Custom chipper box ideas??

Casey, you might be able to get black, but I am not 100% on that. Otherwise I dont believe you can get other colors. This stuff is designed for horse stalls, milking parlors and the like. It is super resiliant and very tough.
Stumpy I believe treesandsurf is correct, it is lighter than alum. And much cheaper. Also when I got mine lettered, the sign guy was worried about how the vynel was going to stick, and last. No worries there either.
I did hang a pair of mud flaps in the front where the chips hit first just to dampen the blow a bit. But that was just a precaution.
 
I was reading a little more on that poly and it expands and contracts up to 1% of it origial size with the weather change. Im from the midwest and we have some drastic weather changes from season to season. Im afraid that it will blow the fasteners or buckle so much that I will have to fix it every year. They say to slot your holes that you are fastening through and that helps it. I dont know if I want to deal with that. How does yours hold up in PA?
 
Timberjack
Yes I have thought of going used. I have looked and it has been hard to find one that fits my truck without some major fabrication. I am interested and could you also PM me?
 
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I was reading a little more on that poly and it expands and contracts up to 1% of it origial size with the weather change. Im from the midwest and we have some drastic weather changes from season to season. Im afraid that it will blow the fasteners or buckle so much that I will have to fix it every year. They say to slot your holes that you are fastening through and that helps it. I dont know if I want to deal with that. How does yours hold up in PA?

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I have not had an issue with expansion and contraction. The bolts have definately not blown out (in 2.5 years). We have some pretty wild weather changes too, 28 to 54 the other day. One other reason we might not see the expansion problems is because our supports are made out of recycled plastic 2x4s. So everything expands and contracts at the same rate (except the body). I have been extremely pleased with it, it still looks brand new (except the chip stains on the inside cause I left a load in it when it was warm, and a pressure washer would probably take that out).
 
That is an interesting idea. How easy (or hard) are those recycled 2x4s to work with and fasten together? You have me intrigued now! Could you possibly take a few pictures of your chipper box and send them my way?
 
THere were some good photos of his setup in the thread I think was posted a link to.

We originally ordered the small plugs that come with the polycarb sheeting but found these cumbersome and not as solid as I wanted. Ended up using pop rivets which worked very well. Haven't had a single issue with the construction.

jp:D
 
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That is an interesting idea. How easy (or hard) are those recycled 2x4s to work with and fasten together? You have me intrigued now! Could you possibly take a few pictures of your chipper box and send them my way?

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I remember posting pictures somewhere (the search on treebuzz is something to be disired). I will try to get pics today.
The 2x4s are really easy to work with. They are flexible and bend. So with the top we had to add steel support (angle iron). so it didnt bow. We used all stainless steel bolts and a couple lags to put it together. All holes for the bolts were not over sized either, 1/4 bolts = 1/4 hole. We used washers on both sides and lock nuts on the inside. The whole thing looks cool, and the best part it I just remove it with a set of forks and extensions.

I just found this picture on my facebook page
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Thanks flyingsquirrel. Thats a nice looking rig. Not nearly the framework I was invisioning. Seems like a pretty easy build that should last. I just need to crunch some numbers and decide what will work the best for my business.

Thanks for the help
Stumpy
 
Yea with the sizes I used I only had to support it in the two directions. The 4 stakes on the outside get the vertical, and the 2x4 at the top and bottom on the inside hold it strait the other way. In the second piture you can see the two pieces of steel I put in after, to stiffen the roof which is the heavier 1/2" poly. The sides I believe I only used 1/8".
 
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