JUSS10 250 #1 Posted August 15, 2021 Recently picked up an old mackissic chipper/shredder with the intention of converting it to 3pt for my kubota. Well I started looking it over and frankly got impatient to build the 3pt setup so I adapted it to my 1054. I know they made these for later model tractors in the 70s and on but never saw one on a 1054. Worked out pretty easy actually. The 1054 outside frame width is 8” and the inside width of the chipper is 9. I took two pieces of bar stock that were 1/2” thick and made a “H” bracket by welding them together with a piece of 1x1 tubing. It bolts to the front of the frame and to the back of the chipper no issue. Next I needed to figure out belt routing. Had a mower deck for a 1054 I wasn’t using so I grabbed the two idler pulleys off that. The grooved one I bolted in to the side of the grill piece where there was already a hole. The flat pulley I mounted to a piece of flat stock and welded that to a sleeve bushing that ties to the H bracket with a bolt. Finally I used a spring pulled back to the frame under the engine to keep tension. thw whole setup works surprisingly well with little effort. I still may make it 3pt to have the added horse power but thought I’d share it. 9 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,046 #3 Posted August 15, 2021 Nice setup. It may work better if the spring loaded idler was on the bottom belt span. The top span is the load side and as the load varies the belt tension changes. Easier to take up with the idler on the bottom. Garry 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,086 #4 Posted August 15, 2021 Very nice! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUSS10 250 #5 Posted August 15, 2021 9 hours ago, gwest_ca said: Nice setup. It may work better if the spring loaded idler was on the bottom belt span. The top span is the load side and as the load varies the belt tension changes. Easier to take up with the idler on the bottom. Garry yup you are right. That said, I needed something on the top to pull the belt down a little as it was wanting to rub on the side of the grill housing. may have to add a fixed flat pulley on top to keep it down and then a tensioner on the bottom as well. this was a “toss it together with what I have” sort of deal. Work in progress for sure! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #6 Posted August 18, 2021 Niiiiice work. I have a similar chipper. It's a beast!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUSS10 250 #7 Posted August 19, 2021 Yeah we’ve done two 4x8 utility trailer loads with it so far. Makes a pretty fine mulch with the 1 inch screen in it. Curious what the chip size would be with the bigger screens. Would like to make some slightly larger chips for landscaping. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #8 Posted August 19, 2021 17 hours ago, JUSS10 said: bigger screens. Mackissic may have them available. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,277 #9 Posted December 4, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 1:00 AM, ebinmaine said: Niiiiice work. I have a similar chipper. It's a beast!! How thick can the branches be? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #10 Posted December 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, Maxwell-8 said: How thick can the branches be? I believe the actual spec for the chipper side is 3.5". Input speed depends on the type of wood. Soft woods it'll take 3.5" diameter easily almost as fast as one can push it in. Harder species is what we have for the most part. Birches, beech, rock/red/swamp maple, sugar maple, and red or white oak. We 🔥 burn most 🪵 hardwood pieces bigger than about 2.5" and I'll chip/shred the rest. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carscape 29 #11 Posted December 6, 2021 Thanks for posting the inspiration. I have an old vertical Troy-Bilt that works well when I can make the POS techy run. Been thinking about mounting on my Charger. More HP, easier to move, plenty of yard hugging weight for ballast. The brackets will take some thought. Now just need to get off my butt. Best to All of You, Carl 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #12 Posted December 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, carscape said: Thanks for posting the inspiration. I have an old vertical Troy-Bilt that works well when I can make the POS techy run. Been thinking about mounting on my Charger. More HP, easier to move, plenty of yard hugging weight for ballast. The brackets will take some thought. Now just need to get off my butt. Best to All of You, Carl I have a bracket for my Mackissic chipper currently mounted on the front of a C series. I have another bracket on the shelf that was on a John Deere and I may eventually be modifying that for usage on a Horse. I'd be happy to take whatever pictures and measurements of those brackets would help you out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #13 Posted December 7, 2021 7 hours ago, carscape said: Thanks for posting the inspiration. I have an old vertical Troy-Bilt that works well when I can make the POS techy run. Been thinking about mounting on my Charger. More HP, easier to move, plenty of yard hugging weight for ballast. The brackets will take some thought. Now just need to get off my butt. Best to All of You, Carl I have, and really like, a Troy-bilt.The PO never cleaned the cooling fins on the 5 hp Tecumseh and it came to me ruined. I re-engined it with a 6.5 hp B&S (bought cheap from a guy who forgot to put oil in his pressure washer pump--he just shrugged and bought a whole new washer). It would make an interesting project to power it off a tractor PTO. One immediate concern is the rotation--on mine, the Tomahawk's driven pulley turns clockwise when you face it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #14 Posted December 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Handy Don said: the Tomahawk's driven pulley turns clockwise when you face it. Nothing a good figure 8 in the belt won't fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #15 Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Nothing a good figure 8 in the belt won't fix. Sure, and if you tilt the chipper about 5-6º off vertical, the belt won't even rub at the crossover, right? Edited December 7, 2021 by Handy Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carscape 29 #16 Posted December 10, 2021 Good suggestions. By my calculations, you need 7.2896 degrees to avoid a galactic flux rebound loop. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,595 #17 Posted December 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, carscape said: Good suggestions. By my calculations, you need 7.2896 degrees to avoid a galactic flux rebound loop. I might regret this.... Can you prove your work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #18 Posted December 10, 2021 Thanks for doing the calculations, a galactic flux rebound loop is the LAST thing we need. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 6,666 #19 Posted December 10, 2021 4 hours ago, carscape said: Good suggestions. By my calculations, you need 7.2896 degrees to avoid a galactic flux rebound loop. Just in case your calculations are a little off, just how far in to the future and back into the past is this thing going bounce back and forth. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
