Chuck_N_Duck for a backup?

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Can you guys give me some pros and cons on chuck n ducks? I'd like to buy one for small stuff and as a general backup chipper. I like the simple design,and price too!:monkey:

 

[oldirty]

make sure all phones and watches are in the truck. if those chucknducks can pull anything off you body they are going to try and do it.

if its cold watch out for open skin and whipping sticks. that hurts.


you gotta make sure you nip all the crotches and branches before they go in otherwise you in for a fight trying to get stuff chipped. that said they work great for pine branches.

if the knives are dull at all, your in for a fight.


as a back up and your just chipping the little stuff sure. but you definitely dont want it as the go to chipper.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Yup, you'll get scratched. The biggest downfall I see in them though is the final cleanup. The autofeed jobbys roll the debris right in while a whisper needs you to shove it in manually. Doing this is not only dangerous but a time consuming PITA. 3 grand is better than 30 though.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

I like the simplicity. The way I set mine up, it makes fair chips, but there is no fight with an 1/8 inch gap between my knives and anvil. The unit I have currently has a far superior Kubota Diesel. I can't bog it for nothing. The RPMs will only drop so low, then it just digs in and laughs.

My backup will have a Deutz Diesel. Not near as strong, but it gets the job done.

I'd have a new Vermeer self feeder with the John Deere Power Plant if it was up to me. I've already been spoiled once and I just try and forget the experience ever happened.

 

[ropensaddle]

make sure all phones and watches are in the truck. if those chucknducks can pull anything off you body they are going to try and do it.

if its cold watch out for open skin and whipping sticks. that hurts.


you gotta make sure you nip all the crotches and branches before they go in otherwise you in for a fight trying to get stuff chipped. that said they work great for pine branches.

if the knives are dull at all, your in for a fight.


as a back up and your just chipping the little stuff sure. but you definitely dont want it as the go to chipper.

It is my go to chipper! I like cold chipping and I can chip larger than you are letting on, but my blades are adjusted right and then cutter bar! I have chipped all types of wood not just pine! I don't chip too much since buying a grapple truck, but could; and it would work all day everyday!

 

[ropensaddle]

Yup, you'll get scratched. The biggest downfall I see in them though is the final cleanup. The autofeed jobbys roll the debris right in while a whisper needs you to shove it in manually. Doing this is not only dangerous but a time consuming PITA. 3 grand is better than 30 though.

Blake no rakings in any chipper of mine. Small stuff picked up by hand
is laid on table and a real complicated tool, made from a branch is used to
shove it all through! It always amazes me to see someone trying to push
small branches in by hand

 

[oldirty]

It is my go to chipper! I like cold chipping and I can chip larger than you are letting on, but my blades are adjusted right and then cutter bar! I have chipped all types of wood not just pine! I don't chip too much since buying a grapple truck, but could; and it would work all day everyday!

rope i bet that thing looks like your lawn tractor!!!!

alls i know about them chucknducks is that if you do not position yourself on the feed you are going to get abused.

that and the ones ive used only made me wish for far superior equipment. i mean you cant even direct the flow of chips into the box without moving the truck. sure you can swivel the mouth of the chute a little but that about it. but that said i have not run every model of chucknduck around ( thank God).

i just gave some info i had about my experiences with those nasty little machines.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Blake no rakings in any chipper of mine. Small stuff picked up by hand
is laid on table and a real complicated tool, made from a branch is used to
shove it all through! It always amazes me to see someone trying to push
small branches in by hand

Cute. We're trying to fab up a table for ours right now. We have what I assume to be an old line clearing chipper that angles down at about 45 degrees from the drum and won't hold a branch on it without glue. I'm worried if we weld a completely flat table into place some of the bigger stuff might get sucked through easier and stall the engine instead of simply falling to the ground when the rpms drop too low. Toying around with a removable tray of sorts to solve this dilemma.

 

[ropensaddle]

rope i bet that thing looks like your lawn tractor!!!!

alls i know about them chucknducks is that if you do not position yourself on the feed you are going to get abused.

that and the ones ive used only made me wish for far superior equipment. i mean you cant even direct the flow of chips into the box without moving the truck. sure you can swivel the mouth of the chute a little but that about it. but that said i have not run every model of chucknduck around ( thank God).

i just gave some info i had about my experiences with those nasty little machines.

No it looks worse lol! I don't care too much for looks, I care about function
in my equipment. You are right on the chute but wth, I spent hardly nothing for a less complicated piece of equipment, that has stood the time test.

 

[oldirty]

No it looks worse lol! I don't care too much for looks, I care about function
in my equipment. You are right on the chute but wth I spent hardly nothing for a less complicated piece of equipment, that has stood the time test.

and if she is making you money every time out then you'd be hardpressed to take a verbal dump on it. i understand completely.

 

[ropensaddle]

Cute. We're trying to fab up a table for ours right now. We have what I assume to be an old line clearing chipper that angles down at about 45 degrees from the drum and won't hold a branch on it without glue. I'm worried if we weld a completely flat table into place some of the bigger stuff might get sucked through easier and stall the engine instead of simply falling to the ground when the rpms drop too low. Toying around with a removable tray of sorts to solve this dilemma.

I don't like that style chipper with the drop table. My old whisper table is level and as far as large branches it rarely dies unless its 8 inch red oak! usually it just bites it off and leaves a little for the shove stick,branch made tool thingy!

 

[Blakesmaster]

I don't like that style chipper with the drop table. My old whisper table is level and as far as large branches it rarely dies unless its 8 inch red oak! usually it just bites it off and leaves a little for the shove stick,branch made tool thingy!

Really? I've seen lots of level decks around but just assumed that they were for 3" and smaller material where ours will take 8". That's why I figured it had the sloping table. If it's not needed I'm going to grab the torches tomorrow!

 

[ropensaddle]

Really? I've seen lots of level decks around but just assumed that they were for 3" and smaller material where ours will take 8". That's why I figured it had the sloping table. If it's not needed I'm going to grab the torches tomorrow!

I don,t know where you got your info, but mine will suck a 8 inch limb in 2 to 3 seconds. Sloping table is mainly to assist in getting
a large limb in. I can lift a fair limb and throw it in and will normally
cut them to the six inch easier to handle! Why don't you try to
make some saw horses to prop your table to test it?

 

[Blakesmaster]

I don,t know where you got your info, but mine will suck a 8 inch limb in 2 to 3 seconds.

Just the only reason for a drop table I could come up with. What engine do you have in it though?

 

[ropensaddle]

Just the only reason for a drop table I could come up with. What engine do you have in it though?

300 inline six!

 

[Blakesmaster]

300 inline six!

Well, hot damn! That's what I run. It's time for metal shop. Sorry for the slight thread derail.

 

[beowulf343]

alls i know about them chucknducks is that if you do not position yourself on the feed you are going to get abused.

that and the ones ive used only made me wish for far superior equipment. i mean you cant even direct the flow of chips into the box without moving the truck. sure you can swivel the mouth of the chute a little but that about it. but that said i have not run every model of chucknduck around ( thank God).

i just gave some info i had about my experiences with those nasty little machines.

I always kinda liked the chuck n ducks-but would never go back to one these days. To many messed up stories-had a kid nicknamed taklebox cause of all the hoop earings in his ears. Kept telling him it doesn't pay to look cool around a chipper. Four ripped out at once and a trip to the hospital taught him a valuable lesson. Got a brand new chuck n duck around 97-the table was ridiculously high. I'm a tall guy and the table came to about sack height (which is about lower rib height for everyone else.) Had one piece fly back and get me-traded that chipper to another crew for their pos. But the pos actually turned out to be one of the best c'n'd's in the outfit-the chute had been modified to spin a full 360 at two different points. Which brings up a couple tricks if you couldn't adjust the chute. We'd just unhook, drop the chipper onto the wheeled jack and be able to point the chute wherever we wanted. (Just remember to block the tires.) And if you have one of the c'n'd's with the weenie up and down adjustable flap at the end of the chute, you could take off the bracket and turn the flap so that it adjusted side to side instead of up and down. But man, if you had one adjusted right and a couple guys who knew how to run it, you could chip alot of brush fast.

 

[ropensaddle]

The absolute best thing about the chuck and duck is; no waiting in line
it will keep six men busy.

 

[mckeetree]

The absolute best thing about the chuck and duck is; no waiting in line
it will keep six men busy.

Most of these guys do not know enough about those type chippers to really give a fair evaluation of one. I have ran them for 30 years and never had problems getting limb whipped or any of the other problems described here. I think they chip too fast for some little tree boys and it scares them.

 

[oldirty]

Most of these guys do not know enough about those type chippers to really give a fair evaluation of one. I have ran them for 30 years and never had problems getting limb whipped or any of the other problems described here. I think they chip too fast for some little tree boys and it scares them.

i dont know if your directing this to me bud but i will respond as if you are.


i have been behind one often enough in my career to know that there are better machines out there than using a CnD.

and in 30 years you never got whipped by one branch running those things?

have you ever left the office in those thirty years?