Chipper Jinma chippers

[mrutkaus]

Dumb question: anybody tried BURNING chips in a wood stove? Is there any advangage?

Miike

 

[Willl]

A; Original shaft.
B; Original zerk.
C; Sacrificial socket.
D; Large washer.

 

[Willl]

Ready for install.

 

[maltpj]

Howdy, John ran across the chipper in EBAY that had the driveshaft in it...

eBay: Wood Chipper 6"dia. WC6 Cat.1 3pt 25-45HP Rating (item 170110767493 end time Jul-09-07 09:39:00 PDT)

The company that sells it says it has parts on hand to sell, so I would contact them. There is already a link somewhere on this site to a video on U-Tube of a chipper that was modified with a stronger/longer driveshaft than what is on this unit on EBAY, something simular to what you want to do. You're right, the farther you can get away from the roller the less angle you end up on the universals. The mod that is on U-Tube has an idler pulley to keep the belt from rubbing on the old gearbox platform, but I plan on cutting the old platform off and will make my own farther out, maybe someday...............

Hello Guys,
That company (BETST) had on one on ebay "Buy now ($1349)" or "Best Offer", so I offered $1200 and they took it. Shipping to Jacksonville Fl. was $345 so all was $1545. Not bad considering everyone else wants $1500 and up for them. Also as far as I'm concerned (my oppinion) they are all the same units with minor changes.

Keith at BETST said they been getting them from china for about 15 yrs and the manufacturer has made design changes on requested from BETST. I think people are miss interrupting the they clam the they designed the whole chipper rather than just the improvements.

Anyone looking for one I suggest trying "Best Offer" on ebay with this company on ebay.... who knows maybe thay will take less?

I'll give an update when I get it.

 

[hill]

Hello Guys,
That company (BETST) had on one on ebay "Buy now ($1349)" or "Best Offer", so I offered $1200 and they took it. Shipping to Jacksonville Fl. was $345 so all was $1545. Not bad considering everyone else wants $1500 and up for them. Also as far as I'm concerned (my oppinion) they are all the same units with minor changes.

Keith at BETST said they been getting them from china for about 15 yrs and the manufacturer has made design changes on requested from BETST. I think people are miss interrupting the they clam the they designed the whole chipper rather than just the improvements.

Anyone looking for one I suggest trying "Best Offer" on ebay with this company on ebay.... who knows maybe thay will take less?

I'll give an update when I get it.

I've got one from Bestco also, and although I was ready to deal with the driveline and blade adjustment issues I found that their version already comes with a two universal joint feeder driveline instead of the ball and socket thingie. It also has a big lever that raises and lowers the feed roller to facilitate taking bites of different sized stuff. That lever can be pressed down to increase pressure of the roller on the material whenever it is slow to draw the stuff in. I welded on an extra foot or so to make it easier for my wife to push the lever down, but that was just a personal touch and wasn't necessary to the machine operation.

I did have to adjust the blades.

I removed the footpedal and the overhead bar that disconnected the driveline, and put a handle on the operating lever for that that is easier to find and use.

YES, it chips!! It's eaten everything we've fed it including branches, blackberry vines, brush, and various other yard mess. I've had to stop for a few short periods to clear wet vinelike material from around the feedroller drum and it's been a piece of cake each time.

Overall it's just awesome.

 

[chuck4389]

This thread has been rather quiet for the past month. I just bought a Jinma
chipper on ebay through Globe inc. I am going to LA tomorrow to pick it up. I'll keep you posted on how things progress, and thanks in advance for the helpful inputs.

 

[chuck4389]

Well, got the chipper home in my Dakota pickup. It fit with a few inches to spare but it sure did make the truck squat down. 350 miles later at home it took all three tractors to unload it. the Kubota on one side, Yanmar on the other and the Deere grader blade resting on the 3PH of the Yanmar for ballast. We were able to lift it up just enough to clear the bed of the truck, then I drove the truck out from under it. It took the wife & I about 5 hours to assemble it, could have been less if there were any coherent assembly instructions. The assembly manual, as previously noted, contains mostly safety notices.

Now the problem. . . . the power input shaft is about 4 inches higher than the pto shaft on the tractor. Looks like the only thing to do is to torch 4 inches off the base of the chipper.

Does anybody have any other ideas?

 

[JerryK]

Well, got the chipper home in my Dakota pickup. It fit with a few inches to spare but it sure did make the truck squat down. 350 miles later at home it took all three tractors to unload it. the Kubota on one side, Yanmar on the other and the Deere grader blade resting on the 3PH of the Yanmar for ballast. We were able to lift it up just enough to clear the bed of the truck, then I drove the truck out from under it. It took the wife & I about 5 hours to assemble it, could have been less if there were any coherent assembly instructions. The assembly manual, as previously noted, contains mostly safety notices.

Now the problem. . . . the power input shaft is about 4 inches higher than the pto shaft on the tractor. Looks like the only thing to do is to torch 4 inches off the base of the chipper.

Does anybody have any other ideas?

I would save the original heavy sheet metal base pieces and build me a new one out of angle iron and treated wood [skids, couple pieces of old RR timbers or something like that]. You could make it longer than the original [extend it under the chute some]so it would keep the unit from tipping. There is no problem making it lower, as long as you keep the pully/belt assembly up off the ground. Lower would also make it a little easier feeding the bigger pieces. Good luck ! , Jerry

PS: I just used mine to chip the tops of three trees last week. It works pretty good and chunk/chunk/chunk/chunks stuff up pretty fast. But nothing like a commercial drum chipper, where you throw a big limb in and 'eeeeeeaaaaannnnt', it's gone. Fast enough for us old retired guys...

 

[JerryK]

Here is a picture of a 65' [most of mine are 80'er's] beech I pulled down with cable/chains/come-along last week. I chipped up everything smaller than about 4".

 

[ToddW]

Now the problem. . . . the power input shaft is about 4 inches higher than the pto shaft on the tractor. Looks like the only thing to do is to torch 4 inches off the base of the chipper.

Does anybody have any other ideas?

Which tractor are you trying to use it on?

/Todd