Testing CHEAPEST $5000 Chinese WOOD CHIPPER (on Alibaba)
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
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Unboxing my new $5000 Chinese Wood Chipper. Buying the cheapest wood chipper I could find on Alibaba.
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Wearing those gloves and put your hand that close to the chipper is a bad move, buddy
At 6:13 there seems to be an adjustment knob on the hydraulic block, turning that should speed up or slow down the feed speed
Chippity China, the Chinese chipper · You feed a long stick and your engine stops tickin'
😂😅
Loading long logs with no gloves on, or just the fingers gone, I hope the ER is still open then.
Watching X-Files with no lights on.
That's exactly where my mind went! Chickity China the Chinesium Chipper, feed it some wood and the fire burns quicker.. yada yada yada
Shout out to BNL and their Y2K Album "Pinch Me"
"we'll start with the tiny stuff" *immediately loads 6 inch post 😂
A flow control should be installed so that the infeed rollers can be slowed down so the chipper can keep up.
He could probably diy that
If you pause it at 25:31 it looks like it might have a flow control knob there on that block.
@@lockburner2000 Sure does look like one.
The whole video I was like slow the damn feed rate down so it can work!! I guess that was never a thought for him 😅.. he jus pours it to it lol! Fk a clutch who needs one 😂😂
Maybe we could do a poll to find out what your viewers find most satisfying to watch:
A. Kevin milling logs
B. Kevin crushing gravel
C. Kevin chipping wood
I come for the milking and rock crushing
... I stayed for the log chipping. Never seen a chipper take logs that fat!
Just a heads up, wood chip piles can get extremely hot and self combust in direct sun.
So be sure to spread piles long term
I bought a small chipper/shredder from Peavey for around $800. Being as I burn anything big enough to stack, I didn’t need a huge machine. I find the fresh branches chip better than old dry stuff but the secret is to keep your knives sharp and your revs up. Regulate the intake speed on the larger branches and don’t throw dirt into it.
Happy chipping
James Prigioni on UA-cam started his entire food forest with just wood chips. He didn't add top soil, just wood chips piled on for several years. Now he grows a ridiculous amount of fruits and vegetables in what is basically his back yard... all organic, no fertilizers, nothing.
Suggestions:
More weight on flywheel.
Feed shut off bar around the infeed shroud. Just a U shaped bar that has a lever that disengages the fwd feed if your arm/body hits it. They occasionally get hit with just the right stick and you have to reset, but it may be the difference between losing a hand/arm/life.
And maybe for fun, but maybe functional: A steam pipe "smoke" stack with a correctly sized whistle at the top. Once it produces enough steam, it sounds the whistle and you let the machine (and you) rest for a certain amount of time.
Thanks for sharing (and taking the risk)
2 episodes later and we'll see a self feeding chipper that runs around the property!!
Kevin: "I've made couple small updates to the chipper!"
Pretty little wood chipper.
I would mount one or two fire extinguishers on the side and please use another piece of wood to push those short six or 8 inches pieces in
Great stuff
A safety shut off near the chute would be nice. There was a tragic accident in my city over the summer involving a wood chipper. Please keep your fingers away from the chute.
This is the first thing I saw. I would not use this chipper.
@@radagast6682 could you use a small supercharger for the wood chipper
Perfect chipper for the WoodChipper 2024 movement 😂
It needs a large weight flywheel,take longer to spin up but also longer to slow it down
It needs mor powah. Like a supercharger..... Or just slam a 1.9 TDI in it.
What about welding a stick of metal onto the lever that lifts the teeth, the strick protrudes towards the receiver, so you can lift the teeth with one hand and pull out stuck logs with the other?
I like to oil the outside of my hydraulic tanks too, as a little treat
I do that every time I refill the windscreen wiper fluid.
You know, in like three months it would be great to see a before Chippy and after Chippy of the "problem" areas of the property
"You know what goes with chips K,K,Ken? Fish Ken!" 🐟 😂👍 (Fish Called Wanda reference)
I assume you know, because they are one of Canada's proudest exports, but the song was Barenaked Ladies "One Week" 'Chickity China, the Chinese chicken'
That's what I was thinking about!
Where's the emergency stop button?
I’d cut a door out of the flume thingy…with a latch so that you can gain quick access to blockages…because when the wood is moist, it’s more likely to have a build up due to the bend. Looks very satisfying though.
Needs an E-stop for the feeder.
I was looking for that big red button...didnae see it.
Weird how many youtuber’s from northern America push chinese made garbage. Manufacturing must return permanently.
Maybe extend the infeed shute a bit - it looks really dangerous with your hand that close to the rollers
You could use a valve to cut down on the feed drum speed. I’m sure your arborist friend mentioned that his has auto feed that stops the roller when rpm drops. I’ve run many larger industrial chippers while working for my local highway maintenance department. The scariest was one powered by a Ford 351cid V8. It had no feed drums. Straight in to the chipper wheel. Branch were whipped past the operator at incredible velocity. No way to stop the feed beyond killing the engine.
That's a good idea. or.. just don't feed ridiculous sized wood.. lol
Hi Kevin I love that wood chipper
Why did you keep putting logs in that were too big? I don't understand your train of thought when it stalls and burns the belt to pieces and then just keep doing it?
Change the valve or install in inline flow control so the feed rate is adjustable. It may already be there and just limited by how you operate it. Just like a loader on a tractor you can ease the lever to slowly raise/lower.
I say relocate the startup controls closer to the engine so you can reach the compression release while cranking
Like you said at the end, adding a viscus slip clutch to the chipper cutter head so that the hydraulic pump doesn't stop when the cutter starts to slow down to far taking too big of a bite along with making sure the belts are tight enough that they done slip would go a long way to making it a more usable machine. Adding a valve on the feed motor that is controlled via engine or cutter head RPM would also help a lot in preventing a stall when the cutter head slows down. The belts may also need to be tighter or may need some dressing to prevent slipping since the belts are not a clutch and should never slip in normal operation. If the cutting head stalls the engine should stall unless a slip clutch is being used or your going to go through a lot of belts.
Do you stand outside staring at the sky when it rains man? Jus listen to yourself you gotta be some sort of Engineer..
Slip clutch is jus gonna create another slip problem that it already has so trash that plan...
Slow the in feed by atleast half and increase knife flywheel speed "full throttle". What do you do in a car to go up a hill? Increase the throttle to maintain the cruising speed.. I wouldn't add weight to the flywheel cause if you get it outta balance I'll eat flywheel bearings like a starvin Ethiopian.. the key is feed rate
How much money did you save compared to buying a good US made chipper? Cuz this thing is not looking too great sorry😅
You don't see Rachel in a while then you buy a chipper😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤔 hmmm
If he wanted Rachael there, he'd plumb in a proper toilet.
You could start by rigging up a cable or linkage to the decompression lever so you can operate it from the control panel instead of needing 2 people
Kevin, you sure enjoy the unexplored...😂😅 Personally, I would've went to a machinery auction, or rented a chipper. Gotta love reading sideways and upside down though. Love what you're doing 😊
I never in my life have seen a woodchipper eat a full tree
this machine amazed me
yea she jams
but she does do it in the end
AWESOME!!!
Not gonna lie that boiling coolant would scare the bejesus outta me
That is because you have common sense. He is literally destroying that thing.
@@excitedbox5705 even under normal operating conditions it looks like it's going to boil off. Probably why it said water works too.
All for views of course, sadly destroying equipment is a trend that makes money on youtube@@excitedbox5705
@@excitedbox5705 no he didn't, its evaporative cooling. its how that design works
@@excitedbox5705 That coolant will never go to a higher temp than the boiling point unless it all evaporates. That is why we use water in a cooling system, since as long as you can keep water in the system, your engine will not overheat and seize. The only reason you worry about it boiling off in an automobile is because the system is pressurized to around 15 PSI as the engine runs and this keeps the coolant from evaporating since it increases the temperature at where the coolant boils which gives you a wider temperature differential for the radiator to to exchange heat with the air moving past it.
Heads up ! You might want to use a larger stick to push the material , not your hand unless you don’t need it any more 🤔please be careful
Tweak suggestions:
1. Fly wheel
2. Lever for decompression.
3. Lever for hydraulic lift thingy
4. Paint the inner chute yellow and black (warning so youndon pur your hands past that point)
5. Emergency stops - multiple. One at chute end. One at far end (if you dont put the decomression lever) and one on each side.
6. A trap door to allow you to drop the dirt out the bottom.
7. Some plexiglass/perspex windows into hard to see areas from operator perspective
8. Two keys on ipposite sides to start it so that you have to have two people. Doing this alone without some more sefety features is a bit risky.
adjust your flow control for the feed motor to slow it down for the bigger stuff then you wont have to babysit the control lever. you could also add in an external flow control , that would make adjusting much faster as simple as turning a dial once you find the sweet spots mark them off for for quick reference
Swapping to a larger pully on the hydraulic pump would slow the feed rate, reducing the engine load.
It seems to be constantly overheating now?
nope, evaporative cooling
@@mrjinglesdice2368 so that steam pouring out of the top of the motor is “evaporative cooling”. Ok
@@joelapp yes sir
Security tip when feeding wood with extruding parts ,always put them in so the attachment point angle of twighs is pointed towards the machine, people have had there hands pulled into the feeder roller because thet got stuck on twigs they put into the machines.
You should have em stop bar above the feed funnel so you can stop the thing from pulling in stuff. That machine seem to bee two man show to bee considered safe, in its current
Form.
I nearly polished off an entire bag of chips while watching this video Kevin!
You may be able to put a hydraulic oraface on the feed motor to slow it down a bit to allow you to feed the big stuff easier.
And you can grind up the box that it came in...winner, winner!!!!
Love you new Branch Manager. Perhaps you could add a decal identifying it as such. The lack of a sealed radiator for the cool system does not meet very safe. At a minimum you do not want to be breathing evaporated antifreeze fumes.
Rather than feeding your log feeder 12cm logs, perhaps you should limit yourself to less than 10cm timber and save the posts for your next project build.
Who is your new minion? Any update on Don’s move to the coast.
Stay safe out there sir. Your wife and daughter need you with all your fingers and toes in tact. Peace brother
I was also thinking a bigger flywheel would help a lot. Seems like it works fine enough so long as it can maintain momentum
Yes a bigger flywheel may help however you need to oversize the crank pulley as well in order to keep the same belt drive ratio... Also add an Infeed roller flow restrictor
Since the hydro controls the feed speed, but comes down on the log, if you used that arm coming up and left when looking at where you stuck the hydro motor stick, and sat a bolt on there, it would set a max depth that the grabber/feeder is placing on the wood, hence it wouldn't feed so fast.
Drill holes along the arm and stick a bolt that's long enough to go onto the back of the cowl there on the feeder section, and use that as a minimum for the logs you want to shove in diameter, then the arm can move up, but it can't move down any further than the minimum. I believe that's what they are lacking in that "design" they "liberated" from other chippers. If it can't feed as fast, you should be able to fit logs up to the max width minus grabber teeth in there and they should still go through, it's all in how it feeds.
hello 1: change the speed of the wheel feeder by adding some debit limiter on hy line or 2: you ad a speed sensor on the cheaper when the sensor detect some lower speed the little module inverse the hydraulic distributor for the wheel feeder and it stop the wheel or eject the branch, then when the speed come back it work like normaly ( expensive way to make a really wood cheapper) .
Good video Kevin! Nice wood chipper man, that will help you really get rid of branches and trees you don't need great asset man! I can see that being used a lot! The areas that you were using the chipper looked really good when you were done! Looks like you can get to areas of the chipper you need to when needing repairs, maintenance! Good video man! Looking forward to the next one. Take care.
Should have the chipper leveled so the engine fluids aren't angled and possibly starving for oil... Also normals chippers are run full throttle while chipping
"Chickity China, the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'" One Week by the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies!
For that smaller stuff you were pushing through by hand I would highly suggest getting a dedicated pushin stick. I always have one gnarly old stick I use to keep my hands away from the finger hungry bits.
What might help things out is a 12v hydraulic pump just for the reverse feed or like you said a bigger flywheel. You explained it well but being there in person makes the difference
VERY Honest review, you even showed the bad AND Good, VERY nice job Thank you :)
Thanks for sharing! I think I’ll save up a bit longer and get something that you don’t need to babysit while chipping.
I want something such that if the wood fits in the machine, it will go through without stalling on its own. I don’t want to have to sit there rushing between the log and the controls trying to find the ‘sweet spot’ where it doesn’t stall but is still producing chips at a consistent rate.
You might want to add a flow controller to the feed circuit. That way you can slow the feed speed on the larger stuff and not over feed the blades.
Don’t know if anyone else has said it, but don’t put coolant in that engine, only put water. Since coolant has a higher boiling point than water, you’re effectively raising the engine operating temperature to whatever the boil point of your coolant is. Normally 260*F or more
Also that solenoid valve on the side is an auto feed stop. Should be a way to set it on that small control panel, it’ll see a drop in RPM and stop the feed roller then restart the roller.
I second the idea of a bigger flywheel.
@ 29:10 I worry about your safety / I think you are allowing your hands to get too close to that feed roller !!!
As if he didn't already have enough sawdust in this life :)
Having used 'small' chippers like this before, you need to slow down the speed of the feed wheel some how (if its hydraulic then a flow reducer will need to be added)
Happy weekend everyone!
Stick hack for the win starting.
Our chippers (4) run 12-14 hours a day 5 days a week non stop
Wow, that wood chippers pretty cool. I’m glad it’s working good for you and I hope it continues too. I always enjoy your videos Kevin thanks so much. Take care.
It could definitely use some sort of flywheel weights for sure.... Is there a adjustment valve for your infeed speed? Ide def slow it down when sending in the bigger logs.. Maybe move or add another ignition switch close to the compression release..👍👍
Hi Kevin,
Great demo with the chipper. Can’t wait to see what, if any modifications you make. Now you can add gravel to any driving surface and chips to any trail surface. Very cool. Thanks again for the entertaining and educational content. Take care.
It seems your new chipper isn't heavy duty enough for your larger logs.
he said it's rated for 120mm (4 1/2 inch) he was putting 6 inch logs thru it.
I know that the big chipper that the city uses has a big heavy flywheel to keep the chipper from dropping it's rpm's too quickly, helps the machine plow through bigger branches more easily.
I like the crate it was shipped in ☺️
I am always looking for a deal on stuff, but sometimes you get what you pay for. That chipper seems like a turd. For 5K and something that size I would think it should have no problems with 5 to 10 cm logs.
You could possibly do some pully diameter changes to help adjust the feed rate adjustment somewhere.
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Chippers are always a bit of a learning curve. Even the very expensive ones have a bit of learning probably could do with a larger hydraulic pump and tank so you always have enough flow and pressure to keep it singing. Along
Looks like the old chuck -n-duck lol build you up some removable sides so branches don’t hit you when controlling it
In other machines you can use the jack leg to lift the feed roller
You forgot to kick the tire Kevin 🤣😂🤣😂
Adjust the flowrate to the feeder lower so that the knives get bether time to chewe throug 😊
add flow control valve on the hydraulic motor (teeth) might help with larger pieces
Can’t wait to see you make it better.
Hey, got an Idea for a new project! Build a cabin out of Stone! You once said that there are so many stones in the Fields around your area 🎉
That takes a LOT of stone.
what a suprise it works great for the smaller stuff lol
One piece of equipment that really should be operated by two people, especially with no emergency stop around the in-feed.
Kevin's turning into a beaver. Let's hope Chris doesn't misidentify him as a potential food source in a future survival video.
Lesson 1. Don't stick your stick in crazy!
Lesson 2. Hire Security Detail to prevent local beavers from stealing your wood chipper!
Lesson 3. Always ensure Kevin has ADULT supervision on new projects!
If the feeder had a slow slow mode, it's be much better.
Ice Chipper Chappy
Would probably help if you could get a radiator/fan onto that thing so it doesn’t just boil off its coolant.
Looks like it needs a fly wheel and a cooling radiator with fan.
or just anything non chinese build for the cheapest price.
@diaman_d it all comes from China or Vietnam Nam or Korea. Unless your rich, and open a factory.
The only thing better than this would be a forestry mulching head for the front of your Kubota tractor, this way you drive your chipper over the branches where they lay.
Your chipper is a 2 operator version it's made that way for safety. For example say your clothes got caught in the feeder the other operator is there to back up feeder or stop it
Awesome video brother, also Hello fresh looks amazing. ❤ Much love and respect from here in Kentucky
I bet that smells amazing with the freshly chipped pine.
The machine is literally screaming at you to not operate with 1 person only. Don’t get a sweater snagged!
Yeesh.
Maybe its the flywheel but I would try to slow down the feeder so you don't have to manually play with it on big logs.
That machine looks like it's only rated for chop sticks. If you intend on keeping that machine it may well be worth your while to have a little hunt around through some old backyard scrappy's & see if you can come across an old 3 cylinder Deutz as they don't require a water cooling system. Failing that try finding a 2 or 3 cylinder diesel yanmar, Kubota etc from an old Arc welder, golf course mower etc. if you had a decent motor on that chipper it would probably eat through everything on its diner plate. Just an idea & it would make a brilliant video or series of videos on hunting down an engine & then fitting the round peg into a square hole.
It's no Vermeer. Chinese instructions are the worst. They might as well be written in Chinese. I bought a drone once and the instructions made no sense at all. The last thing I bought had no instructions. Another thing just had a picture of the product. You'd think they could hire an English speaker to write for them.
Seeing prices of fire wood in Europe and that guy crushing all that nice wood 😂
i reccomend auto feed so it will automatically baby the logs so that you dont have to
Put a speed control on your feed roller.
I can't believe they didn't put a radiator in it. Should have a feed speed control to slow it down for larger pieces.
usually, they have a some kind of auto feed where it stops the teeth and lets the motor catch up