ducaticorse
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Here's a pic now since I'm at the yard
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Interesting, if I was allowed to swap cylinders out so I had up and down id love oura, I thought the 2400 was the worst in our line up but I did find a new one for the bottom of the list I couldn't get that thing dialed in it has a flow controller that's half seized so its ruff to move to much wheel speed = no up n down u get up n down but the wheels crawl so frustrating
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Idk. They both have pros and cons. The regular 18 has 2 feed wheels almost 32" long. It has a long throat with a almost 20"×24" drum opening. this chipper weighs almost 12k lbs and with the throat configuration it can give you false hope that it is gonna take the piece.
The 18rx feed roller opening is the same size as the drum opening and it has a very short throat. It is sometimes harder to get a piece to start into the feed roller with the single roller. Mostly on short chunks of wood. With only one feed roller you don't have to worry about it freezing up in the winter. I was very hesitat about getting a machine with only.one feed roller but I am very impressed with how well it takes brush and whole trees.
I watched my new machine break 5"-6" silver maple crotches and take the whole piece in with a little help from the down pressure lever.
The 18rx feed roller opening is the same size as the drum opening and it has a very short throat. It is sometimes harder to get a piece to start into the feed roller with the single roller. Mostly on short chunks of wood. With only one feed roller you don't have to worry about it freezing up in the winter. I was very hesitat about getting a machine with only.one feed roller but I am very impressed with how well it takes brush and whole trees.
I watched my new machine break 5"-6" silver maple crotches and take the whole piece in with a little help from the down pressure lever.
How much gap is that? Can u post a pic of your hydro setup?
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
There is a adjustment on the cylinders for the crush , when mine is out it leaves an opening too . I pull the pins and spin them down which brings down the feed wheel
ducaticorse
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I'm Enroute to an emer call. Will do when I get back
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Call me tomorrow I can walk you through adjusting it , it's the same as mine
treevet
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You got Verm BC 1800 I think. Yours are top and bottom and my bc2000 has side to side rollers. Easy to adjust and clear stuck ins.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
He has a model 13 morbark
U ever have a job where ur like **** I got all the room in the world, until u stick a truck in there then ur like **** this ain't gonna fit? Having one of those.days today its sucky so Im picking over the front of my truck with no front rigger its awesome I've perfected the setup though set your rears up high as *** just touch the fronts and that way u don't teeter
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Sounds sketchy
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
We sure needed some rain but I would prefer if it wasn't 2"+ in a couple days. Got a lot of back yard removals to do and I refuse to plywood a highway in.
ducaticorse
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I like storm work. Go in **** everything to take a trunk off a roof. Just kidding, but seriously, when the yard already looks like Hiroshima, what's the point of boards.
Today: Very little. Managed to get in a super quick job at the neighbour`s house before the rain set in. Removed and chipped a few sections of a maple beside his house. I told him the tree was fine, but if he`s nervous and insists on paying to have some weight taken off so he feels better, so be it.
Then quit your crying and wait for it to dry out. I hardly ever put a truck on a lawn without plywood.. wet or dry. Seems kinda hackish to me.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Well around people don't want to pay for you to lay plywood. Just the demographics not hackory. Dick.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I agree it makes for a nicer job but I don't want to sling plywood for free. This area is alot of cheap people. I got one job coming up the guy and his family were in France for 2 months this spring. They want all the sticks picked up in there woods down to 1/2" diameter. He is paying big money cause he doesn't want nothing damaged. When I give a quote I always ask. I can rope everything down and cause low to zero law damage but it gonna cost more or I can just drop the pieces leave some divits and possibly some rutts and it will cost less. Kinda like when someone wants me to cut the wood into firewood length. I tell them I am charging them $300 a hour. Normally changes there tune about that. Lol
Sounds like you have some good selling points there. lol
I like the part about blaming it on demographics though. Nice touch.
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