Time to upgrade my wood chipper. I bought a 15 hp Powerfist chipper from Prince Auto (SKU: 8893547). There are no assembly instructions, so this will be interesting!
Thank you for the video. Really helpful to see the steps and a few of the potential issues. I also appreciate your down-to-earth approach to things. Now to put mine together...
Hi, @toddblattner6003! Glad you found the video helpful. As I have told everyone, do your first oil change at about 2 hours run time. Mine was full of metal particulate. Enjoy using it.
Hi, @billpetley2632. That would not be hard, but my unit was built during the COVID excuse years. Anyway Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment! As I tell everyone, do your first oil change between 1.5 and 2 hours of run time. Enjoy!
Thank you for struggling so we can struggle a little less. Figured I would procrastinate assembling my chipper by having a wobbly and enjoying your video, I think they like to mix sizes 16 mm /17mm so that if you only have one set of wrenches you aren't SOL.
Hi, @unclereefer37. Glad you found a way to procrastinate that was productive. As one of my ex-employees once said: never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid indefinitely. Anyway, thanks for watching and for leaving a comment. As I tell everyone, do your first oil change at about 1.5 - 2 hours of use.
@@ByTheGraceOfGod316 Just got it from my second day of chipping, I just had to say what a great machine! Definitely worth the money and then some, don't tell the managers at princes
Thanks for the video. I found that the gussying, that is at the back end of the hitch, interfered with the stand operation. Otherwise it went together well 😊
Glad it helped! As I have told everyone else: do your first oil change at about 2 hours. Mine was full of metal flake. Enjoy the chipper and may you have a glorious week!
Hi. I got mine yesterday with the exploded parts diagram and no install instructions. It looked like it was going to be a battle to figure out but thanks to a quick watch of your video it was a super easy install. Thank you for making this.
Hi, Mike. Glad you found the video helpful. A word of advice: do your first oil change at about 2 hours or less. My first oil change had a large amount of metal particulates in it. Anyway, have a glorious day and enjoy the chipper.
Hi, @joseegagnon1198. Glad you found the video helpful. Thank you for leaving a comment. That will help others find it. As I have told others, do your first oil change at about 2 hours of use. My first oil change was full of metal particulate. May you have a glorious weekend!
If you are buying it used, check the roller drum for excessive wear. Check out my video on how to flip the blades to see what I mean. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xL0hFxFCs2o.html
Thanks! Binge-watched your chipper videos last night/this morning. Im buying new... just turns out to be the display model so lucky me. 😊 just have to give it the once-over before i hook it up and take it down the highway. Cheers
Hi, Dean. It is a beast of a unit. I am working on a video of using it. Quite a jump in performance from my 5hp chipper / shredder! Have a glorious day!
I found this because of my frustration with trying to find a way to change the main drive belts. Drive belts will be a job that will have to be done, sooner or later, and I can't find any way to do this as there is no adjustment in the belt tightening whatsoever. Even Princess Auto 'Service' has no idea how to do this. Other than the belt replacement, you have provided a good ' how to' video here. BTW, I just bought my Chipper ( May 3/2023 ) and in the crate were 'standard width' trailer wheels ( not the wide floatation style you were lucky enough to be supplied with ) , 4-80 x 8,which (I can see, will vibrate themselves into the ground as the unit runs! Oh well!
Hi, Reg. You take of the belt cover to get at the belts, but you will strip out the cover bolts. Okay, maybe not strip them out; mine didn't come with treads. The engine slides forward and back to tension the belts. I will try to do a short for you later this week.
Hi, @regsparkes6507. The video on how to change the belts is being uploading now. It comes out tomorrow at 330 pm Ontario time, unless something goes wrong between now and then.
@@ByTheGraceOfGod316 Thank you, I`ll be watching for this one. In the mean time, I have bought one between a friend and me to use. We've had it in operation now for about 2 hours, and have chipped quite a load or branches, both evergreen bought and alder, no issues at all. We tried larger wood, and in our opinion, 3 inch or less is OK to use in this 420CC Chipper from Princess Auto. Ours seems to chip `green` branches and twigs much easier than old dried branches. We always start it up and shut it down under slow throttle position, to allow for proper warm up and cool down.
Hello. Many thanks for sharing with all of us. Very helpful and well explained. I think the tires are in the wrong way. The V mark in the tires must go in the motion direction. Thanks again. Looking forward to seeing more adventures with this nice wood chipper.
Hi, @peri4940. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Glad you found the video useful. I am never sure which way they should go. I know implement tires go one way and drive tires go the other, but which is which ... There are two more wood chipper videos coming out shortly. In one of them, I torture test it with 3 inch walnut branches. By the way, as I have told everyone else, do you first oil change at about 1.5 to 2 hours of run time. Mine was full of metal flake. Anyway, enjoy the chipper.
I have the Forrest West version. Identical, but your intake shute is hinged, mine is not. I think Ill modify it. Funny, your thoughts were exactly the same as mine all the way through. My worst problem has been trying to get the blade bolts undone. Three of them simply cant be undone. Have wrecked the bolt heads trying. Otherwise, machine performs well.
Hi, @tecsonics. I have done a video on flipping the blades. I had to heat them a little, and make a special tool, to get them out. Doesn't help you now that they are stripped, but maybe the trick of welding a nut onto the bolt heads might help? Anyway, thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!
Hi, @kush6049. Glad you found the video helpful and watchable. As I tell everyone, do your first oil change between 1.5 and 2 hours of run time. Enjoy!
I found it funny that it had no instructions. Maybe because they figured that men don't read instructions anyway. I laughed out loud when you had it balanced to put the tires on. Those tires look like they came off a moon buggy. Let me guess this machine came from a faraway land. But it does look heavy-duty. It sounds like you live by the 401? Great video on putting this together. Take care
Hi, LoggerJohn. We are about 2-3 miles south of the 401, but some days the road in front of our house gets about as much traffic. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I trust you are having a great holiday weekend.
Hi, Raimo. The manual says 100 mm, but the website says 5 inches. I would guess it is somewhere in between, depending on the species of wood. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi, Mark. Sorry for the slow reply. I would rate it as a good buy, if you are a midsize land owner. It is too much for a city lot, but not rugged enough for a commercial unit. It doesn't have electric start, but it is easy enough to pull start. Maintenance isn't difficult. It isn't hard to un-jam, fortunately. The deflector shield leaves a lot to be desired if you are chipping into a trailer. I would note that the knife drum seems to be developing some wear marks. Do your first oil change within the first 2 hours. Even knowing all of that, I would buy it again.
