chipping into tractor trailers?

[treeman82]

Bidding a job where I have to take down (5) 90' spruce trees. I can get a chip van dropped off for the entire day for a few hundred bucks so I don't have to keep running trucks back and forth to dump. I'm wondering though if my 99HP / 12" drum chipper will be able to get a descent load into the traier. I know guys with larger machines will do this, but I'm not running a 250 HP / 20" machine.

 

[miko0618]

I chip into dumpsters. I get rid of the chips for free so its only $125/ dumpster. up to 20 yds. what kind of spruce?

 

[imagineero]

Which machine have you got? At a guess, I'd say probably not.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I think your gonna find out your chipper dont have enough snot to fill the front of the trailer. When I get a big job like that I puy a ad on Craigslist for free chips and I normally get a place to dump within a few miles from the jobsite.

 

[treeman82]

I think your gonna find out your chipper dont have enough snot to fill the front of the trailer. When I get a big job like that I puy a ad on Craigslist for free chips and I normally get a place to dump within a few miles from the jobsite.

I have a dump site about 10 minutes away from the job, however I'd rather not have a guy driving trucks all day.

 

[treeman82]

Ten minutes away!


I'm sorry, what was the question again?

10 minutes there, 10 minutes back, 10 to dump? That's a half an hour right there. Move trucks to get onto chipper, that's more time. Did a job a few months ago where the dump spot was less than 1000 feet up the road, running 2 trucks all day long, what a nightmare. I figure if I could simply get the chipper lined up with a semi, it should be all set for the day. Plus, I won't be paying a guy to drive trucks all day, and the cost of the trailer is less than the cost of labor, fuel, and wear and tear on the trucks.

I took a measurement on a chip pile today, flat ground, chute turned 90* to the right, mostly brush the chips were hitting 50'.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

How much chip capacity does your truck have?

 

[Steve NW WI]

How much chip capacity does your truck have?

If he's keeping 2 drivers busy on a 1000 foot haul, I'd say about this big:

From my experience chopping corn silage, on a haul that long, with a tandem truck, two guys should be able to move close to 50tons/hour, and keep the machine rolling full time.

 

[treeman82]

How much chip capacity does your truck have?

Dodge holds about 14 yards? Chevy maybe half that?

I'm not keeping 2 guys busy driving trucks... that would be insane. 1 guy drives, like that production doesn't drop for lack of man power.

 

[dbl612]

10 minutes there, 10 minutes back, 10 to dump? That's a half an hour right there. Move trucks to get onto chipper, that's more time. Did a job a few months ago where the dump spot was less than 1000 feet up the road, running 2 trucks all day long, what a nightmare. I figure if I could simply get the chipper lined up with a semi, it should be all set for the day. Plus, I won't be paying a guy to drive trucks all day, and the cost of the trailer is less than the cost of labor, fuel, and wear and tear on the trucks.

I took a measurement on a chip pile today, flat ground, chute turned 90* to the right, mostly brush the chips were hitting 50'.

blow the majority of the chips into the trailer, even if you don't get every bit of the nose filled. you still have your two truck left. have the chips blow straight into the trailer, the chips loose velocity when they have to turn 90. trailers are what 45-48' long?

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Dodge holds about 14 yards? Chevy maybe half that?

I'm not keeping 2 guys busy driving trucks... that would be insane. 1 guy drives, like that production doesn't drop for lack of man power.

For the right price I would drive my 28 yd chip truck up for the job.

 

[treeclimber101]

Ask Matt he has those trailers and he buys and sells those trailers .

 

[Magnum783]

Most dump trailers are right around fifth feet long. The company I have driven truck for has rancos and they are fourth eight feet long so if you are blowing them fifty you are good to go. Also for dumping purposes it is better to have a little space at the front.