Chopper for walk-behind tractor: which one to choose and how to do it yourself. Varieties of garden crushers for walk-behind tractors for chopping branches What we do

Sometimes, to keep order in the garden, you need to remove garbage and mow the grass. A device such as a wood shredder for a walk-behind tractor was invented in order to reduce the amount of dry brushwood. There are a huge number of these models on the market. However, if desired, you can make such a device yourself using improvised means.

Equipment characteristic

Dry branches on your site may remain after cutting firewood or pruning trees. As a result, a huge slide can form, which you need to get rid of. The most famous option is considered to be sending wood to compost. However, this process can take you a lot of time, and the branches themselves spoil the aesthetic appearance.

Therefore, the optimal solution is a wood splitter for chopping large sticks and giving them small size with which you can heat the stove and so on. Such a nozzle on a walk-behind tractor has a lot positive qualities. Among them are:

there is no need to kindle fires to destroy garbage and waste;
the resulting shavings can be used as fertilizer.

Before you start such a unit at home, decide in advance why exactly you are going to grind something. It directly depends on the type and design of the device. In general, all garden waste machines can be divided according to the parameters: the power and type of engine used, as well as the type and principle of operation of the shredding unit.

As you know, any type of car is equipped with an engine. So this device has 2 types of motors:

petrol;
electric.

Each of these types has its pros and cons. For example, a unit with a gasoline engine copes much better with large branches. Such models are more mobile, and they do not need an electrical outlet.

Sometimes the grinder can be used as a nozzle for a walk-behind tractor, tractor and other types of machines. Then it's best to use electric option. Compared to gasoline, it is more compact and easy to operate. But electrical appliances are very attached to the place of connection.

Another feature of such garden devices is the design of the knives. The quality of grinding depends on them. For example, some devices can process tree branches about 10 cm long. The result depends on the diameter of the sticks and the processing method.

The next device is a combined design that processes large pieces of wood and produces fine sawdust. In the unit, the main role is played by the disk and knives directly connected to the engine. Due to the small moment, such a device cuts only very thin branches.

DIY device manufacturing process

Assembling a structure for chopping wooden sticks is a very difficult job. However, if you do everything right, you will save your money, which cannot be said about buying in hardware stores.

In addition to saving, homemade cars There is a whole list of positive qualities:

the person himself chooses the desired power of the unit;
equipment is equipped necessary quantity knives that will be needed during work;
the diameter of the branches is determined during the manufacture of the equipment;
low price of parts for design modeling.

Having decided to assemble the chopper, you must prepare all the necessary materials:

saws in the form of a disk, 15-25 pieces;
gasoline or electric motor;
pulley and strong belt;
a set of bearings;
M20 stud, washers and nuts to it;
metal pipes intended for the frame;
steel sheets;
plastic washers, 14-24 pieces.

Then proceed to the assembly itself, which takes place in several stages:

Type the saws on the axis, the caliber of which is the same as the mounting holes of the discs, at a distance of 20 mm. To do this, it is better to take an M20 threaded stud and bolts and nuts of the same size.
In the event that the discs on the stud are too closely spaced, the knife will not function. This is due to the fact that during rotation, the teeth are in contact. To prevent this, install every 2 parts further apart. In this case, washers will help you, which you can make yourself from plastic and install between the saws.
Next, a pulley taken from an old car is fixed to the axle. To allow the axle to turn freely, use 2 intermediate shaft bearings with a diameter of 20 mm.
Weld a frame of metal tubes, where the nozzle on the walk-behind tractor will be attached later. The motor is attached in such a way that you can move it in relation to the saws. This need is manifested in order to change the tension of the drive belt.
For practical use, fix the holding bar, which is made of a metal profile. Tree branches will rest against this detail during crushing.
Put on a casing on the cutting block, which is welded from steel leaves.
An additional hopper with a socket is fixed to the upper part. It is needed to load the material and can be made of galvanized steel.

Your log splitter is ready, and with it you can easily get down to business.

Conclusion on the topic

As it turned out, homemade wood splitter- a very useful and indispensable thing in agriculture. Let the knives of this device cannot chop large logs, but they can easily overcome small branches.

By assembling the chopper on your own, you get the opportunity to choose all the necessary parameters that make the job easy.

This is the main advantage of homemade over factory counterparts.

Each summer resident on his site in spring or autumn is faced with such a problem as dry branches on fruit trees, and shrubs. Most summer residents throw away or burn this material. Because sometimes they do not have the strength and means to process them. But if you chop these branches, you get excellent compost and fertilizer for your garden.

There are many for sale garden shredders, twigs, grass and straw. But all these units cost money, and sometimes not small for a simple summer resident, and our gardener is used to saving money and doing everything himself, since the family budget does not allow walking in a big way.

The author decided to design his own wood shredder from what he had available. And the author had an old walk-behind tractor on the farm. It was on the basis of this unit that our designer decided to assemble a branch chopper.

The principle of this design is quite simple, if you understand everything well. The chopping apparatus itself consists of a drive shaft with knives and a fixed knife, due to the torque of the drive shaft with knives, branches and bushes are crushed into fine dust and chips. The drive shaft drives the torque passing from the walk-behind tractor through the belt to the pulley of the rotating shaft, thereby activating the chopping apparatus. For the convenience of supplying material to the chopping unit, he welded a receiving hopper out of sheet metal, which is very convenient when you simply direct the branch into the hopper, and then slowly push it. That's essentially the whole complexity of the design, and now let's take a closer look at what he needed and how he designed his invention.

Materials: walk-behind tractor, knives from an electric planer, pulley, shaft, bearings, channel, sheet metal 3 mm, bolts, nuts, washers.
Tools: welding machine, grinder, hammer, set of keys, pliers, drill.

And so the author first welded the base from the channel, then installed a fixed knife, and the most important part is the drive shaft with knives from the electric planer, the pulley is installed on the shaft with the cutting device to drive it from the torque supplied from the walk-behind tractor through a belt drive.

Then he welded and installed a receiving hopper for the convenience of carrying out work on chopping branches.

And then he installed the chopping apparatus on the front of the walk-behind tractor and pulled the belt drive onto the pulley. The walk-behind tractor was previously placed on a stump so that it would not leave))).

That's essentially it, and everything is a twig chopper

Every summer resident and gardener loves that his site is always clean, and to make it convenient and easier for the summer resident to maintain order, he needs a branch chopper. A branch chopper, also called a wood splitter, for a walk-behind tractor is a specialized, functional attachment for processing grass and branches. Shredded branches processed into sawdust are also a good fertilizer for your garden.

Criteria for choosing a wood chipper for a walk-behind tractor

If you decide to buy a chopper for a walk-behind tractor, you should know what criteria to choose:

type of engine;
unit power;
funnel diameter;
type of crushing system;
what types of garden waste are processed;
chopper weight;
functionality.

The main thing is to focus on the knife system (disk or milling) and the type of engine (electric or gasoline).

Electric shredders are not noisy, easy to maintain, but sensitive to power surges, and process branches up to 4.5 cm in diameter. Gasoline - powerful, process virtually any garbage, but noisy.

A wood chipper for a walk-behind tractor is a good thing, but not everyone can afford to buy it. That's why optimal solution- make a chopper scrap, herbs with your own hands. It's certainly not easy work, but it's worth it.

There are many advantages to a homemade wood chipper: the ability to independently choose the number of knives needed for work; the power of the unit, the diameter of the branches and, of course, the low price.

The design, if properly understood, is quite simple. The grinder consists of:

steel frame;
gasoline engine or electric motor;
cutting mechanism;
bunker for feeding sticks and unloading wood chips;
main gear.

A do-it-yourself wood chipper for a walk-behind tractor is a cutting mechanism mounted on a frame.

Materials for manufacturing: knives from an electric planer, pulley, bearings, sheet metal, shaft, channel, bolts, nuts.

Tools: hammer, drill, welding, grinder, set of keys and pliers:

From the channel, corner and pipes we make the basis for the frame.
We weld the frame.
We put a package of saws and separate washers on the shaft of the cutting block.
We put bearings on two ends of the shaft.
We mount the pulley at the longest end of the shaft.
We attach the shaft to the frame with bolts and nuts.
A pulley of small diameter is installed on the end of the shaft.
We attach the engine to the frame, taking into account that the pulleys are located on one side.
We put a belt on them, we control the tension by moving the engine.
From steel we make blanks for a protective casing and a bunker.
We weld the blanks together.
We attach the casing and the hopper with bolts and nuts to the frame.
We connect to the engine and check the performance.

A homemade fixture is an indispensable helper for your garden, easy to use and, moreover, not difficult to make with your own hands. At a minimum, it will save you from unnecessary branches, and the resulting sawdust will serve as fertilizer or as heating for your home.

A well-groomed area always attracts attention strangers its cleanliness and order. However, not everyone thinks about how much time and effort it takes to bring a large area to an idyll. A large role in this matter is played by various nozzles for a walk-behind tractor, and in particular a branch chopper. About him and will be discussed today.

How to choose a wood chipper for a walk-behind tractor and not regret the purchase?

A branch chopper, or a wood splitter, is a special functional nozzle for processing grass vegetation and branches. Recycled material will serve as a good fertilizer for the garden.

The purchase of a shredder should be well thought out, since the cost of this equipment is by no means small.

Criteria for choosing a wood chipper for a walk-behind tractor:

Engine type. It is electric and gasoline;
The power of the wood chipper is very important;
funnel diameter;
Type of crushing system;
Methods for processing garden waste;
Equipment weight;
Nozzle functionality.

Electric grinders for walk-behind tractors are less noisy than gasoline ones, and they are also easy to maintain. However, their work is affected by power surges in the network, and the maximum diameter of the branches that they are able to process is 45 mm. Gasoline wood shredders differ from the first in greater power, which allows them to process almost any waste.

A crusher for a walk-behind tractor is a very necessary thing in any household, but it is very expensive to purchase. However, there is a way out in this situation, namely, to do it yourself. The work, of course, is not easy, but the result will please you very much.

Advantages homemade console to the walk-behind tractor of this type are the following:

any number of knives can be installed;
equipment power;
low cost.

The design of the grinder is not complicated and consists of the following elements:

Metal frame;
Petrol or electric motor;
cutting mechanism;
Bunker for feeding and unloading material;
Main gear.

A self-made branch cutter for a walk-behind tractor looks like a cutting mechanism mounted on a frame. A photo of the equipment is shown below.

Materials needed for manufacturing: knives, pulley, bearings, metal sheet, shaft, channel, mounting material.

Tools you can't do without: a hammer, a drill, a welding machine, a grinder, a set of tools, pliers.

The sequence of work on the manufacture of the shredder of branches:

we take a channel, a corner and a pipe and make the basis for the frame. Then we weld the frame;
a package of saws and washers must be put on the shaft of the cutting block;
then we put on bearings on both sides of the shaft;
fasten the pulley on the longer end of the shaft;
with the help of bolts and nuts we fasten the shaft to the frame;
a small diameter pulley must be installed at the end of the shaft;
then you need to attach the motor to the frame so that the pulleys are located on one side;
we put a belt on the pulleys, the tension of which can be adjusted by moving the motor;
it is necessary to make blanks from steel to protect the casing and bunker;
the resulting blanks are welded;
with the help of fasteners, the casing and the hopper must be attached to the frame;
We connect the resulting product to the motor and check its performance.

A self-made grass and branch chopper for the Neva walk-behind tractor will become an indispensable assistant in cleaning adjoining territory and vegetable garden. In addition, the recycled material can be used as fertilizer and as heating for the home.

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assembly of the finished product (if necessary)
adjustment check
oil filling equipment
lubrication control in gearboxes and gearboxes
product launch

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You get equipment 100% ready for work.
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