Yes, EXACTLY, "there is supposed to be a cutter hooked up right there". YUP, that would be like the flywheel part with the chipper knives mounted on it. That is where you would feed in wood of any size. The top hopper is just for SHREDDING like dry leaves, and really, really fine branches or more specifically twigs. Likely the $200 clutch is stuck and previous owner removed the flywheel CHIPPER part, so the machine could be started. Otherwise simply can't over come the inertia of the large heavy chipper wheel to start the engine. They essentially converted the machine from a chipper / shredder to simply and only a shredder. Cheaper than $200 for a new clutch. Haven't torn into mine yet, but might be possible to take clutch apart, clean and grease it.
The engine seems to be running lean since it seems to come back to life when it's given a little choke while it's stalling. Try backing the mixture screw out a 1/4 turn at a time till it no longer stalls after being loaded. Those old Briggs engines have a mixture screw, unlike modern engines.
Don't discard that grate at 1:11. The grate serves a couple of essential functions. The primary function is to keep the materials from bypassing the shredder. It keeps the shredded sizes uniform. Its secondary function is to keep any pieces (whether wood chips or broken blade fragments) from being ejected from the hopper at a phenomenal speed that could injure someone. This old chipper also lacks a safety flap to prevent debris from flying out. It's exceedingly dangerous to operate this old machine that's missing that flap and operated without a grate.
That was an attempt at humor. That isn't a grate for the inlet side. It goes at the outlet side to keep stuff from coming out before it has been chopped up enough. I believe I demonstrated the correct installation later in the video, but it's been a couple of years, so I don't remember so well.
There is a circuit breaker that trips very easily (it resets automatically). I doubt that you need to worry about abusing it by using a different bar: but what do I know? Ours is still working as when new. It hasn't been treated very well, and I think it has gotten much more use than the average home owner would subject it to.
@@filoIII I don't know. Please don't listen to me. I don't want to be responsible. If the chain is the same, except for having more/less links, it shouldn't make much difference. The chain will still be moving at the same speed it always was. It is usually the case that you can put a longer or shorter bar on your saw.
Yes, if it was on an actual boat. On a canoe, even idle is a bit much (and that's with a home made propeller). A real, properly sized propeller with a useful throttle, on a 14 foot jon boat would probably work well. We have a boat, but haven't gotten around to messing with it, and my son got a 4 wheeler recently that came with a working 2 stroke 5 horse outboard thrown in: We'll probably mess with the new outboard next, but there are other things to do.
I have one, though not QUITE the same set-up. Mine has the wheel-blade set up for larger branches feeding from the side. Top feed, I wouldn't try anything larger than 1". Also, having the side blade adds a large, heavy flywheel that can keep it going. I love mine, it'll eat anything 3.5 " inches and under and come back for more. I would also check the air filter and gas lines, as you seem to be choking it out FAR too easily.
I think he had a model from around 1961, but, when he starts mowing the grass, it's well into the '80's. The movie completely failed on this one. There is no way the Gump character would have purchased a vintage mower. He would just call the local hardware store and get a new one delivered.
The units I've found all have an 8hp or 7.5 hp engine, It almost looks like the tolerance between the flails and the screen may be too great allowing material to get trapped between the flails and the screen? could also be the belt is stretched or needs to be tensioned tighter?
That one is from 1975: I think the engines got bigger over the years. The flails probably do need help. That machine belongs to a guy down the road, so I probably won't re-visit it anytime soon.
Materials "getting trapped between the flails and the screen" is a sign the grate size is too small for the type of vegetation being ground up. Wetter/greener vegetation requires a correspondingly larger grate size to prevent clogging. Most chippers offer multiple grate sizes.
You need to watch some videos on how to cut a tree. The first cut you guys were making could have split off and killed you. Chainsaws have killed people that have done it their whole lives. Be safe. Watch videos and be sure you know what you are doing
I tell ya what do you, Other than that great video informative Now I have to say for what it is I did not expect all day chopper on 16-18 inch logs however the 4-5 cuts provided was awesome. On smaller stuff I expect it chops longer. I will find out
Yes, the thing still works 4 years later. It has seen several lifetimes of typical suburban homeowner use. We ended up with 3 batteries and one of them has failed, though.
have one of these karts, predator swapped and 30 series swapped with 3100 rpm engagement springs, does wheelies on launch! get a torque converter, its worth 100 bucks (the stupid jackshaft is 3/4 bore so finding a driven was a nightmare)
That was in the past. My son just put 2 predators on a different kart. I'll put up video eventually, but I need to get video of it wrecking or failing spectacularly first.
I'm just glad to see the old man didn't slice a leg or get crushed by a loaded up Log...... 14' chainsaw is for Pruning, not logging. Trying to compare a gas saw to an electric is an unimpressive test when none of the Specs come close.
It had some sort of weird moss/lichen that had grown on it that made it look worse than it was. That was a good thing for the video. Still plenty of them out there: Who doesn't want to look like Forrest Gump?
