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Safety Booklet viii

PROCEDURE FOR UNPLUGGING YOUR CHIPPER

If your chipper is plugging, it is usually caused by allowing the engine to drop below required R.P.M.’s.

This can be resolved by simply shutting the feedwheel(s) off when the engine begins to lug down. Operating

the engine at speeds lower than full R.P.M.’s causes your chipper to plug.

Always run the chipper at full

engine speed.

If your chipper is equipped with the optional autofeed feature, make sure it is set correctly.

The setting for the low R.P.M. stop must be high enough not to allow the chipper discharge to plug. Dull

chipper knives also contribute to chipper plugging. Dull knives can create slivers and chunks, causing the

engine to lug excessively. Both of the aforementioned conditions cause a plugging situation.

STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN UNPLUGGING YOUR CHIPPER

1. Before attempting any type of maintenance disengage clutch, turn off engine, wait for the disc/drum to

come to a complete stop, install the disc/drum lock pin, disconnect battery, and make sure the ignition

key is in your possession.

2. There should, also, be at least two people on site during maintenance and service procedures in case

an accident should occur.

3. Make sure the chipper disc/drum is

NOT

turning and then open the hinged portion of the chipper hood.

4. Using gloved hands and some type of raking tool, dig the chips out of the chipper housing.
5. If the discharge chute is plugged, use a raking tool to pull the majority of chips out of the open outlet end

of the chute. If the discharge chute needs to removed, use some sort of mechanical device like an

overhead hoist, loader, lift truck, etc. that is rated to lift the discharge. Follow all OSHA instructions for

lifting.

6. Never allow a person to turn the chipper disc/drum when someone else is working inside the chipper

housing. More than likely, the chipper disc/drum will turn hard then loosen causing it to turn faster. If

another person is anywhere near the chipper disc/drum, they may be injured.

7. Never turn the chipper disc/drum by hand. Always use a pry bar or wood bar. This will prevent the

person turning the disc/drum from being injured should the disc/drum break loose.

8. Reinstall the discharge chute, mount securely and point it in a safe direction away from anything.
9. Never leave the chipper hood open and try to start the engine in order to engage the chipper disc/ drum

to blow chips out of the housing, this is very hard on the P.T.O. of the chipper and may burn clutch plates.

Also, the flying debris is very dangerous. An exposed chipper disc/drum turning very fast creates an

unsafe condition. In other words,

DO NOT

start the chipper with the hood open because it is just too

dangerous.
10. Once the disc/drum turns freely, close the chipper hood, insert the hood pin, install the padlock in the

hood pin, reinstall the chipper hood engine disable plug, make sure the spring lock for hood pin

springs back to the correct operating position on disc chippers, pick up all tools, make sure the chipper

is free of all debris, start engine, properly engage clutch and throttle to full speed. Insert a small branch

into the feedwheel(s). If the chips discharge properly, the chipper is clear and normal operation may

resume.

If the chipper is properly maintained and operated correctly, the chipper should not plug. In the unlikely