millbilly
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This has always puzzled me, why do some people turn their chipper shoots to the rear when driving down the road. I just gotta know. Hope someone here knows why.
chipper shoots facing backwards while transporting?
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treecutterjr
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So that the chipper shoot can't hit the truck ;if you go up a step Hill for example. Our when backing up someone's is easy for the chipper shoot tomake contact and break something. We hit ours like that.
gorman
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Takes weight off the tongue too.
sac-climber
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Guy at my local Bandit dealer says transporting with the chute any way but forward is the fastest way to get cracked welds on the throat.
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Yes, some folk's set up doesn't allow them to travel with the chute forward. Well that sucks!
beastmaster
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I seen a few chutes get dinged up hitting the truck on tight turns or high dips. I always ask when Im working with a new crew if we need to turn the chute, before taking off. I bet as many hit the truck as don't.
Safety. Some chutes, especially the bandits, only have a notched plate with a spring pin to position the chute. I've heard of chutes where the pin has gotten dislodged and spun backwards driving down the road. You can imagine the damage if that was to hit someone.
treeclimber101
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My chute has been smashed climbing hills or cutting it to hard , so I just get it out of the way and it makes it easy to throw rakings and barrels into the truck
Toddppm
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Who? The parts boy? The guys at my Bandit dealer don't know **** about chippers but talk they helped invent them or something
I think some of the old Bandits had solid chutes with no crank adjustment like they do know. The crank helps support it.
sac-climber
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It was the mechanic actually, still doesn't mean much though
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I will say this is one area I think the vermeers have the upper hand. I like the short chute on the bc1000. Actually I like most things about the bc1000 except the fact they won't take palms for ****.
. I will say this is one area I think the vermeers have the upper hand. I like the short chute on the bc1000. Actually I like most things about the bc1000 except the fact they won't take palms for ****.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I used to have mine facing towards the truck all the time. I have it it against the side of the truck before while backing in driveways that are really sharp turns. My new chipper discharge chute is hydraulic so I just always spin it to the back before I shut off the machine. I was told from the sales guy that it would be fine to tow it forward behind my chip truck but not my pickup truck. Behind the pickup gets alot of air blowing into it and it.makes it turn.
There it is, I had one hit the lower boom on my bucket and it snapped the rotation chain for the chute.
PassionForTrees
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couple reasons as stated all above here! I used to have a 250 and kept it facing truck, but that was a disk and it threw the chips further, now I have 1590 and it's a drum and it does fine but man if you dont turn it around your messing **** up bad, those chippers are taller and hit the boom or the top part of the dump , and bandit says to transport it backwards so it's just a habit now to always turn around, I also welded a longer extention on my chute , so even driving a little bit can cause the damage. Hope that answers your question.
Menchhofer
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I believe the more obvious reason is the chutes are hinged. They could be damaged by wind, either from towing or large passing truck caught the chute just right and flip it up and backwards..
defensiblespace
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A chute facing backwards can crack because of leverage basically. Instead of being over the hitch, it's opposite the side of the hitch. Any bump you hit is multiplied exponentially the further the tip of the chute is from the tonge. This puts stress on the attachment points.
Menchhofer
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Do you really believe what you just wrote?
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I'd you watch the chute while chipping, it moves quite a lot
