MOLDY
ArboristSite Lurker
I realise this ain't about a chainsaw.... but didn't seem appropriate for the 'large machinery' threads either....
I've just aquired a nearly new Bearcat 180 3inch chipper - got it at knockdown price - over here in the UK they go for 1600 to 1800 quid - I paid only 400 for this one that hasn't done much work...
Have any of you out there ever had experience with these little shredder/chippers?
Do they last? - Do they stand up to heavy use?
I work alone on most of my domestic tree work, and needed a small brush chipper simply to make things easier for me - I would have liked a little larger machine, but this was too good a price to miss...
My main question is... to adjust the clearance between the chipping knives and the welded fixed 'knife' on the end of the chute you have to loosen collars on the rotor shaft by knocking them around with a punch - they are on an eccentric machining on the end of the roller bearings - and then simply slide the rotor back and forth in these bearings - These collars are held tight with v small allen headed grub screws.
I can't seem to get my head around how the rotor is prevented from sliding to and fro... is it held by the v small allen screws (seems v unlikely to me) or when you knock the collars tight on the bearing inner races, are they squeezing the inner race onto the shaft, pinching it tight??????
I've just aquired a nearly new Bearcat 180 3inch chipper - got it at knockdown price - over here in the UK they go for 1600 to 1800 quid - I paid only 400 for this one that hasn't done much work...
Have any of you out there ever had experience with these little shredder/chippers?
Do they last? - Do they stand up to heavy use?
I work alone on most of my domestic tree work, and needed a small brush chipper simply to make things easier for me - I would have liked a little larger machine, but this was too good a price to miss...
My main question is... to adjust the clearance between the chipping knives and the welded fixed 'knife' on the end of the chute you have to loosen collars on the rotor shaft by knocking them around with a punch - they are on an eccentric machining on the end of the roller bearings - and then simply slide the rotor back and forth in these bearings - These collars are held tight with v small allen headed grub screws.
I can't seem to get my head around how the rotor is prevented from sliding to and fro... is it held by the v small allen screws (seems v unlikely to me) or when you knock the collars tight on the bearing inner races, are they squeezing the inner race onto the shaft, pinching it tight??????
