Live Bottom Chip Trucks

Jamin_Mayer

Jamin_Mayer

Location
Longmont, CO
I've been holding onto this idea for a while now. It's driving me crazy. But, I wanted to put it out there to see if anyone thinks this is a good idea.

We need live bottom chip trucks with hydraulic gates for chip trucks.
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The benefits would be (and not limited to):

If you can back in a location, you could dump it... No worries about over head wires, trees, corners of homes, etc...

There is no risk of tipping over (sideways) on uneven ground.

A bucket truck wouldn't have to lift the boom.

It could be a huge time saver and money saver (with a hydraulic lift gate of some sort) over time. Just one person to drive to the location, back in, and dump.

Who's going to be the first chip body company to design one now?
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The whole bottom can't be "live", lest you would have to drive over your own pile, impossible to be sure. Better a rising plate in the interior and a "live" backend/chute.

Good idea, Jamin.
 
Dont see why a walking floor wouldnt work. They use them for mulch when delivering with a tractor trailer. The only question I would have is when the floor slats raise to "walk" the load off is there going to be enough compression or space above the wood chip. Even a chain convayer would work.
Really good idea for the bucket truck.
 
I've wanted to see something that has the capability to dump chips out the side. The advantage I see is not having to unhook the chipper then hook it back up. It's a small thing, but usually done at the end of the day when the crew is tired, and things like hooking up the chains, brake lights, holding pins could be forgotten.

So - maybe a walking floor out the side?
 
have you ever seen how they work?
The only one I saw had 4-6" slats running length wise. All the slats would move back together, a few inches, then every third slat would retract at a time.
 
They are too slow IMO. I've really never had issues with over head wires and such dumping. Like mentioned, might be nice on a forestry unit, but not really practical for every day dumping how I see it.
 
Timberjack - agreed its the drivers responsibility to check and double check. How many times do we do the same thing over and over - simple tasks - and there is that one time we get interrupted, or get complacent? Being honest - I just hate backing the truck up to the chipper without someone guiding me in - always seems like I am off to the side by just enough to not match up!

Anyways - back to the thread....
 
Won't be long till some ingenious bloke adapts one of the new SUV rear view cameras above a chip truck's pintle hitch for drivers who just can't nail the chipper's ring consistently.

Nagging problems are the mother of invention!

jomoco
 
I want a truck that pushes everything out the side in one fast shove. Huge hydraulic swinging gates that dump the whole goddamned pile of chips and logs right there on the side of the street. Nobody gets out of the truck.

Except later, to take the fake magnetic signs off the door. I am having these placards made that will stick to the sides of my doors, with my competitor's phone numbers in huge print, clearly visible from a quarter mile. Then I roll up and squeeze the load out in six seconds and drive away.

Some people will think it is natural and the way things are done. Others will call the police and report the crime. There will be fines to pay, and certain tree cutters will be put in jail.
 
Bigger pistons, Tom; I want this thing to explode out the side door. I don't even want to stop. Just slow down, press a button, and boom! Thirty yards of wood chips and dogsh*t go sailing out the passenger's side.

Then the sound of sirens.
 
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Won't be long till some ingenious bloke adapts one of the new SUV rear view cameras above a chip truck's pintle hitch for drivers who just can't nail the chipper's ring consistently.

Nagging problems are the mother of invention!

jomoco

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Here is my solution.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/iball-wireless-trailer-hitch-camera.aspx?a=508883

Works great. I mount it higher on the tail gate so it dont get smashed. Just magnetic, wireless and needs a 9v battery. And line up every time... ALONE.
 
Archdruid - Finally someone that gets it! Hydraulics may not have the speed you are looking for, maybe more of large compressed air tank to drive the piston. Think spud gun for a load of chips.
 
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Won't be long till some ingenious bloke adapts one of the new SUV rear view cameras above a chip truck's pintle hitch for drivers who just can't nail the chipper's ring consistently.

Nagging problems are the mother of invention!

jomoco

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I saw it this year on a brand new bucket at my local chapter TCC, pretty slick.
 
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That would never work

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Why not? Its not a lot different than garbage compactors.

If I were still running a tree company I'd do some design work on a side dump mechanism. It wouldn't have to be as heavy duty as end dumps either since the bed/frame doesn't go up.

One thing that would have to be figured out is how to keep chips from going behind the scissor mechanism. That could jam up the works especially in the winter when chips freeze. Not a hard problem to solve though.
 
I could swear I've seen a chip truck somewhere with an auger screw running down the middle of its V shaped bed that feeds a blower that blows chips out either side.

Sure would be handy for spreading chips off the roadside for weed abatement.

Could've been a converted grain truck used in agriculture.

jomoco
 
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