74 Asplundh WC16 chipper Help

[chipdelia]

Altec

Bushinspector,

my unit was # JEX 11608 and it was a 1974, so if i had to guess yours might be a early 70's. But since my guess is probably worthless, give Harvey in Product support at Altec a call. He is a nice guy and was actually involved int he design of the JEY model. I believe the number is 800 331-1038. If i have the # wrong let me know and i will find it for you

 

[bushinspector]

The throat measures 12 inches across and is 10 inches tall. The six that is in it really smokes so i was wanting to change it out. What size of limb can you fit through yours??

 

[chipdelia]

chipping limbs

in response to your question as to what size limbs my neighbor and i put through our 16" chipper- The answer would be: We don't dont really feed just single limbs through it. Being that it has a powerful V-8 and the 16 inch drum we find that we can fit the whole Wife using the proper chuck and duck method as per the operators manual.

As a side note, it can also handle branches up to about 6-7" inches with the old dull blades but we're hoping to up that with the new set of blades.

Hope that answers your question

 

[chipdelia]

Finally got the chipper back from the machine shop. $700 to remove the last 4 adjustment screws, but it has given me time to paint the whole thing.

Now to putting in the new blades with out cutting myself!

 

[lowryder]

may have help

I have a 1977 whisper chipper that i have been babying for about 12 yrs now...........I do have the original manual for this model jey series 330hd.......I am in the process of copying the manual and scanning it onto a pdf and will attempt to post it soon.......I'm not quite sure how similar these 2 models are.........I had stainless steel mufflers made for mine .......they work well......I experienced the same problem with the adjustments bolts.....had to have them tapped from top and put a smaller bolt inside of existing bolts to get adjustment.....I only had to do this on 4 bolts.........was able to get in from bottom side where larger allen size gave more leverage to break free......as for the governor.....I took that off shortly after I got the machine.......it gave nothing but problems .........I put a regular throttle control adjuster on and basically ran the machine at I wanna say around 3to4000 rpms......works great.....you may need to decipher exactly where the machine performs best rpm wise.........

My friend and I are restoring a 74 Chuck and Duck to safe operation. We are in need of help in a couple of areas.

1. Looking for photos of a 16" with the Ford FT 330HD V8 motor to see how the exhaust and mufflers are run and mounted. It is presently running with open exhaust manifolds which makes it hard to hear the whisper of the chipper part of the unit.

2. We managed to get the old blades out and presently are fighting the frozen blade adjustment bolts that go threw the drum. Managed to get 3 of the 8 out so far with a lot of broken Allens and 3 cans of PB Blaster. We even tried heating the drum with a torch with out much luck. It just laughs at the 600 Pound Impact Gun. Any advice or experience with this would be helpful. Even things that didn't work so we don't try. We are thinking that we need to pull the drum to either get a better hit on it or find a machine shop that can drill them out.

3. Does anyone have a good idea how heavy the fly wheel is on a 16".

4. I need to order new replacement shaft locks for the Fly wheel and the pulley that are mounted on the drum shafts. The cast has cracked on both of them.


5. It looks like the governor was removed from this unit some time a go and discarded. A photo or other info about it would be helpful as I know it would make the unit run safer.

I have read all the post here on Whisper Chippers, and see a lot of folks looking for manuals. There are PDF manuals for altec chippers at http://altecep.com/altec-manuals.htm. I hope they are helpful.

Thanks in advance,
Chip

 

[chipdelia]

I have a 1977 whisper chipper that i have been babying for about 12 yrs now...........I do have the original manual for this model jey series 330hd.......I am in the process of copying the manual and scanning it onto a pdf and will attempt to post it soon.......I'm not quite sure how similar these 2 models are.........I had stainless steel mufflers made for mine .......they work well......I experienced the same problem with the adjustments bolts.....had to have them tapped from top and put a smaller bolt inside of existing bolts to get adjustment.....I only had to do this on 4 bolts.........was able to get in from bottom side where larger allen size gave more leverage to break free......as for the governor.....I took that off shortly after I got the machine.......it gave nothing but problems .........I put a regular throttle control adjuster on and basically ran the machine at I wanna say around 3to4000 rpms......works great.....you may need to decipher exactly where the machine performs best rpm wise.........

Be careful running the chipper motor at 3-4,000 RPM's. In the manual that I have seen, it said that the throttle max is set to produce 2600 RPM's at the rotor. I haven't figured the pulley ratios yet, but at 4,000 engine speed I think you would do in the rotor bearings. We didn't have a Tach on the Chipper before we started rebuilding it, but I think we were running the motor at about 2500 RPM's.

We are in the reassembly portion of the rebuild and should be testing next week. We have all new engine gages, including a tach, so I will post what it is running at.

I would love to get a copy of the manual you are scanning and to see photos of the muffler setup. The manual I have seen on line is for a much newer machine. My e-mail is [email protected]

 

[chipdelia]

Test Run

Ran the chipper this weekend for about an hour. It really makes beautiful chips. Ran it from 1500 to 2000 RPM (no governor installed) on long 4 inch brush and it just sucked it in and spit it out. Can't see running the motor over 2500 RPM even for really big stuff. At 1500, it nice, you don't have to duck as fast.

 

[Adk Mt Man]

Another Chuck & Duck owner.

This has been a fascinating thread to read. I admire the dedication you have Chipdelia!
I've been running mine for about 14 years or so and have been very happy with it. It's an occasional use machine, keeping our sugar bush navigable by chewing up many of the tops.
I'm not even sure what year mine is, I think somewhere in the 77-78 range. I've got the Ford HD V8.
A scare today. We were chipping away and I was smelling gas...
Took a look toward the engine, and I had a high pressure leak out of the fuel filter. A tiny pinhole was vaporizing fuel into the engine compartment. Fortunately for me Only one of the two covers is available so the side I was looking into was open. Killed it quick and got everyone away. Things cooled off and no fire thank goodness, as my '62 Willlys Comander was attached and I'd have lost both.

A day that could have been much worse!:angry2:

 

[Adk Mt Man]

......I do have the original manual for this model jey series 330hd.......I am in the process of copying the manual and scanning it onto a pdf and will attempt to post it soon........

Hey Lowryder. I'd be a very appreciative beneficiary of your PDF'ing if you get to it. I think we may have the same model. I'd owe you one!

 

[chipdelia]

This has been a fascinating thread to read. I admire the dedication you have Chipdelia!
I've been running mine for about 14 years or so and have been very happy with it. It's an occasional use machine, keeping our sugar bush navigable by chewing up many of the tops.
I'm not even sure what year mine is, I think somewhere in the 77-78 range. I've got the Ford HD V8.
A scare today. We were chipping away and I was smelling gas...
Took a look toward the engine, and I had a high pressure leak out of the fuel filter. A tiny pinhole was vaporizing fuel into the engine compartment. Fortunately for me Only one of the two covers is available so the side I was looking into was open. Killed it quick and got everyone away. Things cooled off and no fire thank goodness, as my '62 Willlys Comander was attached and I'd have lost both.

A day that could have been much worse!:angry2:

The accelerator pump on those carbs go pretty often also. We had gas all over the top of the motor when it went. 2 dollars later for the new pump and all was fine.

It always amazes me how hard it is to ignite gas. I have over filled lawn mower that where burning hot and got gas on the muffler, and no flame started.

There should be a label on one of your engine valve cover that would give you a pretty good idea of the age of your unit, or there is a metal tag on the input chute on the left hand side upper.