The FARGO wood chipper

[Tom Dunlap]

The FARGO wood chipper...is in Fargo. When the movie came out I had a wood chipper that would take 12" diameter logs and turn them into matchbooks. When I watched the scene I chuckled...a dark chuckle...because of the undersized tool for the job. The Lady I was with gave me a big ol' elbow jab and shushed me. HEHEHEH!

Fargo Wood Chipper in Fargo

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

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[Reach]

Wow. That’s funny. What’s even funnier is that the “fictional” brand name the movie crew came up with for that machine is the Eager Beaver. I happen to have a real Eager Beaver chipper sitting in the parking lot right now, proving quite clearly that their fictional name should have been researched a little more… I wonder if they had to pay Morbark royalties for using the name?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Additional info from a friend who was a sales rep for Tilton for many years.

In real life that is a Yard Shark chipper shredder built in Minnesota by Tilton Equipment Company.

 

[Reach]

Additional info from a friend who was a sales rep for Tilton for many years.

In real life that is a Yard Shark chipper shredder built in Minnesota by Tilton Equipment Company.

Interesting. I was curious what make that little chipper really was, thanks for that!