I'm guessing a little Chinese one with a gas engine? I'd love to see it and how you put it to use.
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I'm guessing a little Chinese one with a gas engine? I'd love to see it and how you put it to use.
southsoundtree
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Yep. I don't know that I will ever use it on jobsites. It can help with the sawmill.
It's a small add-on to go with a new chipper and dump trailer. Getting ready for a new employee, sometime, and my college student aspiring climber, returning in June.
Might sell my chip truck once I pick up my new trailer. I went 7x12 10k.
It's a small add-on to go with a new chipper and dump trailer. Getting ready for a new employee, sometime, and my college student aspiring climber, returning in June.
Might sell my chip truck once I pick up my new trailer. I went 7x12 10k.
southsoundtree
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I've meant to post a picture. I have a 5x10x2 flatbed trailer with a long, straight tongue. I can jack-knife it 100⁰. The bed will hit the side of the truck before the bumper hits the tongue. Light enough to move by hand when empty with one person on pavement, 2 people on gravel.
My tight, waterfront driveways have tight turn around. Often, I can make a 5 point turn around with the trailer.
Sometimes back it in tight to the one side, detach, and reconnect in a full 180⁰ other direction.
My other trailers are all triangle tongues except my baby 4x8 trailer that is more of a yard cart for things than a road trailer, though licensed.
I bought this trailer for $300, 18 years ago. Added stake pockets and ramp brackets for $300.
Sawmill lumber sideboards, removable (every once in a while useful, more useful in the early days of brush to the dump).
Both lightweight trailers can carry the mini-loader, micro-x, 25hp grinder, chips, wood, brush.
The straight-tongue trailer's winch, or winch mast with rope puller, has been useful over the years occasionally. Pulled the stumper in once when I broke the fuel pump, logs and carts on other occasions.
I've got a 6x12 10k trailer, neighbor's 18' car trailer and dump truck, and kboom-grapple/ dump truck services available to me, too.
My work yard is over half an acre, so I have room for various sized equipment. I can hire and rent larger equipment.
The high-sided trailer was just hitched to the truck where I'm sitting. I was able to roll it by hand with a slight decline on gravel. 5k axle. Home made.
Not at all fancy, but fit tight- access, are lightweight, and versatile.
As an area that barely gets snow, I was taken off-guard by 5" of wet snow... my wind and rain- resistant hoop house( in the making) collapsed recently. I've been doing storm damage and routine work. At least the slabs and lumber stayed dry.
My tight, waterfront driveways have tight turn around. Often, I can make a 5 point turn around with the trailer.
Sometimes back it in tight to the one side, detach, and reconnect in a full 180⁰ other direction.
My other trailers are all triangle tongues except my baby 4x8 trailer that is more of a yard cart for things than a road trailer, though licensed.
I bought this trailer for $300, 18 years ago. Added stake pockets and ramp brackets for $300.
Sawmill lumber sideboards, removable (every once in a while useful, more useful in the early days of brush to the dump).
Both lightweight trailers can carry the mini-loader, micro-x, 25hp grinder, chips, wood, brush.
The straight-tongue trailer's winch, or winch mast with rope puller, has been useful over the years occasionally. Pulled the stumper in once when I broke the fuel pump, logs and carts on other occasions.
I've got a 6x12 10k trailer, neighbor's 18' car trailer and dump truck, and kboom-grapple/ dump truck services available to me, too.
My work yard is over half an acre, so I have room for various sized equipment. I can hire and rent larger equipment.
The high-sided trailer was just hitched to the truck where I'm sitting. I was able to roll it by hand with a slight decline on gravel. 5k axle. Home made.
Not at all fancy, but fit tight- access, are lightweight, and versatile.
As an area that barely gets snow, I was taken off-guard by 5" of wet snow... my wind and rain- resistant hoop house( in the making) collapsed recently. I've been doing storm damage and routine work. At least the slabs and lumber stayed dry.
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southsoundtree
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Well, it'll move my 4400 pound chipper on the bucket.
I'll get a hitch receiver or 2 added.
Maybe use my BMG hitch upside- down on the blade.
Squeezes into tight spaces.
I have a hydraulic thumb to install.
It's a training wheels, toy machine.
evo
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- My Island, WA
You’ll love the little chipper. I’m assuming it’s 6”?
My lil is 44hp and a bit more than 6’ but not by much. My mini skid can push it into some crazy places.
Consider fabbing up a large caster wheel on the tongue. Something about the size of a atv tire.
Careful chipping when not attached to a truck or equipment, enough weight in the infeed can cause it to want to sit on its ass.
southsoundtree
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8" 59hp gas.
2500 pounds.
It has a stabilizer leg.
I have a bolt-on swivel caster. 10 or 12" pneumatic tire.
I can carefully bully my Wayne in good condition with the mini, no caster.
2 strong people can spin the Wayne on the 2 tires on pavement.
I anticipate being able to spin this one on pavement with the caster on my own.
Moving it with the loader will be way easy.
I can winch it into places, too.
2500 pounds.
It has a stabilizer leg.
I have a bolt-on swivel caster. 10 or 12" pneumatic tire.
I can carefully bully my Wayne in good condition with the mini, no caster.
2 strong people can spin the Wayne on the 2 tires on pavement.
I anticipate being able to spin this one on pavement with the caster on my own.
Moving it with the loader will be way easy.
I can winch it into places, too.
Mick Dempsey!
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Congratulations Sean, a stonkingly good piece of equipment.
Well done!
Well done!
evo
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Looks interesting.8" 59hp gas.
2500 pounds.
It has a stabilizer leg.
I have a bolt-on swivel caster. 10 or 12" pneumatic tire.
I can carefully bully my Wayne in good condition with the mini, no caster.
2 strong people can spin the Wayne on the 2 tires on pavement.
I anticipate being able to spin this one on pavement with the caster on my own.
Moving it with the loader will be way easy.
I can winch it into places, too.
Infeed looks narrow and I don’t see any down pressure springs. That’s my biggest gripe with mine.
Get some fender flags as it’s going to disappear behind a truck when backing up.
Obviously you know the limitations.
I’ve toyed with the idea of a ski/sled (or a snowboard for the front to aid in maneuvering.
Used my tailgate once when I got it stuck in a muddy yard and winched it out with a MA by hand. It was tedious but worked well.
Congrats
southsoundtree
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This is my tight driveway du jour. I needed to jack-knife in backwards, disconnect, 3 or 5 point turn my long wheelbase pickup, drive past the trailer, then back up to it.
Someone else decided to drive over the French drain, left of my open door. Fresh topsoil and seed.
I alturnanat'ed 40' in the yard just for walking and light dragging.
My straight tongue trailer wouldn't have been turnaroundable, either.
1/10 of a mile of curving driveway
Someone else decided to drive over the French drain, left of my open door. Fresh topsoil and seed.
I alturnanat'ed 40' in the yard just for walking and light dragging.
My straight tongue trailer wouldn't have been turnaroundable, either.
1/10 of a mile of curving driveway
ATH
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I can muscle my compressor around, but its not fun. It is a little bit of a tight turn to get it into the barn where I keep it, then 80' back through a tight stretch to the back corner (on stone, so not going to push it by hand). It has always been a pain. I made a trailer hitch mount for the Avant and used that to move the compressor last week. SUPER easy! I also used that to move a rented towable lift around some sidewalks a few weeks ago. It would have been a nightmare with the truck - probably multiple moves: drop, detach move reattach, move, drop.... but no problem at all with the loader.
southsoundtree
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Small island. Small job. Small equipment. Small work area. Small wood.
The one-ton and a 6x12 with the grinder.
This was a single lane, one-way road on Steamboat Island job. Small ornamental (red) maple wedged between wires. Tight, tight lots.
I had to park in the pullout in front of 2 house to unload the grinder and block the road some while loading.
Ratchet straps on bundles of brush can be very helpful. My groundworker was gone to get kids from school while I loaded. I put 2 bundles on the trailer, then
Pulled both in. Backed right up to wood to load.
I was dating around while unloading. I found my AT extensions. I wanted to see if I could put the above-ground portion of the tree on the AT and move it. All the wood was a little too much.
I'll firewood the bulk of the tree using the AT as a sawbuck.
I know a couple local people who are old, disabled, and broke, so I process some wood that would otherwise just become excess chips. The one lady has a tiny stove, so 2" wood is great for her. It only takes 10" pieces.
I'll take both bundles and feed them into the chipper the next time it's running.
A throwline set NC point with TL set tip tie started things. Bumped NCpoint higher while climbing. When the wood started getting skinny, I left my RB down lower and clove hitched my climb line to a sling up higher to do the topping work.
I used a speedline sling to control the butt next to the comm line a foot away. Power was a handful of feet away.
I am a hire fan of using inanimate, multipurpose objects at work to make the day easier. The straps with hold those bundles without getting tired.
One day my Groundworker came back to me and said, "17!".
"17?"
"In case you wanted to know, Sean, I'm caring bundles up 17 steps each time I go to the truck!"
HAHAHA!!
Today was 2 bundles, 25 feet, 11 of which was in the trailer.
AT with extensions
The one-ton and a 6x12 with the grinder.
This was a single lane, one-way road on Steamboat Island job. Small ornamental (red) maple wedged between wires. Tight, tight lots.
I had to park in the pullout in front of 2 house to unload the grinder and block the road some while loading.
Ratchet straps on bundles of brush can be very helpful. My groundworker was gone to get kids from school while I loaded. I put 2 bundles on the trailer, then
Pulled both in. Backed right up to wood to load.
I was dating around while unloading. I found my AT extensions. I wanted to see if I could put the above-ground portion of the tree on the AT and move it. All the wood was a little too much.
I'll firewood the bulk of the tree using the AT as a sawbuck.
I know a couple local people who are old, disabled, and broke, so I process some wood that would otherwise just become excess chips. The one lady has a tiny stove, so 2" wood is great for her. It only takes 10" pieces.
I'll take both bundles and feed them into the chipper the next time it's running.
A throwline set NC point with TL set tip tie started things. Bumped NCpoint higher while climbing. When the wood started getting skinny, I left my RB down lower and clove hitched my climb line to a sling up higher to do the topping work.
I used a speedline sling to control the butt next to the comm line a foot away. Power was a handful of feet away.
I am a hire fan of using inanimate, multipurpose objects at work to make the day easier. The straps with hold those bundles without getting tired.
One day my Groundworker came back to me and said, "17!".
"17?"
"In case you wanted to know, Sean, I'm caring bundles up 17 steps each time I go to the truck!"
HAHAHA!!
Today was 2 bundles, 25 feet, 11 of which was in the trailer.
AT with extensions
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evo
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I use to have a 18’ car hauler trailer that I got in trade. It was my designated mini skid hauler (and could bring ALL the attachments if I wanted)..
toyed around with the idea of pushing the little chipper onto it with the mini. Keeping both attached to each other and tying down well.
Thinking I could do one trip jobs and haul chips/wood in the dump.
The trailer was way too much for its purpose and I decided an extra trip or delivery of equipment the night before wasn’t too bad. And it’s not in my area. I could see it working better for you in your area?
toyed around with the idea of pushing the little chipper onto it with the mini. Keeping both attached to each other and tying down well.
Thinking I could do one trip jobs and haul chips/wood in the dump.
The trailer was way too much for its purpose and I decided an extra trip or delivery of equipment the night before wasn’t too bad. And it’s not in my area. I could see it working better for you in your area?
My mind immediately went to a mini with the chipper attached, on a trailer as well. With the right trailer no reason it couldn't be done safely, and could be very useful for the right type of jobsite.
One of my old bosses once put a receiver on the back of his chipper, so we could use the F250 to tow the chipper and tow the small stump grinder on another trailer behind that, road train style
He was like "it's legal in Idaho!" (we were not Idaho). I think he only did it one time, at least while I was around. haha.
One of my old bosses once put a receiver on the back of his chipper, so we could use the F250 to tow the chipper and tow the small stump grinder on another trailer behind that, road train style
He was like "it's legal in Idaho!" (we were not Idaho). I think he only did it one time, at least while I was around. haha.
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evo
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At least it wasn’t a log locked into the chipper infeed with a arbor trolly on the other end of the log to get it down the street to the mill…My mind immediately went to a mini with the chipper attached, on a trailer as well. With the right trailer no reason it couldn't be done safely, and could be very useful for the right type of jobsite.
One of my old bosses once put a receiver on the back of this chipper, so we could use the F250 to tow the chipper and tow the small stump grinder on another trailer behind that, road train style
rural life and sometimes not so rural.I still think a small 4” chipper as a mini attachment would have its place. I’d think the right hydro motor and pulley ratio could get enough speed to make a not so bad chipper
Merle Nelson
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Enjoying your new chipper Sean?
southsoundtree
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I've thought about the combo on a
Hard to find on mini-skids. The only one I've found was $8k.At least it wasn’t a log locked into the chipper infeed with a arbor trolly on the other end of the log to get it down the street to the mill…
I still think a small 4” chipper as a mini attachment would have its place. I’d think the right hydro motor and pulley ratio could get enough speed to make a not so bad chipper
ATH
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Avant has a CH100 (4') and CH180 (7"). No idea what they cost.At least it wasn’t a log locked into the chipper infeed with a arbor trolly on the other end of the log to get it down the street to the mill…
I still think a small 4” chipper as a mini attachment would have its place. I’d think the right hydro motor and pulley ratio could get enough speed to make a not so bad chipper
Analog
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Sometimes, its the really simple stuff like ratchet strapping limb bundles to make carrying them easier, that's staring you right in the face the whole time. Brilliant idea that I've never considered, thanks for sharing!
southsoundtree
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So far, so good. Only about 1 hour of chipping so far.
southsoundtree
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That same ratchet strap works a treat to hold up the POW so it's not floppy, and holds protection logs/ boards/ plywood to trees, etc.
