So i played around with my chipper that i thought had a bad injector and got it running pretty good again. My question is you have a few adjustments on them, and they perform much better when adjusted right. I have a manual somewhere, no idea where. From what i can tell the feed rate is controlled by the drum to anvil adjustment, and then the blades are adjusted to 30 to 50 thousandths? What settings/ procedures do you guys use to tune them up?
My machine is clearly out of whack (and probably always was, be nice I'm part time), but i watch that video and notice that it is feeding much much slower than mine. With mine, as soon as it hits the wheel, it's in the truck. On the video it is feeding almost calmly, and handling "large diameter" stuff without spitting it back out. Supposedly a 12" chipper like mine should do 6" stuff, but mine simply spits 3" on up right back most of the time. I'm going to order new blades and an anvil, but i know there's a way to set these up where they pull the material in and take a small enough bite to not stall the motor.... With other older equipment sometimes you can set them up "out of spec" and they actually perform safer and better, and if anyone could help me it would be the guys at the treehouse! Thanks in advance.
My machine is clearly out of whack (and probably always was, be nice I'm part time), but i watch that video and notice that it is feeding much much slower than mine. With mine, as soon as it hits the wheel, it's in the truck. On the video it is feeding almost calmly, and handling "large diameter" stuff without spitting it back out. Supposedly a 12" chipper like mine should do 6" stuff, but mine simply spits 3" on up right back most of the time. I'm going to order new blades and an anvil, but i know there's a way to set these up where they pull the material in and take a small enough bite to not stall the motor.... With other older equipment sometimes you can set them up "out of spec" and they actually perform safer and better, and if anyone could help me it would be the guys at the treehouse! Thanks in advance.