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Old 2nd November 2007, 05:42 AM   #30 (permalink)
Tree Machine
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Indianapolis
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Default primary chipper modification

That's one of the beauties of the 6" model. You uncouple, swing the machine 90 (or more) degrees one way, rotate the discharge chute back the other way to the truck. I do this all the time. It's either rotate the machine once, or turn every single limb.

I find this most useful in certain driveways lined with a fence. Back in, turn the machine so the infeed pan faces the open gate instead of you and the brush coming through the gate, and then turning all the brush a quarter turn to feed it. Side-feed machine, no need for a turntable, plus it allows you to pass between the chipper and the back of the truck without having to repetitively step over the tongue. Significant on jobs where you're parked for extended periods.

It's a small chipper. You need to extract all the benefits it has to offer in terms of efficiency to make up for the diminished capacity. Pointing the infeed at the drop zone can save significant effort in some instances.

I can't express enough, the importance of the front rolling caster wheel jack. It was one of my first modifications, one that I use just about every day. It's one of those features that's uniquely 6" as any bigger chipper is too heavy to move about by hand. This was the primary reason I chose a 6" model.

Here's a couple random images from a number of years ago expressing that.
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