Thought you lot might appreciate this well kept older chipper I picked up today. I always have large brush piles around the property to burn and it takes forever so I thought a chipper would cut down on my brush problem. This one can handle 3” branches apparently and the 8hp Briggs runs beautifully. The Briggs powers a large spinning drum and flywheel via a very simplistic belt clutch. The drum is covered in flail knives and the flywheel has two chipper blades on it. Most small chippers seem to have just the flywheel with both blades on the side and knives around the outer portion of the flywheel. I think this tomahawk style with the drum and flywheel is better for feeding material down the hopper because it allows for a much larger opening for the material to drop into, causing less clogging and faster feeding.
Tomorrow I’m gonna change the oil and sharpen all the knives and blades. After that it’ll be time to vaporize some brush!
Tomorrow I’m gonna change the oil and sharpen all the knives and blades. After that it’ll be time to vaporize some brush!