WC46 Chipper need an enema

[oosik]

Ralph - I had that problem with the smaller Wallenstein chipper - BX42S. Combination of pine sap and green needles would plug the output chute. Until I found the complete solution - a bone dry limb every so often usually did the trick. This smaller Wally was mounted on my Ford 1700.

The complete solution - identify, fell, drag to pile - chip the FOLLOWING year. Allowing my small( 1" to 6" on the butt) pines to dry out for a year solved the problem with the smaller Wallenstein.

Now I have a bigger chipper - Wally BX62S - on my updated and bigger tractor. I can immediately chip the pines now. Considerably larger discharge chute, more HP, much higher air flow thru the chipper.

 

[s219]

Almost all chippers of this design will clog if fed only leafy/twiggy material or lots of evergreen material with needles. That stuff doesn't have a lot of momentum coming off the flywheel and can be wet or sticky. If you can feed a substantial limb (green or not) through the chipper periodically, it will clear out the chutes. I alternate materials whenever possible. Do some small stuff then send a big limb through every so often.

 

[5030]

My issue when I had a chipper was, doing something with all the chips. You can only put so many in the wife's flower beds. Why I prefer roasting. Big pile equals a small pile of ash that vanishes with the first rainstorm.

 

[coobie]

My issue when I had a chipper was, doing something with all the chips. You can only put so many in the wife's flower beds. Why I prefer roasting. Big pile equals a small pile of ash that vanishes with the first rainstorm.

How many trees are you cutting down on your estate to have all of them wood chips ?Just curious ??

 

[5030]

How many trees are you cutting down on your estate to have all of them wood chips ?Just curious ??

All storm damage. I have more than one 'estate', I own rentals.

 

[oosik]

I've used pine chips on my driveway. Very nice. Cuts down on dust and makes the "trip" super quiet. There is one down side. In the winter - if I blade snow off the driveway - most of the chips will go the way of the snow.

I thin my pine stands almost every spring. 900 to 1200 small pines. So - I end up with chip piles all over the property. They slowly "melt" down and blend in with the rest of the land.

 

[RalphVa]

How many trees are you cutting down on your estate to have all of them wood chips ?Just curious ??

The flood down there at end of May 2018 knocked down a lot of trees. We cleared out about a 100 yard long and 6 to 8 feet high pile of debris in 2019 when it finally got dry down there. Now doing the knocked over trees still in place.

 

[RalphVa]

I've used pine chips on my driveway. Very nice. Cuts down on dust and makes the "trip" super quiet. There is one down side. In the winter - if I blade snow off the driveway - most of the chips will go the way of the snow.

I thin my pine stands almost every spring. 900 to 1200 small pines. So - I end up with chip piles all over the property. They slowly "melt" down and blend in with the rest of the land.

I'll "grab" a load of chips in the FEL once I have the bush hog on and take the load up and put along the downhill tractor paths.

 

[oosik]

Chips make an excellent cover for road or trail. And they will inhibit the growth of grass - if that's what you want.

 

[RalphVa]

Plugged it up twice today. Too much green stuff, particularly little vines among the tops of the little trees that were cut down.

Noticed it quickly the 2nd time today. Could have reached into the chute and maybe gotten the pieces of vine out without having to open up the clamshell, maybe. Hardly anything inside the clamshell.