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Bearcat Wood Chipper custom discharge chute
This video is about our BearCat homemade discharge chute.
Disclaimer: This is a prototype design we made only for temporary use. It is not an authorized piece of equipment by the manufacturer. If you decide to build one for yourself, you agree to do so at your own discretion, risk and liability.
I wanted a chute that would blow chips right into the quad’s dump cart. Its a little more than 1 cubic meter (yard) of material. We previously would fill the cart with the 3″ BearCat chipper but filling it just once and dumping would take a whole hour. When I recently purchased this 8″ wood chipper, the first objective was to fill the cart with a custom chute. It did so easily, 5 times an hour. Although, there is still some things to consider, like the huge amount of airflow from the chipping action causes blowback of chips. It makes a mess but that’s not a big concern for us.
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Wood chippin
Spring has sprung, and while the weather remains cool, its the best time to do some outdoor work.
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Spring cleaning 2014
Saturday was a good day to get out and start some spring cleanup, thinning some trees and transplanting 2 red maples.
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Not running at 100%
Difficulty running at 100%… well, … this weekend we were blocking and splitting firewood. My go-to chainsaw (I have a few) would not work on Saturday. Played with the air/fuel adjustment screws to the point I was all messed up. So I went online to one of the forestry forums and posted the quandry I was in. Overnight …
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Bucking a jig
What do these have in common?
2 pieces of 2x6x48, 1 piece of 3/4 x 24 x 96 plywood, a piece of 2x4x60 inch and 7 pieces of 2×4 8 inch
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Firewood winter prep
September will soon be here so its time to prep the wood sheds for the winter. That means covering up the split firewood to keep the rains and snow off.
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Brush clearing after the July full moon
I read somewhere that cutting brush within 3 weeks after the new moon in July will stop all future growth. So I did a test and cut about 800 feet of trail during that period this year. It will be interesting to see what happens. I call them weed trees, but its mostly poplar (or popple as some call it).
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Farm Gate
One of the negatives in our neck of the woods is that there are people out there who will steal anything. So, part of the battle to reduce theft is to reduce the level of opportunity to steal. Our idea was to weld the pins onto the gate. The gate will still pivot, it just won’t be easy to simply lift the gate off its hinges.
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Adapter collar for brush saw
DISCLAIMER: First let me say that its not recommended to use a circular saw blade on a brush saw.
For starters, that’s not what the blade was intended for. Secondly, the arbor hole on the blade is larger that the shaft on the brush cutter.
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Brush cutting in the heat of summer
With even just a few acres of forested land, it can be a never ending job to keep the property looking like its not overgrown. I’ve learned a long time ago to “cry once, pay once”. By that I mean not to go cheap on the tools I use for ongoing or heavy use. Basically you get what you pay for. I own several Stihl products and have never been disappointed with their performance.