Chipper Question

[BlackSmith]

Borrowed a chipper today, a Model 150 Brush Bandit. Nice machine. Anyway, to feed it you push the control bar forward and pull the control bar to reverse the feed. I used a smaller chipper before and I'm thinking the control bar on it was reverse from this one. Anybody know if this Bandit is working properly?

 

[SkwerI]

Sounds like it's backwards to me.

 

[sotc]

Probably the hoses were put on in reverse order. Easy

 

[stehansen]

Yeah. You should push it to reverse the rollers.

 

[sotc]

You will want to change them over a dirt road as dirt roads filter the oil better than concrete and asphalt

 

[Thor's Hammer]

In Europe, they all work that way. If your getting dragged into a chipper, much easier to yank the bar to reverse it.

 

[stig]

Say what?
All the chippers I've owned ( and admittedly they've all been the same brand : TP) have had a middle position for intake, a forward position for STOP!!! and a pulled back position for " spit the climber out, please".

The idea being that if you are dragged into the chipper and hit the bar, the intake rollers stop.

 

[stig]

Something just occured to me.
Did I just become a victim to British humour??

 

[PCTREE]

I changed the way my morbark is set up as I got tired of constantly having to get off of the wheel loader when a piece of brush pushed the bar and reversed the feed. IMO if you are getting pulled into the chipper it is natural reaction to push on the bar though to push yourself away from the thing. No big deal though just preference unless someone gets hurt and OSHA gets involved........

 

[MasterBlaster]

I think it's more of a natural reaction to PULL, not push.

 

[SkwerI]

Which is why they have those stupid dangley safety cables hanging inside the feed chute. :roll:
I wonder if there has ever been a single documented case of those things ever actually working? I would guess no.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Those cables are silly, for sure.

 

[dastevoe]

I'm no "tree guy" ,but if I'm heading for those blades I'm going to be clawing & pulling as best I can to get out so pushing the bar to reverse it seem logical to me.

Steve

 

[MasterBlaster]

That DOES make sense!

 

[Tree Reb]

You have chippers with reverse over there.


Just kidding, I had one like this once.

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First one I ever used was like that, late 60's. Don't know what brand it was, but it was a V8 and I couldn't feed it fast enough.

 

[PCTREE]

I think the whole push or pull thing comes down to if you are getting drug into something that will kill you you will push with all your strength to get free from it, not pull. However for chipping brush which is what it is designed for it makes more sense to reverse it as brush going into the chipper is more likely to push the bar than pull.......

 

[bruce6670]

Pulling to feed makes sense to me. I've never used a chipper that was push to feed. Seems awkward unless your feeding with a machine. Then it would make sense.

 

[squisher]

Push to reverse is how they come from the factory, on Bandits that is. It's that way on my 250 and on the 1250 I've used.

 

[brendonv]

Good idea Paul, for machine loading.

At this point I've used them "normal" so long it'd drive me nuts.

 

[Fruitbowl]

Push to reverse on my Vermeer 1400xl. Natural reaction is to push away from something that was pulling you to your death.

 

[BlackSmith]

Thanks for the replies. I'll advise the owner. Neither of us are tree professionals, that's why I asked. Thanks again.

 

[HolmenTree]

Push to reverse on my Vermeer 1400xl. Natural reaction is to push away from something that was pulling you to your death.

Even on my smaller 2060 Morbark if I got my hand caught in the feed roller inside the chute there is no way I could reach the bar control, so I would be left with my free hand to pull one of the two cables.
Now getting my foot caught is a different story but then I've never used my foot to push brush .

Willard.

 

[sotc]

I tell the guys to feed from the side, then you at least have a chance to hit the bar with your body to reverse

 

[Newfie]

Which is next to impossible to do Willie when you are trying to kick things in!

 

[sotc]

I bet!