ever mount a chipper & chip box onto a trailer ?

I did. It’s still in service and working really well. Small mods and improvements are continually going, but it’s working so well we’re about to tear it all apart for sand blasting, painting, and fabricating a custom aluminum chip box. She’ll look much more “factory” than “farmy” when done. No offense to farmers intended. Here’s a link to the thread...
http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/chipper-dump-combo-trailer.29781/
 
southsoundtree said:
Skimmed.

Tongue weight and driving-handling is the challenge.
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I originally made the trailer with what I had and it was unhappy when 1/2 loaded. Ironically, at 1/2 full, there was too little tongue weight. The revised chip box keeps the truck happy from empty to full.
 
Having the chute @ 90 degrees to “normal” on my setup doesn’t affect how well chips exit. With this particular machine, it would be happy filling up the chip box, chipping onto the ground, or chipping into the truck pulling it. Perhaps because of the disk design rather than a drum?
 
Make sure you build this rig with some serious trailer brakes on each axle. This will save your ass, truck and trailer on a wet day. It is better to have more brakes then you need most days and have reserve power for a quick stop then to be pushing your brakes to the limit every day.
 
True. Just bought a new 14’ dump, dexter axles and plenty of brakes. As soon as I finish my current fire truck build, I’ll get started. I’ll post pics. My axles will get moved forward and my tongue extended. I may even run the pump off an extra valve body on the chipper. We don’t do anything half way so it should be sweet
 
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