Ok, some people should be more familiar with there equipment before posting about it. I ran across a video of two guys running a DK2 wood chipper, the same one I have and I see they made a few mistakes about it.
FIRST: ABOUT THE DRUM:
In the video they say one side is weighted and the other side cuts as it spins, this is incorrect. The drum itself weighs around 100 pounds. There are two blades on the drum, not a blade on one side and weights on the other side.
SECOND: TURN THE GAS ON!
It kind of makes you wonder how they missed turning the gas on when it's right below the choke? Duh... Next video shows the chipper starting then stopping because the gas is turned off.
AFTER THE GAS IS TURNED ON:
A 2-GUY OPERATION: ???
Really? A two guy operation to run this thing? Makes me wonder if these two guys are afraid of all the equipment they use? It only takes one person to run or work with this machine. I'll admit have two people are better, just for having a person around just in case something you wouldn't expect to happen, happens. I don't think anything serious would happen or then minor injuries for the most part, like getting slapped by branched while they are being pulled into the machine or maybe "kickbacks" that could hit you or maybe take an eye out but that's why you should wear safety goggles. Lets face it, if you somehow fell into the machine, it would probably be "lights out" if someone was there or not. As with any machine you have to be careful and respect it. The chipper doesn't care if your wood or human, it's still going to do what it's made for.... chip!
EMERGENCY STOP:
The emergency stop on this machine is probably better then it used to be, even so, it can be hit accidently at times. The older machine had a big bar going all around the input shoot and I could imagine how mane times people had branches accidently hit that bar and cause the machine to shut down. Even with the button, I now and then have a branch hitting it shutting the machine down.
About the safety button.... if the machine doesn't start when you go to use it, be sure the safety button wasn't accidently pushed in the last time you used it, else it will never start. If the safety button accidently does get pushed in by a branch while using it, you need not have to let the machine shut down, just reset the safety button and the machine will come back on and keep running.
VAPOR LOCK??
I question if there machine was actually vapor locked. I don't know what the temp was where they were, but there is a "cap" on top of the air cleaner for summer/winter use. What this is or does, it draws in fresh air if turned to summer, and if turned to winter it pulls air in from over top of the motor. You pull air from over top of the motor so you have warm/hot air going into the carb so if you have and water/moisture in your gas, it won't freeze up and stop the gas from flowing which might have been there problem. In the summer you turn the cap to summer so it pulls in fresh air and NOT the hat air from over top the motor. It tells you in the instructions NOT to run the machine when the temp is above freezing with the cap turned to winter, it could cause damage to the motor.
If you want to see the whole video, you can see it here: Testing Out The DK Power 6 Inch Chipper - YouTube
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