Making one good wood chipper out of two bad ones.

[@johnsterling5611]

Buddy I'm a tree trimmer.... Turn your branches around they will feed much better. Please never reach into a chipper, the next branch will pull the debri into it... You do great work 💪💯😮

[@ramblingman8992]

I think I would rebuild the dead engine and have a go at welding the drinks and dings in the runners.

[@AlwaysBored123]

He still has the old engine and expressed interest in rebuilding it so we may do that one day. Those curved tracks are just a bad design and I wasn't willing to put any effort into them.

[@brucebrandow4314]

As a former owner of the vermeer I can tell you it would try your patience. You made the right call It had multiple problems Fixing the engine would lead to making a gold plated turd

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks for backing me up on that. As soon as I saw how those feed rollers were designed I knew it would be better to fix the other one. Delicate asymmetrical mechanisms like that are just asking for trouble.

[@IHcubcadet]

Nicely done. Man the sludge in that motor! That gave me a good chuckle.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. After talking with the owner we were pretty sure a blown head gasket allowed radiator stop leak in the coolant to mix with the oil resulting in that un-pumpable goo. Apparently the low oil pressure switch did shut the engine down but a guy he had working for him at the time bypassed it and started it back up.

[@lastnightsdinner]

great amount of detail and getting those up close shots with explanation of your troubleshooting process

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks glad you liked it.

[@gd2329j]

Landscapers can fig-up everything ! Next time run …...............

[@AlwaysBored123]

Lol shit will happen. At least a neat video came of it.

[@localcrew]

Those vertical rollers suck. My homeboy Larry has the 1230A version of this chipper and it is universally hated by all who use it. I wondered why - until I got slugged in the side by a six-inch limb. You must be on your toes to use one of these. That being said, I would fix up the unit in a heartbeat. The demand for old chippers is always strong. That sliding feed roller should have a thick rubber cover on it to keep out junk and rain/snow. Probably contributed to its early demise. Great video. Just subscribed!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yup. The main chipper they use is a BC1800XL which also has vertical feed rollers. Power wise it's a beast but its very easy to get a fat lip if you try to feed a piece in sideways. He still has that 1250 sitting in storage (along with a bunch of other junk) maybe one day we'll pull it out and do something with it. Thanks for the sub!

[@willtricks9432]

Nice result. Cheers

[@patdriver5696]

You are amazing. So much better than Magiver, because you're for real. Thank you for sharing your ingenuity with us.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Haha thanks.

[@Farm_fab]

A friend of mine's employee couldn't get a compact ride on roller to shut down, and it had a twin cylinder diesel on it. I had to loosen the injector lines to get it to shutdown. I was surprised that with one line off, that it stayed running, albeit with less vigor.

[@Chr.U.Cas2216]

Dear AB guy. 👍👌👏 Very well done again (video and work). The chipper runs great and I'm impressed how strong it is. Hope your friend will maintain the repaired wood chipper better than the one with the destroyed engine (but I guess he won't although it saves a ton of money). 2) I wouldn't try to rebuild an engine with so much sludge in it. I bet it also overheated at least one time and it's no use trying to overhaul a formerly overheated engine. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah it would be a big job to rebuild that engine properly. It would probably need to be bored/sleeved, crank reground, etc etc. Thanks for watching!

[@fyodorautistoesky990]

26:00 not to backseat shop you but if you want your drills to last longer you need low speed high torque for best results (I spent years trying to perfect my drill sharpening skills only for an old timer to tell me that going at high speed will heat up the drill bits and dull them)

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah I know. I was just too lazy to change the belts around. And cast iron tends to be quite forgiving I find.

[@fyodorautistoesky990]

@@AlwaysBored123 Yeah true. Btw love the videos man the ride on lawn mower one was a lot of fun to watch and very educational

[@fz1205]

I think I would send the branches from bottom part of the branch in!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yes stuffing them in backwards is not a best practice as I've since come to understand.

[@julianreid8179]

yes a nbad design. the brush bandit has horizental rollers supported on all ends. still frequent greasing and radiator cleanimng with air is necessary!!!

[@PAUL-hf3ex]

And you wonder why that motor had a failer ,Holly Cow!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yup. I'd never seen anything like it.

[@Type_One_Diabetic]

Man, i love your videos so much. ❤

[@AlwaysBored123]

Hey thanks man!

[@jamesmorton8431]

I can almost smell that cedar being chipped 😊

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah it's nice.

[@bertjetolberg103]

We used to make one bad machine out of two good ones😂😂

[@AlwaysBored123]

Bahaha.

[@billcooper2584]

Awesome knowledge and skills!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks!

[@joeromanak8797]

Please tell us that you did an oil change and filter before you gave it back. They ruined the other engine due to sheer neglect. Do these things have an hour meter on them?

[@AlwaysBored123]

Haha don't worry I saw it a few weeks later and the owner had changed the oil and installed a new filter on it. I think they do have hour meters but I can't remember if either one worked.

[@mircomuntener4643]

17:30 Well there's yer PRAWblem!!

[@AlwaysBored123]

Lol that will do it.

[@hillbillyfranks]

Just subscribe to you You did a fine job changing that motor over I'll be watching more of you Stay safe and have a good day

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks a lot!

[@AlanBurnham]

How often should one change the engine tar? lol

[@AlwaysBored123]

Lol you don't really *change* it so much as you just keep refilling it.

[@TheHomePros6221]

No wonder that Vermeer rollers messed up… there’s no grease at all on them!! They have to stay greased!!

[@AlwaysBored123]

That probably didn't help anything. There was no grease on the woodchuck either though and it worked fine.

[@TheHomePros6221]

@@AlwaysBored123 yea the way the woodchuck is designed a lil different in a way that prob doesn’t need it as bad as the slide system on the Vermeer

[@livingon80]

I'm surprised that first engine didn't like its 15w800 oil

[@AlwaysBored123]

😂

[@johnhartt7679]

Always put the butt end first lol

[@RangieNZ]

Lucky they were both the same core engine. With so much junk in the bellhousing, I'd say the rear main seal is done - kind of amazing the clutch plate was driving at all! Interesting that the cooling fan is setup to 'push' (not 'pull') the air - I guess to keep debris off the radiator. The 'delayed owws' are always the worst (- clutch spring pinched the finger?)

[@AlwaysBored123]

They were nearly the same engine but one was imperial and the other metric IIRC. It was odd. Yeah the rear main was definitely gone and the clutch probably was slipping for all I know. Yeah I wasn't paying attention to where my fingers were and the clutch finger smashed it lol.

[@frerecampbell9291]

At 32:41, you are making the chipper work harder, instead of feeding the trunk in first, where the load would taper from light to heavy, better performance wise. Don't you think so? Thanks.

[@AlwaysBored123]

It doesn't really matter. The huge inertia of the chipper wheel evens out the load no matter how it starts. The only reason to feed stuff a certain way is to prevent it from catching on your clothes and trying to pull you in.

[@joelchabot5167]

This motor had compression in the pan, It transform used engine oil in a wax like gum,

[@AlwaysBored123]

Interesting.

[@lemarinelbehri4186]

bonjour camarade je vient de d’couvrir ta chaine et je me prend du plaisir a regarder bon courage dans ta vie camarade

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thank you very much!

[@watahyahknow]

with the serious lack of maintanance i was wondering if you actually checked the oil on the replacement engine and maibe chainged the oil and filter on it as the owner sure as heck whont do it as for the busted solenoid , that is probably a combination of oilpressure and water temperature cutting off if one of them goes beyond the set limit wouldnt be supprized if the men operating the chipper broke it and bypassed it as it kept shutting off (never even question why it shuts iff as it keeps them from finishing the job and get payed

[@AlwaysBored123]

I checked the oil and he did change it before he started using it. I found out later that's actually exactly what happened to the solenoid. Some pudding brain they had working for them smashed it to bypass it. In his defense I guess it did technically have oil. Just no oil pressure.

[@gutsngorrrr]

Wow and they wondered why it failed. If you dont look after your stuff, maintain and service, it will always fail. I just dont understand why people treat expensive equipment like this.

[@AlwaysBored123]

I agree but "expensive" is relative I guess. I could make a bunch of videos on all the broken down stuff that guy has lying around.

[@gutsngorrrr]

​@@AlwaysBored123 Well some people obviously have more money than sense.

[@AlwaysBored123]

@@gutsngorrrr I can't disagree with that.

[@knightofelemia1567]

You're buddy only changing the oil once is a sign of laziness. That machine makes him money assuming he owns a chipper business. The moment the machine is down and not making money is where you want to start taking care of your bread maker. And I doubt chippers are that dirt cheap but swapping the engine was a great idea. Hope your buddy learns to change the oil more frequently on his Frankenstein chipper. The other engine deserves to be rebuilt if you had the video I would watch it.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah he is bad about maintenance he tends to just run stuff until he can't. To be fair though that was a backup chipper. His main one runs good.

[@loriesdobes]

If you don't under the equipment don't mess with it

[@AlwaysBored123]

I would agree.

[@travismclemore7765]

Murphy Switch lol. Use them regularly.

[@AlwaysBored123]

I had never heard of one before working on these. Makes sense to have on stationary equipment.

[@kennethmclean3679]

Do you have another regular job or do you fix and sell things for income? You have talent...wish I could fix and troubleshoot things like you.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. I don't have a 9 to 5 or anything but I do a few things regularly for money. Currently most of my income comes from driving a box truck.

[@WIDESIDE72]

Good job putting the two together. As others have mentioned, the guides for the Vermeer could be welded and resurfaced. As far as the swapped engine, did you change the oil and filter, and suggest the owner due the same, occasionally?🙄

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thanks. No I didn't lol but he changed it shortly after I gave it back.

[@julianreid8179]

the rollers are splayed out so they can not pull in small brush. i did run the drum and disck chipper for 6 years and repaired them but not as fast as the idiots broke them...

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yup that was another thing I didn't like about it.

[@Bad_Fireman]

The hydraulic system on the first one will be the same blocked.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Not sure what you mean?

[@ericlakota1847]

Your buddy is going to love you the price of chippers is insane even thease old chippers you would be amazed what they go for

[@AlwaysBored123]

Oh no doubt. But what kills me is how he will leave equipment lying around at random places for weeks at a time like it's not worth anything.

[@WoodCutr1]

@@AlwaysBored123 thats how work goes, I got 2 trucks, and one driver so its very common to leave a chipper or skidsteer on a job, take the keys with me, and if its anywhere public I take the battery with, and chain it to a tree, take pictures

[@hilham89]

He might want to go ahead and change the oil in the one you swapped out. If not he will be in the same situation. I do agree with rebuilding the other one though

[@AlwaysBored123]

He did.

[@joesask857]

nice

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

Any machine shop could make new roller guides and rollers

[@AlwaysBored123]

IIRC he considered that and decided for the cost he was better off fixing the Woodchuck with the Vermeer engine.

[@michaelwillcutt2619]

Looks like quaker state oil mixed with Havoline oil two different types of blends

[@neilmaccubbin844]

Did you change the oil on the second engine?

[@AlwaysBored123]

No lol. The owner did shortly after though.

[@chrisrhodes5464]

You struck crude oil there

[@AlwaysBored123]

Might move to Beverly Hills.

[@xxof830]

Dam how old are you ? & How did your learn all that you know ? 👍🏾👏🏾

[@AlwaysBored123]

Thirty. Most of my knowledge comes from reading manuals and watching other people's videos on here. Thanks for watching!

[@xxof830]

Wow dam your so good at all you do at a young age don't stop 👏🏾🙏🏾👍🏾 from Norristown pa here

[@nealfry7403]

Feeding the materials in the wrong way, hate to see ya have an accident.

[@AlwaysBored123]

Yeah I stopped doing that lol. Thanks for looking out.

[@vansien]

Has anyone else watched this and wondered if this kid ever made it to his next birthday? 😮

[@AlwaysBored123]

Come again?

[@julianreid8179]

very slow feed rate!