I have a Sears Craftsman 5 hp chipper. I always cut green wood. Dry does chip a little better but the only trouble I had was with some pieces jamming in the cutters. Always had to disassemble it to clear the jam. There are two chutes in mine. One for smaller branches under about 1 inch in diameter and the other for limbs up to about 3 inches in diameter. The chute for the large branches had wedged blades that mounted on a flywheel and the smaller chute had another blade that was like a mini lawnmower blade. Both would jam if something fed into them and wedged. It usually stalled when it jammed, there was no other choice but to disassemble it to clear the jam.
I used to have several trees I had to trim yearly, it came in handy then. But 10 years or so ago I got rid of the last tree. The chipped wood along with grass cuttings and brown leaves made for some tremendous mulch. But it was a lot of work.
You may have to learn how to disassemble and reassemble it for when those jams happen.
Be careful they can be a man eater. I never had any accidents with mine but it was always on my mind.
Try to find a manual for it. It would be really helpful for manufacturers recommendations for cutting and troubleshooting.
Steve
We just bought a Huskee 7 HP Wood Chipper at an auction. Looking for any information on how to use it.
I read on line to only put dried out sticks and small branches into it.
So ...no freshly cut branches?
Any other information will be greatly appreciated.
Joyce aka Mom aka Nana
Posted by: Steve Wilson <virtualwilz@yahoo.com>
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