Chipper Used chipper purchase, What do I check?

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easygo said:
After looking at the current manual and video I noticed that the shredder knives have been redesigned since my machine was built. I have knives that look like a house if you are looking at it from the eves. They are in pairs and that is the way they were photographed in the manual too.

Gittyup: I ended up getting the unit for $900 and will pick it up next week. If I were waiting for a deal like you got I might never find one.

There is an interesting story to go with the chipper though. The man who sold it said: "Be very careful with it! For real! Always pull the chips away from the chipper with a rake!" To underline his point he held up his right hand. His pinky and ring-finger were mostly missing and his middle finger was a digit short as well. My jaw dropped and after a moment of pause I asked if he did it with that machine. He said he was just pulling the chips away from under the discharge and his glove may have slipped into a hole on the bottom. "It was like ZZZIP! It pulled in my gloved hand and my fingers were gone in less than a second."
I thought about it a bit more, but I ended up buying.
Thank you again guys for your help.
Easygo

Post a copy of this over on the safety forum...;)
 
 

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