Kemp K6CH Wood Chipper

I think no more than I would be chipping for right now I’ll just put a tarp down and pull the chipper away and pick it up to dump in the trailer. That worked out great the other day. Carol wanted the first load around her chicken coop path area. I backed up to the path and dragged the whole tarp out and rolled it over to dump. It worked out good but I will have to keep it small loads.

I searched last night on YouTube on these and no one had adapted a better way of discharging the chips up into a trailer. One thing I thought of and you all chime in is converting this to a three point pto model. This way I could lift it higher to allow a better way of transferring the chips up and away. Kemp has this model available.You guys have some good ideas for me to think about for next year. Thanks!

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Sawdust said:
I’m going to start a new thread for this in case it can help someone. I picked this up on Market Place for $20. The PO assured me it was legit and it had been under water for awhile. I drove about 2 1/2 hours round trip to get it. It had been under water for about two days, he used it for two years prior and it ran good.
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A couple of not so bad things are the bushing slips out of one of the wheels, it’s missing three cutters on the mulching wheel this indicates some moron put a branch in the wrong end. I cleaned out the hopper and it spins very good, bearings are good with no slop.
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This is the worse cutter rail
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The engine had about a pint of water in the gas tank without any smell of gas but was clean. I was worried when I took the oil fill plug out and couldn’t see any oil. When I took the plug out a little sludge with some water came out but not the clabber you see sometimes. It’s got two fill plugs one on each end of the case. Once I drained it I shot some carb cleaner in one end and watched it drain until it looked clean. I added fresh oil then some fresh gas. The spark plug was dry and clean and had a good spark. After several cranks it tried to start with shooting gas in the carb. The next time it ran but I had to keep squirting gas in the carb. I’m going to take the tank and carb off to give it a good cleaning.

Although this is heavy it pulls around a lot easier than I thought even with the wheel flopping around:eek:.
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I bought one of those chippers new about thirty five years ago. With time, it became increasingly difficult to start. Ten years ago, I removed the gas motor and installed a 5 HP 240 volt electric motor. I now need to stay within 100 feet of my garage because that is the length of my extension cord, but I am really happy with the way it now runs.
 
Philip2025 said:
I bought one of those chippers new about thirty five years ago. With time, it became increasingly difficult to start. Ten years ago, I removed the gas motor and installed a 5 HP 240 volt electric motor. I now need to stay within 100 feet of my garage because that is the length of my extension cord, but I am really happy with the way it now runs.
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Bet it's a lot quieter too...
 
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