Scott in IN
Bronze Member
I just picked up a Goossen Chipper and Blower (after a friend noticed it along the side of the road with a "For Sale" sign) for $500. Once it was home I lubed up the bearings, reattached one of the plastic curtains and fired it up.
It shredded OK but the chipping wasn't so good. I checked out the manual and found that I probably had some dull knives. So I took the whole thing apart (which was necessary due to the blower) and found that one knife was broke in half and another was gouged pretty good.
Great... A new set of knives is around $127 so I asked my neighbor guy (who is a tool and die maker) if he could make me a knife. He said that he could (for free as I plow him out in the winter) but he'd have to use an oil hardening steel and it looked the original knives were made with high speed air hardening steel (A1 I think he said). Anyone see a problem with this and/or know where to get a cheaper set?
Lastly I'm missing two guards, part numbers:
#9 "Belt shield back"
#17 "PTO front belt shield"
As I want to get these replaced before I rip off an arm or something, can anyone measure theirs and post a picture of them so I can get the local sheet metal shop to make me up a set?
Thanks,
Scott
It shredded OK but the chipping wasn't so good. I checked out the manual and found that I probably had some dull knives. So I took the whole thing apart (which was necessary due to the blower) and found that one knife was broke in half and another was gouged pretty good.
Great... A new set of knives is around $127 so I asked my neighbor guy (who is a tool and die maker) if he could make me a knife. He said that he could (for free as I plow him out in the winter) but he'd have to use an oil hardening steel and it looked the original knives were made with high speed air hardening steel (A1 I think he said). Anyone see a problem with this and/or know where to get a cheaper set?
Lastly I'm missing two guards, part numbers:
#9 "Belt shield back"
#17 "PTO front belt shield"
As I want to get these replaced before I rip off an arm or something, can anyone measure theirs and post a picture of them so I can get the local sheet metal shop to make me up a set?
Thanks,
Scott