Brush Chopper Made From Old Silo Blower
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When I was looking at brush choppers several years ago, I noticed they all chopped with rotating knives. I had an old Viking hammermill I chopped corn with when I had cattle. Since it also used rotating knives, I decided to try it for chopping brush. I re-moved the dust collector and the screen, then very carefully tried a little brush. It worked great. So right away I added some features to help insure my safety when chopping brush with it. For example, I in-stalled a swinging door in front of the knives to prevent material from flying back and a longer apron so there's a total distance of 48 in. from the outer edge to the knives. I turn the vertical discharge pipe so it blows chipped brush downwind. I've used the old hammermill for four years to chop brush without any trouble. (Dr. H.E. Meyer, Rt. 2, Box 31, LeCenter, Minn. 56057)
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Brush Chopper Hammermill WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 19-4-34 When I was looking at brush choppers several years ago, I noticed they all chopped with rotating knives. I had an old Viking hammermill I chopped corn with when I had cattle. Since it also used rotating knives, I decided to try it for chopping brush. I re-moved the dust collector and the screen, then very carefully tried a little brush. It worked great. So right away I added some features to help insure my safety when chopping brush with it. For example, I in-stalled a swinging door in front of the knives to prevent material from flying back and a longer apron so there's a total distance of 48 in. from the outer edge to the knives. I turn the vertical discharge pipe so it blows chipped brush downwind. I've used the old hammermill for four years to chop brush without any trouble. (Dr. H.E. Meyer, Rt. 2, Box 31, LeCenter, Minn. 56057)
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