Chipper Scored a used BX62 Wallenstein

[oosik]

The OEM Grade 8 shear bolts were very fancy. Highly machined with a grove in the middle. For easier shearing - ??? I used standard Grade 5 machine bolts with Nylock nuts.

 

[oosik]

One other "trick" I do. I only use the chipper for a month or so in the spring. When all my pines have been chipped - the chipper goes into storage in one bay of my carport. I LIBERALLY coat each of the four knife blades in a very thick coating of grease. So far, after eight years, no rust on any of the blades. View attachment 638021

 

[Boondox]

I also have one. I bought new. Shear bolts are 10mm, but I use 3/8", easier to find/buy. I found mine does not like grape vines. It plugged up, so I no longer try to chip them.
I bolted 4x4s to the skids to make it sit higher for less drive shaft angle.

I do not have the manual and have not yet found a shear bolt. I assumed it used a slip clutch PTO shaft. I found two zerk fittings but where exactly is the shear bolt?

 

[Boondox]

Had one, sold it last year. Roasting sticks is a lot less arduous than chipping them. Quicker too.

I used burn piles for years and find nothing easy about them. Gathering branches from all over the property, letting them dry a couple months while they were always in my way, waiting for conditions safe for a burn, then tending the fire all day, often stretching into two or three days. Never found that process enjoyable

 

[oosik]

The OEM PTO shaft that came with mine has a shear bolt. It's built in to the U-joint on one end of the PTO shaft. The Op Manual talks about replacing the shear bolt. Nothing is mentioned about a slip clutch.

 

[Boondox]

The OEM PTO shaft that came with mine has a shear bolt. It's built in to the U-joint on one end of the PTO shaft. The Op Manual talks about replacing the shear bolt. Nothing is mentioned about a slip clutch.

Thanks. The seller needed the PTO shaft for another implement so I have to source one.

 

[oldballs]

I don't think Chippers utilize a Slip-Clutch. As I understand it, a chipper doesn't need one.....just a straight PTO shaft with a shear bolt on the tractor side.

cheers,
Mike

 

[oosik]

I suggest a local dealer that sells Wallenstein. They can get the exact PTO shaft that's compatible with your BX62S. Just for your info - I bought my unit eight years ago - brand new. It was $4500 from the local Kubota dealer. Dam right - you got a great deal!!

 

[dragoneggs]

I used burn piles for years and find nothing easy about them. Gathering branches from all over the property, letting them dry a couple months while they were always in my way, waiting for conditions safe for a burn, then tending the fire all day, often stretching into two or three days. Never found that process enjoyable

Hmmm... I find my burn pile ritual theraputic and quite enjoy it. I burn a couple times a year. Spring/Fall. Yes I have to orchestrate the timing with weather/dryness of pile and work around the burn ban season. But I like that freedom I still have. At my old house in the suburbs, that 'privilege' is gone.

 

[oosik]

Yes, dragoneggs, but the OP is burning grape vines. Or, at least, trying too. That's a WHOLE LOT different than you're burning wild hemp.:laughing::cool2: