I use mine with a bx23 and it works great. Here is a link to one in action. This video is accurate, mine works as well as the video illustrates.
I'm use to cutting so that branches chip easily... Even when I was a climber, I was always considerate of the ground men.. I'd always make sure when I was free falling limbs that they were cut so they could go right in the chipper,, no crotches or branches sticking out a steep side angle.. work on the ground went smooth that way... I use to hate seeing a climber bury a ground crew trying to keep up... next thing people are under your drop zone trying to keep up... not good... Not to get off the subject,,, but I worked for a guy years ago that thought he was very fast at taking down trees.... Well he was actually slow when you looked at getting the whole job done... This guy would for example limb out a pine, like a mad man,,, then start blocking all the trunk wood on top of all the brush... come down go look at another job and leave us to clean up,,,, LOL now we had to move all the trunk wood to even get to the brush to start chipping... ahhhhh,,, the early daysIf the majority of the material that you want to run is under 1" then you most definitely want a chipper with a shredder (hammer mill) built in. Bearcat makes an excellent unit that IIRC isn't priced too bad either. The downside to chipper/shredders is that there are none with a hydraulic feed that I am aware of.
I use mine with a bx23 and it works great. Here is a link to one in action. This video is accurate, mine works as well as the video illustrates.
I suppose you could just disengage the PTO at the instant you lower the motor RPMS..Let it just free wheel down..
That's what I do with my rear 5 ft blower... Engage and disengage at an idle.. I have a standard transmission on my Kubota... Live PTO,,, so when you flip the lever it's immediately turning..You'd be better off lowering RPM's as much as possible and then killing the PTO. As soon as you disengage a PTO with a hydraulic clutch/brake (usually electrically controlled via switch/relay) the brake is immediately engaged. Also, some Kubota's with hydro transmissions use a clutch pedal that will disconnect the PTO. I'd just stand on that and let it freewheel down.
That's what I do with my rear 5 ft blower... Engage and disengage at an idle.. I have a standard transmission on my Kubota... Live PTO,,, so when you flip the lever it's immediately turning..
I just bought the same chipper on CL. You got a better deal. Not too many PTO implements down here in SoCal. I've got it hohked up to my JD 1025, but I keep blasting through the sheer bolt. I'm not sure this is the original PTO shaft. Any tips for a newbee?
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