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Routine Maintenance: Blade Access and Inspection

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What happens here

To access the chipper blades for maintenance, begin by turning the discharge chute to the side. Next, use a power drill with a socket attachment to remove the two securing bolts from the side cover, which is designed to be easily removed. This exposes the chipper's internal cutting mechanism, allowing inspection of the blades and the anvil. Marty emphasizes that the blades are reversible, meaning they can be flipped 180 degrees to utilize a fresh cutting edge, extending their useful life. The onboard DDC controller provides service reminders for blade and anvil maintenance, as these are the primary consumables.

Goal: Learn how to safely access and inspect the chipper blades and anvil.

Tools and materials

  • Anvil — The stationary cutting surface that works with the blades
  • Bear Cat CH922DH Chipper Bear Cat — Providing access to internal components for maintenance
  • Blades — Cutting branches into chips; requires regular inspection and replacement
  • DDC controller Bear Cat — Provides service reminders for maintenance
  • Discharge chute Bear Cat — Directing wood chips, needs to be moved for maintenance access
  • Power drill Milwaukee — Removing securing bolts for the side cover
  • Side cover Bear Cat — Protecting internal components, removed for maintenance
  • Socket attachment Milwaukee — Used with the drill to remove bolts

What they say

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How do we maintain the blades? How do and the the rest of the unit on the inside of it? Okay. So, as you can see on here, we got the uh hours and service reminders. Yeah. Um you're going to see on here, it's got the blades, anvil, belt, lubrication, engine, hydraulic system. Uh blades and anvil. That's your biggest consumable on this machine. First thing you're going to do is take your discharge shootute. I'll turn it off to the side. This little little tab right here. Okay. See, we just uh Oh, nice. kept that as a It's just easier to reassemble. Oh, yeah. Okay. So, you take those two bolts off and then that gives you access to the Yep. underneath. We're going to open up the chipper housing here and you're going to see the magic inside. Oh, here we go. Here's the heart of the machine right here. Yep. So, you've already been using this one before, haven't you? So, how many hours does this unit have on it? This unit has 130 hours on it. Okay. So, this is where you change your blades out when they get when they wear out. Okay. So, right here, here we can still feel an edge on it. Mhm. You can see the edge of the blade here is still it's a little nicked up there. Part of this too is these blades are reversible 180 degrees. You would uh just pull these two Allen head socket cap. Oh, and then you got a blade right here and you got a fresh edge. Uh right here, we're looking at the the feed speed. So larger material, we're going to keep it on slow. So like the 9 in material. Okay. You're going to want to feed it slow. It's just more efficient. And smaller material, of course, we can crank this thing up. And then just let her let her buck. Oh yeah. Is there any safety guards on it or can we actually fire this up with this open? Nope. You cannot fire this up with this open.

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