Chipper Build Thread

[Mick!]

No, they drink coffee, when I bring out my thermos and explain that I must drink tea like a good Englishman they nod their heads approvingly. They're happy they've got a genuine Anglais on the job!

 

[Thor's Hammer]

I drink enough tea to float a large boat. Only earl Grey though.

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[Thor's Hammer]

And I'd get more work done if the queen wasn't constantly bothering me

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[Mick!]

Oops bit of a derail.

I was thinking about this today, I would have thought a combine harvester would have more horsepower than 80 to 100,
They seem like massive machines.

 

[Cobleskill]

Could go back to an older model. It looks like a generator instead of an alternator on it.

 

[pantheraba]

And I'd get more work done if the queen wasn't constantly bothering me

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I finally had to tell her to "bugger off".

Did I get that right?

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Definitely an older model. But very low hours. New versions of those engines with a turbo are 150hp

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[Mick!]

Ah, thanks.

 

[Peter]

It is an older engine. Wet air filter, old style oil filter, no coolant header tank. No electronics either.

 

[cory]

I always figured the money was great in the UK. How else could you afford to stop for tea like eight times a day?

It is an older engine. Wet air filter, old style oil filter, no coolant header tank. No electronics either.

That sucker will probably run for more or less ever.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sweet build Peter. Nice work to Ed. I would love a set up like that.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Did I ask or miss the reply about gross weight, dry weight capacity on that truck?

 

[Peter]

Yes and yes.

18 tonne gross, 9 tonne unladen.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

Thanks.

 

[biggun]

Nice build thread Pete. Nice cuttin Ed.

It does look a sweet setup. Rig and chipper. Compat enough to do most smaller jobs with ease but with enough muscle to power through on the large jobs.

I just wish some of the company owners I graft for had the same foresight.

Well done.

 

[High Scale]

Skills!

I wish you lived closer I need a new back on my Iveco and find it hard to trust any fabricator around here.

 

[Peter]

Complete new body or strip to flat and new sides?

 

[FireFighterZero]

High level of craftsmanship on all those pictures.

I love it.

 

[Raj]

My cutting torch lives at Peters house these days.

Do you guys have contracts for the bottles? In my area we have them, I've since converted to the smaller bottles with no contract.

 

[High Scale]

It's got a ghastly transit bed on it, which copes, but I'm not happy with it, I need a box built really, for the chip, bigger, better positioned ram, ect.

It's a strong truck though, pulls like a train, it just needs a sweet rear.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Have welder, will travel.....

 

[pantheraba]

 

[Peter]

It's got a ghastly transit bed on it, which copes, but I'm not happy with it, I need a box built really, for the chip, bigger, better positioned ram, ect.

It's a strong truck though, pulls like a train, it just needs a sweet rear.

If you could live with the existing floor and tipping gear, ally plank is pretty straightforward to work with. I've done a couple of trucks in plank now, they look pretty smart and only need bolts and rivets.

 

[SouthSoundTree-]

yo, Levi----> thread bump re: grapple truck.

 

[treebilly]

I missed quite a bit of this thread somehow. I'd like to see a pic of how it dumps as well. Just an awesome setup.