f-600 chip truck mods

[superjunior]

The chippers got bigger than that truck was intended to handle, height wise. The 75 chevy one ton box I built for a chuck and duck, then the company I was working for gave me a 1400 vermeer and I had to lower the tongue down some like you, but mostly got by just adjusting the shoot down.

The power company was requiring a self feeder for to make the right size chips for EAB req, so I bought my woodchuck wc-17 because I thought that they were going to shut me down before the treetards in missouri would send one up. I have the same problem with it, so the one I built on my super duty stands with 10 ft clearance with 6ft head room in the box. Both roofs hinge over to allow for top loading. You might consider a design that allows for that concept.

I should think that you could beef up a 600 some and be ok axle wise, but it would be more like an f-750 or 800 then right? Could you mount a tag axle? I had one on a 71 chevy c-60 graintruck that I used for a chip truck once. I don't think I could have overloaded it had I wanted to.

Its an old Davey truck (obvious by the green and yellow paint under the white) so I'd think it was designed for a small chipper.
I used to just point the shoot down but the chips would stack up in the back of the truck and it would still spray chips everywhere. By lowering down on the jack stand now the truck packs real good but I still need much more capacity.
Hinged tops sounds like a good idea or even just a removable top since I do have a crane and I'm leaning towards having the top fabbed anyway.
Think I'd still need to beef up the suspension tho. Got any pics of your chip box?

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I bet a paint job alone will cost $3000 - $4000 if you pay someone to do it. I know when I painted my bucket truck, I used $700 in just materials. I even used the van sickel gloss white tractor paint with hardner and a fast dry automotive thinner.
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[2treeornot2tree]

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[2treeornot2tree]

To save you some weight, you could just cut the sides and hing the roof up at the front and weld in triangle pieces on the sides to fill in the holes. This would leave your front the same height it is now but give you enough height for your chipper chute in the back.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Its an old Davey truck (obvious by the green and yellow paint under the white) so I'd think it was designed for a small chipper.
I used to just point the shoot down but the chips would stack up in the back of the truck and it would still spray chips everywhere. By lowering down on the jack stand now the truck packs real good but I still need much more capacity.
Hinged tops sounds like a good idea or even just a removable top since I do have a crane and I'm leaning towards having the top fabbed anyway.
Think I'd still need to beef up the suspension tho. Got any pics of your chip box?

Yeah, adjusting the shoot only got me by for limited runs, I always had to drop the chipper tongue to pack it.

With a chipper like that you definitely need more capacity. Half the reason I got the ole one ton was to help production on the row, as the forestry package was too small. So I'd pack them both out, dump the tonner at places I couldn't go with the bucket while I left the boys cutting, and would return for a second. That often kept us going pretty good.

My second box is much like the first. It's built of treated timbers off of contractor dump bodies. Nothing special, but built right. 2x12s across the front with a 3/4 plywood cover. 4x4s in the corners and 2x12s midway with 3/4 plywood. The tops are 3/4 plywood with 2 2x4 supporting hinges across the midbed 2x12s. I have two turnbuckles at the back at 45 deg angles keeping the rear half locked down. It's still not enough capacity as the bed is shorter, but I don't have to worry about the chipper shoot.

Naturally, I'm looking to go with steal boxes for my next truck, but grain trucks are becoming more available in this area as farmers turn to semi trucks for their needs and they are with less mileage, better cared for, stored out of the elements, and often haul more than the junk leftover chip trucks that get peddled for twice what they are worth. So we'll see.

 

[superjunior]

To save you some weight, you could just cut the sides and hing the roof up at the front and weld in triangle pieces on the sides to fill in the holes. This would leave your front the same height it is now but give you enough height for your chipper chute in the back.

damn that white looks sharp, nice job.
is that diamond plate on the control cover?

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Thanks. It was alot of work. Took me a full week. Yeah, it is diamond plate. The cover wasn't there when I bought the truck so I had a amish guy bend that alum diamond plate up for me. He only charged me like $60 for it.

 

[epicklein22]

What kind of motors do you guys have in these F600's? My buddy and I are hunting for a chip truck and have seen a few older f series. They all have had different motors, detroit, 5.9 cummins, 6.6 ford, gas jobs.

 

[superjunior]

What kind of motors do you guys have in these F600's? My buddy and I are hunting for a chip truck and have seen a few older f series. They all have had different motors, detroit, 5.9 cummins, 6.6 ford, gas jobs.

believe mine's the 5.9 cummins with a 6 speed. not a whole lot of horsepower to speak of but plenty of torque to do the job.
Got a detroit 8.1( I think?) in a little log truck that has way more power

 

[ducaticorse]

Mines a 366 gas. It has a 10spd split, and is unstoppable.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

My truck has a 366 gas engine with a 5 speed trans.