Done it once too, with a Maasdam rope puller, pulling uphill a 1.5 ton chipper on the grass. The chipper was very nose heavy and the tongue-jack mounted wheel kept sinking in the dirt, maxing out the Maasdam. I had to operate the Maasdam mounted near the coupler, while holding the heavy tongue...
Be careful. If the set screws are too short now, it's more likely that the blades themselves are too short, too much sharpenings. You can continue to push them out, but I fear that it will reduce the clamping force, or at least the surface of clamping and modify the clamping's leverage... The...
Take care to not make an edge in the chute, or it can clog almost instantaneously when a chunck/twig jams on it.
Verify the play in the bearings to be sure the gap stays in the specs during use.
That's a major point by its own.
Yesterday my small chipper spilled all its oil by the filter's gasket. From the corner of my eyes, I saw something moving on the filter. Bubbles ... What ??? bubbles ???
Luckily, it was just at the end of the day, the end of the limb's stack, and on a forestry...
Against the throwbacks, yes, but it's a royal pain in the ass to feed the limbs/wood throw them.
You can bet that every little stub/twig will catch a ring of the chains, coming in or out (to maneuver to excape the first stop).
It has to be heavy to have some effect, so you fight it constantly...
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