Product Manual

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USING THE CHIPPER HOPPER
• This chipper-hopper is mounted on the side of the machine and is designed to chip the larger, heavier materials
that the shredder-hopper isn’t designed to handle. Branches fed into the chute are turned into “chips” by the
revolving chipper knife mounted on a flywheel. The chipper-hopper can chip branches and vines ranging in
size from 1” to 4 ½” in diameter. Cut your materials into manageable lengths before feeding them into the
chipper. Note: The chipper hopper must be securely bolted to the side of your equipment before using
the machine!
• Do not force material into the chipper. If the machine does not chip well, the chipper knives need replaced or
sharpened or the gap between the knives and the wear plate needs adjusting.
• Extremely hard knots will not process very well. Short stubs that have not self-fed through the chipper can be
pushed through with the next branch to be chipped. DO NOT THROW REMAINING STUBS OR
UNCHIPPABLE KNOTS INTO THE SHREDDER-HOPPER. DAMAGE WILL RESULT.
• Cut chipping material into manageable lengths of no more than five or six feet long before chipping them.
• Overloading the shredder/chipper will cause the rotor speed to decrease. If you hear the RPM’s decreasing,
stop feeding material into the machine until the machine has returned to full speed.
MATERIALS BEST SUITED FOR CHIPPING.
• Branches, vines or stalks from 1 ½” to 4 ½” in diameter.