Tension roller on Woodland Mills WC88
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Wow - those posts were over three years ago! But I'm still using that same set of belts today, so yes, I believe the increased diameter idler has made a significant improvement to belt life.
The rest of the machine is thoughtfully designed, very well made, and functions nicely, so I'm still puzzled by their engineering decision to use such a small diameter OEM idler.
FatTire
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I just purchased a used WC88 off of FB Marketplace. The seller included a new set of belts, and said something like, "Here, you'll need these." I was surprised because on my old chipper (Bearcat) I've never changed the belt. Then when going over my new-to-me WC88 I was surprised at the radius of the belts at the idler, and at about that moment discovered the belts are coming apart on the inside. Found your old post when I searched on it.
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I had and sold a Chinese chipper some years ago and never had a belt issue with it but I kept them fiddle string tight at all times and kept the pillow blocks well greased. Sold it for what I paid for it in about 2 hours on FBMP and I ran it on the back of one of my 90 horse Kubota's, which is why the base is so high up so I could run the pto driveline reasonably straight.
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jonsstihl
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it is one of the reasons I chose the WC68 over the WC88. If ever the hydraulics went south I could just plumb the drive roller to my remote hydraulics and keep the flywheel going with the PTO shaft. but the pto drives the Pump on the WC88.
