dmartin88
Gold Member
Picked up my new Woods chipper today and spent the afternoon using it, no pictures yet. This thing can really chew up the wood. Using it mainly to clear up a lot of brush on my lot so probably not working it very hard yet. I decided to go with a unit with a 5 inch capability knowing that I'll prbably never use it. Mostly poplar, some oak, only had one time where I tried to let it self feed a 4 inch piece of oack about 10 foot long and the unit bogged down badly.
Runing the BX at about 2900 rpm, only concern so far is that when I engage the pto, almost stalls the tractor. I tried to start like I would a brush hog with lower rpms but stalled the tractor one time. Went ahead and upped the rpm, then engaged the pto and although it bogged down, it was soon up to speed.
I was clearing a path and left the pto engaged as I moved 20 feet or so to get closer to the brush piles since I didn't like how it affected the engine when starting and stopping the shaft.
Does it surprise anyone that getting the 125 pound flywheel turning bogs down this tractor? Any cocern with moving with the pto engaged? I'm going to to try and adjust the legs a bit when the chipper is on the ground to see if I can get the pto shaft to run a bit straighter, I used it as it came from the dealer and wonder if that might make the start a little smoother.
Pictures when I get a chance, hopefully tomorrow.
Only downside so far is that you have to keep clearing the chip pile from the discharge area but so far, very satisfied!
Runing the BX at about 2900 rpm, only concern so far is that when I engage the pto, almost stalls the tractor. I tried to start like I would a brush hog with lower rpms but stalled the tractor one time. Went ahead and upped the rpm, then engaged the pto and although it bogged down, it was soon up to speed.
I was clearing a path and left the pto engaged as I moved 20 feet or so to get closer to the brush piles since I didn't like how it affected the engine when starting and stopping the shaft.
Does it surprise anyone that getting the 125 pound flywheel turning bogs down this tractor? Any cocern with moving with the pto engaged? I'm going to to try and adjust the legs a bit when the chipper is on the ground to see if I can get the pto shaft to run a bit straighter, I used it as it came from the dealer and wonder if that might make the start a little smoother.
Pictures when I get a chance, hopefully tomorrow.
Only downside so far is that you have to keep clearing the chip pile from the discharge area but so far, very satisfied!