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  1. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    Or the new stump grinder teeth that within a week found the hidden, buried remains of a huge utility pole metal guy wire anchor. About to put new pockets and teeth on now... Sigh!
  2. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    :P
  3. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    Chipper ate our winch line karabiner today... can't blame the new guy, another crewmember set it on top of the chipper and it vibrated down and fell into the feed wheels. I turned around to see the rope whipping and immediately reversed the wheels -- saved the rope but it was too late, sent the...
  4. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    We're at least 3x that -- probably 300 hours before flipping, maybe 500 between changes. This is the DIY specialty state, Kansas. People are a hardy, non-litigious lot. The Craig's List Free ad we run makes it clear that it's self-load and a mixed bag as far as what you get -- no guarantees of...
  5. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    All our street scrapings and driveway twig material with potential rocks goes directly in the back of the chipper truck, with gusto, flung via scoop shovel. No rocks in our chipper if we can help it! We don't really care how clean the chips are, as they either get dumped at an organic materials...
  6. forestkeepers

    Chipper carnage

    We had a metal form stake go through about 6 mo ago -- it was mixed in with a brush pile. Sounded horrendous, but after looking at the blades, it was just a small chink in one knife. Could've been far, far worse. Our Vermeer is tough as nails (and we've probably had some of those go through...
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