Three other mods 1. My ancient chipper (made in 95’) has a Wisconsin engine. It is protected by a rain hat. But the exhaust muffler was a primitive thing that ended under the hat. Result was exhausr fumes in my lungs when the breeze put me downwind. Had the local Midas shop make pipe pieces that went around to top of hat and then i put a little car muffler in horizontal position on top of hat. Coming out of muffler, a 90 back to vertical and up to just under discharge chute swing. Capped it with one of them rain flap protectors from Tractor Supply or Amazon. 2. The rotation of the chute was a pain. I greased the joint with a putty knife. The lock for chute rotation drives me nuts so ran one of them cheap ratchet straps around chute just above the base. Easy to tighten and holds chute in any position. 3. I am 300 years old. I always want chipper as close to best position as possible. And chipper is short coupled so backing with precision is near impossible. Put a tralier ball on the FRONT of your ATV. It is best invention since man discovered sex.
I have a great add for any Bandit 65 and probably a lot of others. Line the side and top of the inlet chute with 1/4” hi density Polyethelene sheet. Coefficient of friction of poly/wood is 0.1 whereas painted steel/wood is about 0.5. Result is that twigs and branches rarely jam on way in. Saves a ton of labor and lets you turn away to pick up next load without having to fight with the one you just put in. You do have to be a bit clever. Poly only within 3 inches of roller. Use flat head 1/4” bolts at roller end and counter sink them. You need just a few bolts at inlet and maybe in middle BUT those should go thru at least half inch hole in poly with a 3/4” washer under hex bolt head so poly can expand on hot days withou buckling. Hex bolts just snug. All nuts are lock nuts. Polyethelene sheet is expensive but worth every penny ( $400 for 4 x 12). Do not use Polypropylene….coefficient is too high. On older chippers use overlapping pieces on sides and remove outer if you need to raise the outer chute. Use the left over elsewhere or maybe sell it. Shipping is costly so try to find an industrial source near you, maybe one that makes conveyors. This mod is a must.
Sounds like a good mod. I will consider. Wad thinking of adding hydraulic down pressure and lift on the feed wheel. Also sharpening the feedwheel teeth.
@@airframefixer YES..my son has a 65 and after using mine he advised me to sharpen the teeth on the feed roll. I did by crawling into the chute and using a side grinder. Made a huge difference! Before that I had constant hangs and had to push 30% of loads to establish feed. That dropped to around 2%. Use a face mask, breathing mask, ear muffs. Reduce grinder speed with a controller…..still a hell of a lot easier than taking out roll. Between that and the poly you will be in heaven. After those mods i just load and reach for next load….no longer wait to see if i get a jam or a feed. If you are too big to lie in the chute, make your wife do it. You will get a better chipper and a divorce at the same time.
Unfortunately, I had to find the ground sources for the engine install. There were no "instructions" to follow. The three things with the engine install were: The hood electrical disconnect is +12vdc and is interupted with this switch. The removable hood pin is connected to the "ground to kill fuel solenoid" on the engine". The tachometer is feed from the blue wire on the speed sensor on the engine. That's how bandit interupts and locks out the engine functions. As for the reverse valve, it is always fed +12vdc, the signal comes from the tachometer. Depending on which tach you have, EIC, LOR, or the autofeed plus, determines the colour of wire. The connector is the small Deutsch connector.. I will do vid with more information as this is asked frequently.
Hey man, I have a 75xp, which is essentially the same thing as what you have here. Can I perhaps contact you somehow to discuss more about the way you went about getting your reverse function working with the standard bandit tach?
