Sapling and Brush Chipping

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Sapling and Brush Chipping

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Video. Saplings and brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped in anticipation of transportation off site.

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Edward N Lewis

2017-01-26

Part of mechanical logging involves chipping brush and other refuse which is subsequently used as bark mulch. Wood that is clean is chipped for use as a fuel in a bio-mass boiler. Wood that is dirty is chipped into bark mulch. Chipping for bark mulch involves a chipper with teeth instead of knives. This video shows chipping for bark mulch.
Note how the top of the chipper unit rises and falls as it automatically adjusts the feed rate into the machine.
The ability to access the chipper with a truck dictates whether or not chipped product is put onto the ground and then loaded or chipped directly into a truck.

2017-01-26