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Hi everyone,
I had a look at a chipper today, just wondering if anyone can ID it? The seller says its made stateside, apparently by malcolm hall or martin hall, he wasnt too sure. It's a 10" chuck and duck, no infeed rollers or anything. 220hp diesel, but likely was repowered at some point. I'd appreciate any info available.

Shaun
 
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it looks like a unit ive seen years ago" whisper chipper"had a snorkle like that and a bellows duct to the eng shroud dont know much more about them tho . that one looks pretty HD and in good shape
 
the new pics make it look like a fitchburg ,but alot of those older units looked similar , a buddy of mine had a fitchb chuck n duck ,one scary;loud beast ,been slapped in back of the head more than twice by 60mph branches being gobbled up
 
theres an art to feeding them for sure, but i love those old man eaters, ####### fast, and they make nice chip
better still is no chipper at all and a log loader
thats a beast... wow
 
220hp diesel chuck n duck not to often you see them with a diesel let alone 220hp plus, 10" capacity vs the normal 6" that thing must be a beast I'd by it just because I could. couldn't imagine trying to get a 10" limb in that thing and getting out of the way at the same time though...
 
maybe 220 cubic inch diesel [supercharged and turbo ] good for xtra 25%hp ... thats why ya cant see the power plant tooo tricked out
 
I cant verify any of the specs, just repeating what I was told by the seller.

He echoed most of the same points you guys were making here - it eats anything you can get into it as fast as you can load it. He also said blade/anvil alignment is really important.

I've never run a chick n duck, it was all before my time. All my chipping has been on modern auto feed chippers, or at least manual control with infeed rollers. I've operated a few pretty awful rundown machines though. Looking at this thing it would get me my first chipper to own, and I wouldnt have to wait another year to have the cash to buy it.

I own all my gear outright, and I plan on keeping it that way. Having bills to pay is just too much worry with the ups and downs of economies. I was able to buy a brand new stump grinder this year, but I'm still getting other tree companies to chip for me in exchange for doing some climbing for them.

Shaun
 
I've done this in another thread. It looks somewhat similar to a Royer Chipper that I owned years ago. Yours looks a bit different but when you mentioned the importance of the anvil spacing, that rang a bell. Look anywhere on the system for the words Royer Foundry or Royer Machinery. Thats the maker. The engine should be something thats easy to id and get parts for. The one I ran was a gas Wisconsin VG4D.

Other than that, :dunno:
 
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