Whoops!! Saw vs. Chipper

[Tree Trimmer]

Guess who won?

Background: They left this 2 month old 346xp in the chute and went to lunch. When they got back, they fired up the chipper, got ready to chip and ...

 

[BostonBull]

That is absolutely AWESOME!!! I have alwys wanted to see/hear what that would sound like. Was there a fire from the gas?

Who had the sad task of going through the chips to find all those little pieces?

 

[Redbull]

WOW!I would be pi$$ed if one of my guys did that. I'd be even more pi$$ed if I did that!

 

[begleytree]

I've seen that done with a metal 2 gal gas can-bad, and a stack of 4 24" traffic cones-worse. The cones went 1/2 through a drum chipper, talk about seriously stuck!

Running a saw through one would su(k bigtime.
-Ralph

 

[Tree Trimmer]

Who had the sad task of going through the chips to find all those little pieces?

The owner. He said he would have been pi$$ed if it weren't "one of the coolest things I've ever seen". It was one of those "just as I turned around" things. He got to see the whole thing and said the chipper didn't even flinch; it was just LOUD. After new knives and bolts, it was back to business as usual.

All in all it was a $965 lesson, hopefully learned.

TT

 

[Old Monkey]

Well I guess it can't be a parts saw now. How about a bits saw?

 

[skwerl]

I'd get some glue and make a mosaic to frame and hang on the office wall. Lookit all the pretty colors!

 

[xander9727]

Never had a saw go through........I did have a mentally challenged employee run the winch cable in though .........He doesn't work here anymore.:bang:

 

[Newfie]

I wonder if that's covered under warranty?

 

[NeTree]

I'm all "choked" up.

 

[Tree Frog]

Wow, that is actually pretty darn funny. Kinda like seeing someone fall down and laughing after you know they are a right.

 

[Newfie]

I'm all "choked" up.

Bite me wise guy.


Your christmas card came back undeliverable.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

We had an 026 go through. It's like the chipper knows how useless 50cc saws are.

 

[vharrison2]

Wow, who took the blame on that one?

 

[NYCHA FORESTER]

I would not use that chipper until you had the disc inspected..... I remember about 7 years ago a crew working for the Care of Trees had a disc break in two while in operation...... they said it sounded like a bomb went off! If I recall correctly one piece (60% of the pie) was thrown 30 or 40'. The other piece was over 60'.... One of the fellas was a new groundman.... "he never came back"....just walked off the job..scared the holy crap out of them....I believe it was a brush bandit. They (brush bandit) claim that a metal object weakend the disc in the area of the knives and that It was just a matter of time before catastrophic failure.

The chipper looked like it was hit by a bomb also........absolutely ripped to shreds....they were extremely lucky nobody got killed.

 

[vharrison2]

That is GREAT advise.

 

[Tree Trimmer]

The 12X is a drum chipper. He took it to the dealer and they told him what was needed for it to be safe again.

They were chipping again by the next morning.

TT

 

[kf_tree]

back when woodsman first came out my machine had those disposable knives in it. my ground man heard it wizz by his head as it broke and came flying out.

i also was doing a bunch of work on my chipper once, replaceing clutch changeing filters blades etc. i forgot i removed the bolts from the anvil to flip and started the machine and engaged the clutch. talk about a racket.....it blew the anvil right through the chute.

 

[kf_tree]

thats a perfect example of how terrible a woodsman chips. a bandit or morbark would have made much finer chips.

 

[Toneman]

Chipper 1 346xp 0