Chipper Stop The Burn!! (New Jimna Chipper)

Affordable · Jan 4, 2007

I think the Green and red ones are Christmas editions ?????????? From the pile of wood chips I looks like it's working good for you.The grease fittings are 6mmx1,and 8mmx1.5. If you don't find any let me know I have some.I order them from the auto parts store.
Tommy
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kentrodngun · Jan 4, 2007

Mark, thanks for the action pics. I love mine and have used it quite a bit clearing land for my new 2000 sq ft garage.

I noted a couple of differences in how we operate. I wear my logging helmet which is a hard hat with face guard & hearing protection - I heartily recommend wearing one.
Also, I noticed you have your unit suspended off the ground. I know you are doing this to keep the PTO shaft as close to horizontal as possible. I do the same, but I dislike having that much weight (~1000 lb) suspended in mid air. As a matter of fact, I started out the same as you and eventually bent one of the arms

. I now prop anything under the base (6" rr tie, bluestone or other flat rocks, tree trunk, etc.) to support the weight to stabilize the unit & to avoid future arm bending. I would recommend that you do the same before your arms wind up bent. Just trying to be helpful here, not critical. Be safe out there & Happy New Year.

kossetx · Jan 4, 2007

Tommy, Yes, working for me would be an undestatement. It will serve a valuable purpose.I'm going to try to organicly alter my sandy soil, at least around the house. I figured I would fint the grease zirks when I tried, if not, I'll let you know.

BTW, I swear the fish story is true!!!

John, A base was already in the works for the unit. As much to get it off the ground for storage and to let it off my 3ph. I may cocider the helmet because my safety glasses fog to much.

RalphVa · Jan 5, 2007

I bought a pair of ear muffs at an estate sale. They muffle the sound so well that they are all I wear now (well, safety glasses and shoes). Ear plugs don't give near the sound reduction you get from use of the muffs. I've one bionic ear that I want to protect, because the other one has gone bad since (and couldn't be fixed like the right one).

Ralph

Slippy · Jan 5, 2007

I have the same chipper and there are numerous old posts about this product. Some have had problems with belts and there is a very good outline of maintenance that should be done with pics in some of the prior posts. Just do a search and I'm sure you will find them. You can even search my posts because I had a lot of questions about it before I bought mine as well. For the money, it is an awsome piece of equipment...but very dangerous. Hearing protection, face sheild, gloves, and no loose clothing are an absolute must.
The only problem I have had with mine is I fed it an old large log that was very soft and the chips wedged in the fly wheel and brought everything to a stop. I had to take cover off and get it cleaned out. Took a couple of hrs to get it free again.

kentrodngun · Jan 6, 2007

Slippy said:
The only problem I have had with mine is I fed it an old large log that was very soft and the chips wedged in the fly wheel and brought everything to a stop. I had to take cover off and get it cleaned out. Took a couple of hrs to get it free again.

You are not alone - I did the very same thing - clogs up pretty good

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kossetx · Jan 7, 2007

I've clogged this one up twice now. The leaf? of cedar trees will clog it if you feed too much at one time. It packs hard when it does. I have to take the chute off and dig out the clog. The first time it packed so bad I had to push the rotor backward to get it unstuck. Once I did that it cleared out fast. I'm making bunches of cedar mulch.

smitesmash · Jan 9, 2007

I don't know how well cedar will compost, or when it has, that it will be good for ground compost. Specifically my experinece with western red cedar ( Western Red Cedar ).

It has a good rot and insect resistance, but it is very high in some organic poisions. Cedar dust can be toxic. Cedar chips are used around here as ground cover because they don't compost very well and will stay around for a couple of years.

I expect that the cedar in texas is going to be much different than the cedar here in Washington. So check around. also I would not use it on food crops.

smitesmash · Jan 9, 2007

LarryD: I found a map at http://www.islandcounty.net/planning/pdf/maps/raids.pdf that shows the Urban Growth Areas. it looks like it is mostly some areas immediatly surrounding Oak Harbor, and some bits near Langley that are affected.

kossetx · Jan 9, 2007

In my part of TX it is eastern red cedar. Considered by many to be the finest of mulches due to it's longivity and bug resistant qualities. Only time will prove its value as a compost supplement. Due to the size mulch this chipper makes I'm guessing it will work fine with added greens and manure. I've seen large cedars rot on the ground so it can't hurt.