Chipper new Valby chipper owner - perplexed

[bgWI]

After posting here for owner experiences on the Valby Chippers, I went ahead and purchased the CH140 with a hydraulic feeder a few weeks ago. Finally getting our tree trimming crew here yesterday generating 8 hours worth of pruning, delimbing and dropping several larger tress we went to work with the chipper. Or tried to....lighter branches with fresh leaves choked the unit several times necessitating opening the chute for clean out. The feed roller would load up with leaves and light branches. If I gave it a 3" to 5" limb, no problems. I have a call in to my rep, but this is a holdiay weekend. Anyone have similar experiences with any brand? Any throughts? We used to borrow a 6" Vermeer chipper but did not like trailing it around the yard and our hill property. I remember the Vermeer taking anything and chipping it out, not in landscape size chips however. We are going to try and process all the larger limbs for now. Have a great weekend!

Bill

 

[Brant]

This chipper is direct drive, if I remember right. My Patu DC65 is the same way. They clog more readily because of the slower rotor speed. These chippers have to be very close to level to work right. For mine, not level = clogged up. I also occasionaly spray the inside of the discharge chute with silicone spray. I just chipped a bunch of very leafy maple without clogs. Good luck.

 

[bgWI]

Brant,

Thank you for idea of spraying the chute. Our Valby rep was here yesterday and it appears we will be upgrading machines due to the volume of "work" we have for the machine over the next several years. That will give us a higher disc speed to keep the leaves and smaller branches moving through. We are having an on site demo next weekend.