WW Grinder Inc, Chipper/Shredder Question
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Comments (3)I have a Trot Bilt Super Tomahawk chipper/shredder. The question is what should the chipper knife clearance be. If someone could measure it and reply, I would be very grateful. The holes in the main shaft set the flail/chipper location and the old shaft was very bad. This machine came to me with a bent main shaft and bad main shaft bearing. I had to cut the ends off the main shaft to get the flail assembly out of the machine. I have made a new shaft and it all looks good and should work well. I am running 1 in shaft bearings on the new shaft and that should improve the life. If anyone needs a shaft or other machine work done to extend the life of their machine pleas send an E Mail. I also have manuals and numerous sources for parts. I make flails out of old truck springs and harden them....See Morechipper/shredder
Comments (6)Beverly, Since your face mask is leaving deep lines in your face, it must be too tight. Those one-size-fits-all face masks with rubber bands tend to do that. You might try to find face masks with adjustable bands. On the farm, when we were kids pitching hay (a very dusty job), we just tied hankerchiefs over our faces, sort of like bandits did in the days of the Old West. They worked pretty well, certainly lots better than nothing. We also live on a hillside, but over the last three years I have created an increasingly level area for the garden that adjoins the back yard on the west. It isn't as big as yours, but it gets a bit bigger each year. This property has about 3.5 acres, the majority of which is still wooded. I have our compost piles in the woods down the hill to the south of the back yard, and to the southeast of the garden itself. I have had as many as six compost piles going at once in that area, and I keep my shredder-chipper back there under a weatherproof nylon cover cabled to a tree to keep it from "wandering off." It's convenient to have the shredder-chipper near the compost piles because it processes the material that goes into the piles and occasionaly I will run a pile back through the shredder-chipper to improve its consistency. I used to have an electric powered WW Grinder shredder-chipper but it was very heavy and, like your Baker unit, the parent company went out of business. We sold it rather than pay the considerable expense to move it. Like you, I preferred electric powered over gas powered because it would be ready at the flick of a switch, whereas back then my two-cycle gas-powered lawnmower always seemed to need a lot of frustrating pulling before it would finally start. I don't recall the exact horsepower of the WW's electric motor, but it was probably about 2 and certainly less than 3 horsepower. I kept the WW Grinder under a protective cover that came as an accessory, but the motor was supposed to be weatherproof. Despite its size and weight, the WW Grinder was distinctly underpowered and was limited to chipping limbs about one-inch or less in thickness. It did do a great job on cornstalks, but they are made of pretty flimsy material. Even though it had interchangeable screens, it wasn't a true hammermill because it didn't have pivoted swinging hammers, but used fixed L-shaped blades that came close to the screens. For that reason the machine was susceptible to choking, jamming, and had a rather slow throughput. When we came here to Maine to live with my daughter and son-in-law, I realized that we needed a good shredder chipper to take advantage of the abundance of organic matter, brush piles, tree trimmings, and leaves that existed here. I did some research and settled on a gas powered MacKissic shredder-chipper. I am very pleased with that choice. Gas engines have improved a lot over the years and my "Mighty Mac" starts on the first or second pull. MM...See MoreChipper-Shredders - Small
Comments (13)It's good to see that there are others who have respect for the older Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawks. I just can't say enough about how much I love and use mine. They are tough as nails. If you are new to flail type shredders you will be shocked at how well these things pulverize whatever you drop in to the hopper. The 8 hp "Tommy" will handle up to 1" branches through the shredder. Anything above that up to 3" goes into the side chipper shute. I will not shred rose canes for the reasons already correctly mentioned. The thorns never break down. Now even the better chipper / shredders like the Mackissic and the Troy-Bilts require that you learn a few things about feeding them. I can dump freshly pulled wet tomato vines through it but I would have some nice dry stuff like leaves, twigs, or sticks to follow the wet stuff with or, I could take the standard 3/4" screen off and install one of my larger screens. I usually use the wet followed by dry technique unless I have a large amount of wet vine material to process. In that case I change to a larger discharge grate and then re-shred with a smaller grate if I want finely chopped product....See MoreAmerican Sycamore? Chippers and Mulchers?
Comments (5)I sharpened two blades today and was surprised at the conditions they were in due to all the leaves and shrubbery I had mulched the last 3-5 years. My concern was missing a few grass blades while getting a clean cut. I feel rushing with the non self propelled mower was part of the cause. There should be some Carbide Mulching blades that the bark would not affect. Mainly for the bark shedding season because bark is mulched as you cut the yard correct? We have Sycamore Trees here in North, TX but I have not seen or heard of the bark shedding and needing special treatment above what grass or leaves would get. What is your lot size? That is our old style neighborhoodâÂÂs problem toward neighbors but nice when you only have a 120â Deep X 70â Wide lot minus the 1,800 sq ft house + drive. A :30 minute cut but 1+ hr of edging due concrete borders, all fencing, most trees, flower beds and Etc.. The goal was to save some trime. With a hard blade trimming at a 45 degree to the ground next to the concrete I usually trim every 3rd cuts (which helps related to time). Remember, removing my bag mulches the grass/leaves 10 X more (10:1) which really saves space. This attachment shows bags of leaves/grass picked up with the mulching mower to compare with what is left when the bag is taken off (at the top)....See More
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