Tried a different cutterhead jet angle and sucked up a log the size of my leg

Swapped the jets to 15 degrees like a guy from Louisiana told me at the conference last year. Thought it'd clear fines better but instead it grabbed a whole tree trunk and wedged the pump solid for 3 hours. Anyone else have a mod that sounded good but backfired worse than this?

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3 Comments

kelly96821h agoTop Commenter

15 degrees is way too aggressive for most cutterheads. Stick with 30.

fiona_clark19h ago

Maybe if you're running it on a machine built by Elves.

ivanjones6h ago

Geez, that's a rough one... I did something similar with my old cutter once. I swapped to a smaller screen size chasing cleaner material and it packed so tight I had to pull the whole rotor out with a come-along. Took me and my brother most of a Saturday to get it running again... guess we all learn the hard way sometimes.