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Chuck and duck chipper, watch out for this beast.
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2019
- This is an old wood chipper from back before they put safety stops on these things. Definitely something you want to watch yourself around. They call these "Chuck and Duck" wood chippers because you don't want to be in-between the wood and the chipper when it starts to pull the wood into the chipper.
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I would agree with other comments suggesting that the knives are dull. It should not be that hard to get a limb to catch. If or when you get your knives sharpened, make sure that they come back the same "width", as you don't want longer knives taking bigger bites and shorter knives taking smaller bites (hard on the knives).
0:36 I would suggest that the wood chips should be coming out with much more force. I would suggest running the chipper at a higher ROM.
0:50 I would suggest that the chips should be much smaller. The wood chips that were just ejected seem far too big. There is a metal plate below the drum meant to limit the size of the wood chips coming out. I believe that it needs to be closer to the drum.
Just my $0.02. God bless.
Thank you for the info. Still working on this machine. Getting the knifes and bed knife sharpened and then working on getting the blade adjustment freed up before putting it all back together. :)
Looks like Spring is finally arriving there. Mulch is so useful for planting things... you did well with that!
Greenhouse is close to done and the mulch will work great in the grow beds. :)
"Arm Snatcher" is what we call them.. Never wear gloves with this kind of chipper, they can get caught and you lose an arm..
Gotta be careful but it's a crazy good chipper. :)
Your blade are dull if you had sharp blades and bed plate and cutter bar set right you would chip those flat pine boards no problem
So I'm new to chilling anything, is the bed plate the plate that sets the thickness of the chips that you cut? and its supposed to be sharp? if we are talking about the same thing the plate thats fixed to the bed is rounded. Again I know nothing about this machine yet, haven't had a lot of time to read up on it, just using it around my property to mulch stuff up. When the property is basically clear I'm going to sell the chipper. Thanks for any knowledge you have about chippers. :)
I just got the same chipper. Same motor. How do you engage the clutch? Slowly at low idle? Its hard to keep it from moving down fast once you go and engage it. It makes the engine stop
I engage the clutch slowly at a little above idle. I treat it just like I would treat a stick shift car, a little gas and slowly engage the clutch. If it will not engage the clutch without killing the motor check to see it the chipper drum spins freely by taking the belts off and turning the drum pully by hand.
Hope it's still treating you well
Havent had it running in a while but it does great. :)
Looks similar to the early seventies chipper more chipper
Interesting, Thanks for watching. :)
Very nice machine.
Thank you. It will come in handy cleaning up our property. :)
Is that a Fitchburg? I saw these before with a tree service where I live. They had the same feed table, same V8 engine, but they were orange and had no blower. I spent many summers watching these things.
This machine has been repainted a few times by the look of it. :)
Never put your clip back on top in a chuck n duck. I made that mistake as a apprentice and got throughly reamed out when the chipper ate it... I thought it could never do that but chuck n duck get wild sometimes.
This thing is kinda nuts. In the middle of going through it now. Having the blades sharpened and a tune up. :)
Bro, we used to toss large branches in. She sucked'em down with a quickness.
Those blades are toast it seems
I figured it should chew branches way faster. :)
2 grand is a steal! Great price.
I couldn't believe it when I saw it online. Had to get out there fast. lol :)
What online site did you find your chipper on please?
I have a similar Fitchburg chipper that I would like to list for sale.
Thanks!
Nice👍👍👍👍
Thank you for watching. :)
hay koality what you probably need to do is turn your bottom ware plate to a sharp edge and get it adjusted so the knives are about .10-.12 thousands of a inch gape i like to use a business card to set the gape it works perfect and it should take slabwood no problem with sharp knives ok.
Thank you. Kinda hard to find someone that has used an older machine like this one. I need to get the blades sharpened including the ware plate, should work much better then. Thanks for watching. :)
@@KoalityofLife not a problem. if you were local to me in Michigan I'd come out and show you how to adjust the knifes and the anvil as well. not really too hard to do just takes a little bit to do tho that's all. there are some videos on here but there not showing the full scale on how to do it but gives you a general idea on how it's done the rest you should be able to figure out with a little time and passcents tho
@@jeromyw385xp Not quite neighbors. I live in the PNW but thanks. I'm sure I can figure it out if it ever gets to the top of the project list. lol Thanks again. :)
Is there a belt tensioner adjustment on this type of chipper? Thanks, wolf
The tensioner is under the chipper. You will see a bolt that slides the whole chipper unit back. :)
The setting of the knives and bed knife make all the difference. You get it set right it'll eat a 75 lb limb no problem. Won't even bog it down much
So the bed knife is the stationary piece of steel that sits vertically at the exit of the drum correct. Is it supposed to be sharp like the drum blades? Still learning about chippers. :)
@@KoalityofLife there's differences in different makes and models. The Vermeer 1600 chippers were supposed to be set with long knives and short bedknives. With a clearance of 1/16 an inch. Asplundh whisper chippers or more or less the same. Honestly for me it's bloody hell finding anyone solid to work on them
@@bman6065 I had someone tell me that I need to sharpen the bedknife but it doesn't look like it was ever sharp. It's kinda rounded. Just don't know if I need to sharpen it and if so what angle? :)
@@KoalityofLife it should be sharply squared not rounded. Might need to flip it or just get a new one depending on wear. If you can find a mechanic in your area familiar with them it'd be your best bet. Unless you can find the specific torque specs for your machine. Good luck!
@@bman6065 One thing I do have is all the owners manuals for the machine, one thing I wont find is a mechanic around my area, more less one familiar with a chipper. lol Both sides of the bed knife are rounded so I will have to do some research and find out what angle to sharpen it to. Thanks for your time answering my question and thanks for watching. :)
Just curious, what kind of hp do those 330s put out? I saw specs like 137-170 hp, but I thought that was too much for a machine like this.
I know it is a V8 so I'm guessing it has around 150 HP but I really don't know how much it has. :)
@@KoalityofLife 150 hp? Wow. I see Altec chuck and ducks with the line clearing contractor, and some of those things have really weak engines like 49-65 hp Kubotas. Nothing like these old machines. The older Altecs and Bandit 1690's have around 120hp.
@@allmyrealfriends2095 Just a guess on the HP. I would figure a V8 would put out about that much. I would think the newer stuff wouldn't need as much HP because of the technological advances, auto feed systems and better chipping systems. For the price of the newer systems I would hope they were better than this old thing. lol :)
oh no if your running between 140-170hp motors on avg that's perfect size for these style chippers. I've seen them up to 200hp plus with diesel motors. the new ones that have auto feed hydraulics on them and are bulky as hell have a much a 300-400hp motors in them.
My 300 six cylinder ford runs 114 to 122 hp in my early seventies chipper more chipper
How many cylinders?
It's powered by a Ford 330 HD V8. :)
That thing is a MEAT EATER for sure !!! 😂 Definitely limb up before running wood. It will help prevent any human snags. Check your manual for optimal rpm and let that thing eat ✌️
Thanks for watching. :)
No more so than a hydraulic self feeder
That is one dull chipper.
It was in need of a sharpening for sure. :)
The blades are dull
It came with 3 sets of blades but they all need sharpening, problem is finding a place that sharpens these blades out here in the middle of nowhere. lol :)
I used to run a chipper the same as that, if the blades are sharp there will be no poking to get the wood to catch. One touch and it’s gone. Btw if you glove gets caught don’t try to save it.
@@mitchstephen5491 This chipper has been slightly modified, the spring loaded bed at the entrance of the drum has been welded in place because the springs broke and the previous owner couldn't find new springs. I don't know how much it will affect the machine but I'm sure sharp blades will make it chip faster. The one thing the previous owner told me was to watch out and not get caught by a branch as it gets sucked into the chipper, there is no cut off switch. Super careful when operating this machine. :)