Chuck n Duck

[maggies dad]

I have an older wisper chipper with a 300 ford in it, it is getting all new gauges,head, paint ect. My question is what rpm do yall(if any of yall still run one) run these at. The gauges have been messed up since I got it, so im not positive where to run it at. If I can make it last a year my plan is to buy a diesel chipper with hydrolic feed.
Thanks

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey, Maggie's Dad! Welcome to the TreeHouse! Somebody'll pipe up with something, I don't know squat about RPMs.

 

[NeTree]

2300 rpm, as I recall.

I actually like a chuck'n'duck,

 

[simplypete]

I liked mine for about a year then sold it for what I was into it. Not sure on the rpm thing.

 

[Bounce]

If I remember correctly, you want the RPM high enough to just about rip your fingers off if you don't let go of the branch quick enough.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hahahahahaaa.

 

[squisher]

That sounds about right. I don't miss my bloodletter one bit.

Welcome to The Treehouse, sorry no help on the rpm. No workable gauges ever on mine.

 

[Greenhorn]

wfo

 

[NeTree]

I know y'all think I'm nuts, but I MISS my c'n'd.

If you set things right... they aren't a bother to feed, at all.

 

[C. Kirk]

I miss my vermeer 1600 c-n-d to. I ran my at full throttle when chipping. No rpm gage .

 

[flushcut]

Those things scare me I ran once and only once. It is amazing watching a limb just vanish but I like my feed wheels.

 

[NeTree]

Wuss.

 

[maggies dad]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I like the chipper, I just would hate to have it suck someone thru it. I cant find regular help so I dont have someone that I trust to not try and take a nap on the feed table. At least that is the reason I give my wife for looking at a newer "safer" chipper. Yall be safe and have a good one.

 

[thattreeguy]

welcome maggies dad, 2200 to 2500 max rpm's

 

[Bounce]

I remember losing my shirt, glove, and hard hat to the old chuck and duck one day. I was stuffing in some long cedar branches that curve into a horeshoe shape, and the hook in the branch snapped around and caught me. It pulled so hard and fast that it ripped my shirt, glove, and hard hat right off my body and into the chipper. It was like one of those tricks where the guy yanks a tablecloth off without disturbing the plates and silverware on top.

 

[brendonv]

I cannot imagine running a Chuck and Duck. Young and spoiled I guess.

Welcome to the treehouse!

 

[NeTree]

Actually, all those stories of people getting pulled in always involve one of those "newer, safer" chippers. I have yet to hear a reliable account of a c'n'd pulling someone in to the same extent.

 

[maggies dad]

Thanks for the info, and the welcomes, I have been lurking around for awhile but never posted. Yall have a great thing going here, and I have really enjoyed lessons,stories ect.
Have a great day.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Make yourself at home!

 

[flushcut]

Wuss.

Maybe but I think I'll stick with my feed wheels.

 

[Ryan]

I remember losing my shirt, glove, and hard hat to the old chuck and duck one day. I was stuffing in some long cedar branches that curve into a horeshoe shape, and the hook in the branch snapped around and caught me. It pulled so hard and fast that it ripped my shirt, glove, and hard hat right off my body and into the chipper. It was like one of those tricks where the guy yanks a tablecloth off without disturbing the plates and silverware on top.

That description makes for a humorous image although I'm sure it wasn't a funny experience.

 

[Al Smith]

Ha you ought to see what a Ford 300 can do to a saw .'Taint pretty .

 

[flushcut]

That's got to be a mess.

 

[maggies dad]

That had to be nasty!

 

[Al Smith]

I wasn't witness to it but I saw the aftermath of the chipper at a welding shop .