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Sean...I assume you are addressing Carl about that being a big rig? You don't mean my BC935 do you?

Here is how we are dealing with logs now:

What is a "BB"? I know I am starting to look at trees differently now that I have a chipper. I rode by a massive canopied sweetgum today that we had bid 2 years ago...the deal was we would have to leave the debris on site in their wooded area since we had no chipper and didn't plan to rent...

I appreciate it, Stephen, but my pig chipper was a 12"...this 936 is 9". I hate to go down to a 6". We fed the 935 some 6-8" logs today and it burped a bit but that was all. Carl...This 935 is coming in at $6k...that's a good price point for me. It looks rough but seems to perform well.

Horizontal ones only, Stephen. Is yours a 935....I know you just got one but I don't remember the model. Carl...maybe I am nuts...you have chippers under $10K? Let me know if you do...this is not a done deal yet. Heck, I thought you were selling high dollar Gehls, Terex's, etc...not little...

Jim...good eye. Supposedly the lights do work...but it is a small cylindrical plug like I have not seen before. Alex plans to convert it to the round 6 blade we normally use.. Engine is diesel, Deutz, 3 cylinder. Cranks right up, seems to run strong.

I'll probably Craiglist my pig chipper...maybe someone wants the engine...or something.

OK...my original chipper IS a pig in a poke. Last year my brother in law borrowed it...he's good with machinery so I didn't mind loaning it to him. He noticed the drum bearing starting to glow as the sun set and shut down the chipper. Alex and I started the process of replacing them and...

So it seems my prototype chipper (per Vermeer) is a bit of a pig in a poke. No anvils/bed knives are available. I had the machine shop next door use the one good anvil as a guide and we now have a full set of four. The knife blades came in yesterday so we are ready to assemble and try it out...

I took pictures to explain...I'll DL them soon.

Thanks for the tips on the metal and anit-sieze. There are two anvils now that have to be heated to get them out.

They told me my chipper is one of only a few (maybe the only?) prototype...Per Josh at Vermeer Corporate, we have a BC1200 (older) model...probably ser. no. 109 or 122 (eventually found I have SN 122). There were only 262 BC1200's made and only two sold in GA. SN 109 was sold to Trescon Corp...

I'll check with Alex...he did the hands-on and will have a good feel for it. Thanks for chiming in. BED time for me, mister.

They hold the blade to the drum...Alex actually removed that one (the other two have to be heated to get them off) but they are on the drum. I think you must use them to squeeze the blades down to control the depth of the cutting surface. I am pretty sure the thickness is 3/8 inch. I figure...

OK, I might officially need some help. I found out today (it has taken weeks to get this far with Vermeer) that my chipper is a BC1200...it was one of the prototypes Vermeer made (the local Vermeer dealer has been talking to Vermeer in Iowa...as have I). It was built on a 16" frame, like the...

Good tips, Kirk, on feeding the beast...and on metal fatigue, AL. Alex has alrlealdy welded some places...we'll see how they do. Crazy, Tucker, on the tire going bye-bye...that happened to my son in his 1967 Bronco a few years back...the tire passed him on driver's side, crossed incoming...

Good tip on new bolts...we have one anvil now that will have to be heated or drilled out to remove...anti-seize is good idea, too. Another good thing to do with bamboo is burn it...it explodes wonderfully..big pieces are awesome booms.

Thanks, guys....good info on Ford and knives. My son is monitoring this thread, too...he is doing most of the hands-on work to resurrect it so this is all very welcome info. He's been able to remove 3 knives and anvils...one is going to require heat it seems. He has also welded some tears in...

No oinkin', barkin' or meowin' yet...I'll let you know. 10-4 on getting it right before going from impulse to warp drive! I don't want Scotty to be screaming, "She cain't take it, Captain!!!" I spoke to Vermeer today. They are working to help ID what I have..told me how to determine if...

haha...I thought everybody grew up hearing that expression!! From Wikipedia: The idioms pig in a poke and sell a pup (or buy a pup) refer to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce, but cats and dogs (puppies) were not.[1][2][3] The idiom pig in a poke can...