Summary of Contents for Value Leader z9400
- Page 1 GFWCX4 (FORMERLY BX42) WOOD CHIPPER Assembly/Operations/Parts Manual Value Leader Implements 1-877-876-7895 Support@Betstco.com Support@Value-Leader.com...
- Page 2 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your choice of a VALUE-LEADER 3 Point Hitch Wood Chipper to compliment your operation. This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet the needs of a discerning timber or landscaping industry. Safe, efficient and trouble free operation of your VALUE-LEADER Wood Chipper requires that you and anyone else who will be using or maintaining the chipper, read and understand the Safety, Operation, Maintenance Trouble Shooting information contained within the Operator's Manual.
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Page 4: Safety Alert Symbol
SAFETY SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL This Safety Alert symbol means The Safety Alert symbol identifies ATTENTION! BECOME ALERT! important safety messages on the VALUE-LEADER 3 Point Hitch YOUR SAFETY IS INVOLVED! Wood Chipper and in the manual. When you see this symbol, be alert to the possibility of personal injury or death. -
Page 5: General Safety
GENERAL SAFETY SAFETY 1. Read and understand the YOU are responsible for the SAFE operation and Operator’s Manual and all maintenance of your VALUE-LEADER 3 Point safety signs before using, Hitch Wood Chipper. YOU must ensure that you maintaining, adjusting or and anyone else who is going to use, maintain or cleaning the work around the 3 Point Hitch Wood Chipper be... -
Page 6: Equipment Safety Guidelines
EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES 1. Safety of the operator and bystanders is one Never exceed the limits of a piece of of the main concerns in designing and machinery. If its ability to do a job, or to do so developing equipment. However, every year safely, is in question - DON'T TRY IT. -
Page 7: Safety Training
SAFETY TRAINING SAFETY SIGNS 1. Safety is a primary concern in the design and 1. Keep safety signs clean and legible at all times. manufacture of our products. Unfortunately, our efforts to provide safe equipment can be wiped out by a single careless act of an 2. -
Page 8: Maintenance Safety
PREPARATION MAINTENANCE SAFETY 1. Never use the machine until you have read 1. Good maintenance is your responsibility. Poor and completely understand this manual, the maintenance is an invitation to trouble. tractor Operator's Manual and each of the Safety Messages found on the safety signs on 2. - Page 9 2.7 OPERATING SAFETY 11. Use care when feeding material into chipper. 1. Please remember it is important that you read Do not send metal, bottles, cans, rocks, glass and heed the safety signs on the 3 Point Hitch or other foreign material into wood chipper. If Wood Chipper.
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Page 10: Hydraulic Safety
2.8 HYDRAULIC SAFETY 2.1 0 TRANSPORT SAFETY 1. Make sure that all the components in the hy- 1. Comply with state and local laws governing draulic system are kept in good condition and safety and transporting of machinery on public are clean. -
Page 11: Safety Sign Locations
SAFETY AWARENESS. • Think SAFETY! Work SAFELY! Z9400 Z94006 REMEMBER - If safety signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without... - Page 12 • Keep all components in good repair. Z9400 REMEMBER - If safety signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without safety signs, new signs must be applied. New safety signs are available from your authorized dealer.
- Page 14 • Keep others away. Z9400 REMEMBER - If safety signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without safety signs, new signs must be applied. New safety signs are available from your authorized dealer.
- Page 15 The types of safety signs and locations on the equipment are shown in the illustrations that follow. Good safety requires that you familiarize yourself with the various safety signs, the type of warning and the area, or particular function related to that area, that requires your SAFETY AWARENESS. REMEMBER - If safety signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without safety signs, new signs must be applied.
- Page 16 The types of safety signs and locations on the equipment are shown in the illustrations that follow. Good safety requires that you familiarize yourself with the various safety signs, the type of warning and the area, or particular function related to that area, that requires your SAFETY AWARENESS. REMEMBER - If safety signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without safety signs, new signs must be applied.
- Page 17 The types of safety signs and locations on the equipment are shown in the illustrations that follow. Good safety requires that you familiarize yourself with the various safety signs, the type of warning and the area, or particular function related to that area, that requires your SAFETY AWARENESS. DANGER DANGER GUARDS MISSING...
- Page 18 ASSEMBLING The machine comes from the factory in a shipping configuration. Always use tools equipment and forklifts of appropriate size and capacity for the job. Always use 2 men when lifting, moving and assembling the machine. When the machine is shipped, follow this proce- dure when preparing for the customer: 1.
- Page 19 4. Cut the tie-down straps. Fig. 2 TIE-DOWNS 5. Lay-out components next to machine. BX32 BX62 Fig. 3 LAY-OUT...
- Page 20 6. Use a forklift to raise and lift the frame. Forklift 7. Or alternatively attach a lifting device to the lifting bracket on top of the frame. Bracket Fig. 4 LIFTING 8. Remove pallet and place machine on the ground. Fig.
- Page 21 9. Release feed hopper transport latch and lower hopper into the working position. Stow anchor latch. Fig. 6 HOPPER TRANSPORT LATCH 10. Tighten anchor bolts to their specified torque. Fig. 7 ANCHOR BOLTS (TYPICAL)
- Page 22 11. Connect the PTO drivline: a. Raise the input shaft guard. b. Check that the driveline telescopes eas- ily and that the shield rotates freely. c. Attach the driveline to the chipper input shaft by depressing the lock pin, slide yoke over the shaft and pushing on the yoke until the lock pin clicks into posi- tion.
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Page 23: Operation
OPERATION OPERATING SAFETY • Please remember it is important that you • Never use alcoholic beverages or drugs read the operator's manual and heed the which can hinder alertness or coordination safety signs on the 3 Point Hitch Wood Chip- while operating this equipment. -
Page 24: Machine Components
5.2 MACHINE COMPONENTS The VALUE-LEADER 3 Point Hitch Wood Chipper is a rotor with blades for chip- ping wood. A hinged feed hopper moves the wood material into the rotor. Each rotor is designed with 4 blades and a twig-break- er to generate the small pieces of wood. -
Page 25: Machine Break-In
5.3 MACHINE BREAK-IN 5.4 PRE-OPERATION CHECKLIST Although there are no operational restrictions on Efficient and safe operation of the VALUE-LEADER the Wood Chipper when used for the first time, 3 Point Hitch Wood Chipper requires that each it is recommended that the following mechanical operator reads and understands the using proce- items be checked: dures and all related safety precautions outlined... -
Page 26: Driveline Dimension
5. 5 DRIVELINE DIMENSION A PTO driveline is supplied with the machine. To ac- company the variety of 3 point hitch geometry available today, the driveline can be too long for most machines or too short for others. It is very important that the drive- line be free to telescope but not to bottom out when going through its working range. - Page 27 5.6 MOUNTING AND UNHOOKING TRACTOR When attaching chipper to a tractor, follow this procedure:. 1. Clear the area of bystanders, especially small children. 2. Make sure there is enough room and clear- ance to safely back up to the chipper. 3.
- Page 28 5. Mounting with a Quick Hitch. a. Align the claws on the Quick Hitch slightly below the mounting pins on the chipper. IMPORTANT It may be necessary to add weight to the lower lift arms to bring them to the required height.
- Page 29 8. Connect the hydraulics: a. Use a clean rag or paper towel to clean the dirt from couplers on the hose ends and the tractor. b. Connect the hoses to the tractor cou- plers. Be sure the couplers are secure- ly seated.
- Page 30 5. 7 CONTROLS All controls are conveniently positioned next to where the operator would stand when feeding the machine to provide easy operation. Review this section to familiarize yourself with the loca- tion and function of each control before starting. 1.
- Page 31 Deflector Position: Each discharge hood is equipped with a deflector on the end to place the chips exactly where desired. There are 2 types available: a. Manual Clamp (GFWCX4): The deflector is held in place by clamp- ing bolts on each side. Loosen the clamps, move the deflector and tighten the clamps.
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Page 32: Field Operation
5. 8 FIELD OPERATION OPERATING SAFETY • Please remember it is important that you • Never use alcoholic beverages or drugs read the operator's manual and heed the which can hinder alertness or coordination safety signs on the 3 Point Hitch Wood while operating this equipment. - Page 33 4. Drive to the work area and position at the worksite. 5. Set park brake. 6. Stop engine. 7. Remove ignition key and place in your pocket. 8. Move the feed hopper down into its working configuration and secure with the anchor nuts. 9.
- Page 34 • Use the flow divider on the side of the feed hopper to set the feeding speed. Z9400 • Do not reach into the feed hopper further than the curtain to be sure not to contact the feed roller or the blades on the rotor.
- Page 35 16. Blades: There are 2 types of blades used on the Wood Chipper. They work together to cut, shear and shred the wood as it moves through the machine. a. Rotor blades: The rotor is equipped with 4 blades placed at 90° to each other to keep the rotor in balance.
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Page 36: Twig Breaker
18. Twig Breaker: Each machine is equipped with a twig breaker to break up twigs or other long material as it moves through the rotor compartment. Open the rotor cover and check the condition of the breaker on a weekly basis. Also check for any entangled material when the rotor cover is opened. - Page 37 19. Shear Pin: The PTO driveline is designed with a shear pin at the input yoke to prevent overload- ing the drive system. Remove the broken parts from the yoke when the pin shears and replace with genuine VALUE-LEADER parts. The drive system is designed to function well without failing the shear pin.
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Page 38: Severe Plug
20. Unplugging: Although the machine is designed to handle a wide variety of material without any prob- lem, occasionally it plugs. When the machine plugs, follow this procedure to unplug: a. Clear the area of bystanders, especially small children. b. Stop the engine, remove the ignition key and place it in your pocket and wait for all moving parts to stop before unplugging. - Page 39 21 . Cleaning: Clean the machine frequently to prevent a build- up of dust, chips and trash on the frame. A clean machine reduces the chance of rusting. Fig. 30 CLEANING 22. Curtains: Each feed hopper is designed with an internal rubber/belting curtain to prevent chips and de- bris from coming out of the hopper when work- ing.
- Page 40 23. Sharpening Blades: The rotor and stationary blades need to be sharp for the chipper to perform as expected. It is recommended that the rotor blades be removed from the rotor when sharpening. Always sharpen the blades at a 45° angle to provide the best cutting effect as it meets the stationary blade.
- Page 41 24. Hydraulic Feed Control: The machine with the hydraulic feed hop- per is designed with a control lever to place the hopper in FEED - OFF/NEUTRAL - RE- VERSE. Pull all the way out to feed, push in to the first detent for off or neutral and fully in for reverse.
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Page 42: Personal Protective Equipment
25 . Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Each person must wear appropriate personal protective equipment whenever operating the chipper or working in the vicinity. This equip- ment is designed to prevent injury to any personnel in the area. This list includes but is not limited to: •... -
Page 43: Transport Safety
5.9 TRANSPORTING TRANSPORT SAFETY 1. Comply with state and local laws govern- 5. Be sure the trailer is hitched positively to ing safety and transporting of machinery on the towing vehicle and a retainer is used public roads. through the mounting pins. 2. -
Page 44: Placing In Storage
5. 10 STORAGE 3. Inspect all rotating parts for entangled mate- OPERATING SAFETY rial. Remove all entangled material. 4. Run the machine a few minutes to dry the • Store the unit in an area away from human moisture from inside the machine. activity. -
Page 45: Service And Maintenance
SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE 6.1 SERVICE MAINTENANCE SAFETY 6.1 .1 FLUIDS AND LUBRICANTS • Good maintenance is your responsibility. 1. Grease: Poor maintenance is an invitation to trouble. Use an SAE multipurpose high temperature grease with extreme pressure (EP) perform- • Follow good shop practices. ance. -
Page 46: Servicing Intervals
6.1 .3 SERVICING INTERVALS The period recommended is based on normal operating conditions. Severe or unusual cond- tions may require more frequent lubrication or oil changes. Hours or Daily 1. Grease PTO driveline. Fig. 38 PTO driveline 40 Hours or Weekly 1. - Page 47 3. Check sharpness of blades: Rotor Stationary Remove, sharpen or switch edge as required. BX32 Rotor Stationary Fig. 41 BLADES 100 Hours 1. Grease the hydraulic feed system: Roller bearings. Pivot bushing. Left Side Right Side Fig. 42 HYDRAULIC FEED SYSTEM...
- Page 48 100 Hours 2. Grease rotor bearings on GFWCX4 and BX62 models. IMPORTANT Do not over grease. Front WARNING Machine is shown with guard re- moved or rotor cover opened for illustrative purposes only. not operate machine with guard removed or cover opened. Rear Fig.
- Page 49 Annually 1. Clean machine. BX32 GFWCX4 BX62 Fig. 45 MACHINE...
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Page 50: Driveline Maintenance
MAINTENANCE By following a careful service and maintenance program for your machine, you will enjoy many years or trouble-free operation. 6.2.1 DRIVELINE MAINTENANCE driveline should telescope easily and the guard The PTO driveline is designed to telescope to al- turn freely on the shaft at all times. Annual disas- low for dimensional changes as the machine goes sembly, cleaning and lubrication is recommended through its operational range. - Page 51 6.2.2 DRIVE BELT TENSION AND ALIGNMENT (Model BX32) A set of V belts transmits rotational power to the rotor. They must be kept properly tensioned and the pulleys aligned to obtain the expected perfor- mance and life. To check the tension and alignment, follow this procedure: Clear the area of bystanders, especially small children.
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Page 52: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS 7. 1 MECHANICAL BX32 GFWCX4 BX62 Drive System PTO input, belt driven Direct drive, pto w/shearbolt Direct drive, pto w/shearbolt Engine Chipper capacity 3" Diameter, (takes up to 6" slab) 4" Diameter, (takes up to 10" slab) 6" Diameter, (takes upt ot 12" slab) Chipper Housing Opening 3"... -
Page 53: Bolt Torque
7.2 BOLT TORQUE CHECKING BOLT TORQUE The tables shown below give correct torque values for various bolts and capscrews. Tighten all bolts to the torques specified in chart unless otherwise noted. Check tightness of bolts periodically, using bolt torque chart as a guide. Replace hardware with the same strength bolt. ENGLISH TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS Bolt Torque* Bolt... -
Page 54: Hydraulic Fitting Torque
7.3 HYDRAULIC FITTING TORQUE Tube Nut Size Torque Recommended Tightening Flare Type Tube Fittings * Size Across Value• Turns To Tighten Flats (After Finger 1. Check flare and flare seat for defects Tightening) that might cause leakage. (in.) (in.) (N.m) (lb-ft) (Flats) (Turn)