Chuck n duck kills

[eyeinstine]

Hey guys, what exactly is a chuck n duck chipper?? I assume its an older model that has a the cutter wheel exposed or something?? as in no feed wheels???

Thanks
Ron

 

[glens]

It's a drum-style chipper, which self-feeds extremely rapidly.  You throw the limb in like a spear as you walk past and you get out of the way or you're liable to get whipped.  Hence "chuck and duck".

 

[eyeinstine]

Thanks Glens... thats what i thought.. I assume you can see the spinning drum then?? Thats gotta be scary! I guess they dont make them that way anymore??!!

Ron

 

[sedanman]

When I was in my teens, I helped a friend clear his lot for his new home. We used his fathers chuck-n-duck to blow the many locust stems into the woods next to his property. We would toss whole dead trees (they looked like spears with root balls still attached. The chipper would eat the trunks then spit the root ball out. Looking back I am amazed none of us got hurt or killed. We definately were not using the machine with the respect it derserved. I know better now.

 

[NeTree]

With the proper guards in place, you can't see the drum, and nothing gets tossed back out (fast, anyways).

But Glen is correct; that's basically how you're supposed to feed them. The feed chutes on most are pointed; the idea being you feed material in, and keep walking past while it does its thing. If you get hit, it's because you either have the rubber flaps removed (and yeah, I'm guilty of this), or you stood there gawking at it instead of going back for more brush like a good groundie. =)

 

[xander9727]

Word to yo moms!