Unknown Chipper help

[Jeff Birkle]

Hi All,
I am trying to identify a chipper I bought 2 years ago and need to replace the Anvil because the previous owners replaced the original one with a used one off of the wrong machine and I cant modify it anymore.
It is a mid 1970's 300Cuin Ford, drum chipper. It is a 16" chipper that will take up to an 8" tree.
I am not sure the manufacturer yet. The nameplate is not readable but there is a number on the frame.
The Anvil should measure .750" x 6" x 16.125" with 3 slots.
It has a emergency safety drop down plate that covers the chute.

 

[flushcut]

Can you take the old one to a machine shop and have one fabricated?

 

[Serf Life]

Mitts Merrell?

 

[Jeff Birkle]

Thanks,
I was/am a machinist in previous years and can have it made although I am not 100% of the material and if they are hardened. I think it should be an A1/A2 or D2 tool steel material but not sure yet. It would just be nicer and possibly cheaper to buy it.

The Mitts and Merrell has a top hatch that opens, mine doesn't.
I have looked at,
Altec
Asphlund
Bandit
JEY
Mitts and Merrell
Wayne
Whisper
Woodchuck
But I may not have seen all the specific models. This may be a small production run and may not be available.

 

[flushcut]

I would think d2 would be sufficient. A more tough than hard steet would be better.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Bandit sells two different harnesses for some of their anvils. The softer one wears faster but may take a nail or bolt going through by accident a little better. The harder one wears better but....

I just assumed one was hot rolled steel and one was cold rolled by slightly rounded edge on softer one and look of metal surface. But...that's just me guessing.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The anvil on my Bandit needed replacing. I got a cheap piece of mild steel and drill/tapped the mounting holes. Then I laid a bead of hard face welding on both edges. It took a while to grind a square edge back on the hard face. The next time I’d bring it to a machine shop or sharpening shop. I used the first anvil edge for a long time and it barely wore

 

[oldoakman]

Not sure about the rigging between the infeed chute and the drum, but the counterweight wheel on the drum and the outfeed chute put me in mind of a Lindig Chipper. When I worked for a small city in the late '80s we had one that would easily take 8" stuff all because of that counterweight wheel. Also the outfeed chute was 2 piece and would slide out and turn to direct chips.

 

[Jehinten]

The nameplate is not readable

Assuming this is from too many coats of paint, have you tried paint stripper to clear up the nameplate? If you want to avoid the chemicals you can often chip paint off of something like that by pressing a flat screwdriver straight into it and removing little chips. Don't scrape as that will ruin the nameplate.

 

[Jeff Birkle]

Thanks for all the advice and help. I was able to locate a VIN on the driver side of the frame and it is a Vermeer. It looks like a very early 1600A version as no anvils are matching up yet. I have sent Vermeer an email with VIN to see what they know.
Would anyone have any Vermeer 1600A manuals?
The VIN is 1VRC11150H1000289

 

[southsoundtree]

Vermeer.com has free access to manuals with VIN or serial number. I forget which.

 

[Merle Nelson]

That's incredible information.

 

[Jeff Birkle]

On Vermeer.com you can register your product with the 17 digit VIN.
I was wrong on the 2nd last digit which should be a 3 not 8 and they have verified it.

 

[Merle Nelson]

That's a heck of an accomplishment. Parts and info should be easier to get now.

Who is the member that deals in used chipper parts? Anyone?

 

[Jeff Birkle]

Just found out If you have the VIN you can go to
en.vindecoder.pl
and input your 17 digit VIN to decode it.
The 10th digit is the year. In my case H, says 1987 (although the previous owner said it was made in the mid to late 70's, so not sure)
The last 6 digits are the serial #

 

[Bucknut]

Who is the member that deals in used chipper parts? Anyone?

@Trevor Balgavy