chip as live... (normal I think)
My chipper is pretty good on long wood and bush. However with smaller short stuff it leaves lot of little vampire looking spikes and it won't feed. Today I had like 6 pieces behind the in-feed rollers and it stopped feeding all together. Just seemed jammed and I smelled smoke. This happens often. I had to reverse the feed wheels and all these little short vampire looking spikes came out. Is this normal with disc chippers that feed on a 45 degree? Or am I needing to sharpen my knives or maybe adjust my anvil? I keep the knives sharp/dressed with a little knife sharpener that bandit sells...
Also, my top feed roller will get stuck and stop moving several times through out the day when I am chipping. I think I need a new motor because I've already tightened the hydraulic belt which was quite loose and even switched the hoses from the bottom motor to the top motor. Tightening the belt seemed to help a huge amount for the first half the day, but then it went back to normal and now I really can't tell much of a difference on my 2nd day in. Sometimes it will stop on little small 2-3" brush, sometimes on larger 6-8". It is pretty frustrating.
I have a woodchuck WC/17... It is like a bandit 200 clone.
Also, dead dry wood not as easy to chip as live... (normal I think)