roto-hoe

[sun41bird]

i found a roto-hoe 500h chipper shredder today being thown out today the motor is missing 5hp i guess the pullys are on the same side as the pto on my d/a 19h it looks like it spins in the same direction im thinking of making a platform hitch and seeing if i can make it work does this sound reasonable or should i look for a replacement 5 hp engine has anyone done this before ?And is anyone familer with roro-hoe equip?

[dirtsaver]

Hi Tom, I picked up a 1976 roto-hoe chipper/shredder minus motor last fall. I was told it had a Tecumseh 4hp but I think it was bigger cause the 5hp tiller motor I put on bogged untill I changed drive pulleys. I used it about 15-18 hours last fall and found it to be a tough piecs of equipment. As for driving it off your D/A19, I have a Simplicity 17 GTH-L and I may try that just to see if it will work. Let me know if you try this. Larry

[Deazman]

I did some welding on a Roto-Hoe chipper last year, I don't remember the type of engine, but I do remember that as for chipping brush it was pretty well worthless, maybe for leaves it would work better. The Roto-hoe has a rotating fly wheel to chunk up the brush and a hammer-mill to pulverize it, the chips eventually fall out the bottom. If you feed it a 3/4" stick it will do a lot of jumping around and vibrating plus it puts a lot of vibration into your wrists. The mower deck on my B-10 set at the highest position does a much better job on the woody brush and is a lot quicker.