A new chipper has hit the Australian market. Piranha Chippers’ BT300 is Australian designed and built, and ready to tackle the toughest timbers and conditions the Wide Brown Land can throw at it.
The Piranha Chippers BT300 is powered by the 4HK Isuzu turbodiesel engine which produces a classleading 197hp. This power is sent to the 650mm diameter cutter drum which weighs 400kg with four staggered cutter knives and with a 390mmH X 500mmW (16″ X 20″) direct opening into the cutter-drum housing (no step downs).
The BT300 will outperform any other 12″ chipper available in today’s market, and indeed has more horsepower than most other 18″ chippers currently sold.
Being a state-of-the-art, electronically controlled common-rail direct-injection diesel motor, the 4HK provides amazing fuel economy and is also very quiet when running. Dual horizontal infeed wheels offer incredible pulling power, and, with the assistance of the hydraulic winch (which quickly folds up out of the way when loading), difficult trees and branches are quickly dealt with, using minimal physical effort from the operators. Other features that ensure ease-of-use include the hydraulic auto-engage clutch, hydraulic discharge-chute swivel and the hydraulic tailgate-raise-and-lower functions.
Cutting edge
The BT300 was designed and built for pro use: economics and ergonomics were both included in the design brief, and the result is a chipper ready to not only work hard, but with fast, easy access for essential servicing.
The tried and proven Isuzu 4HK diesel has 500-hour service intervals allowing longer between scheduled oil and filter changes, and with Isuzu trucks being a popular choice in the arbor industry, shared filters makes for efficiency of stockholdings. Many essential engine service parts can be shared between the BT300 and the tow vehicle.
The front door of the BT300’s engine compartment gives access to all filters and service points, and the remote oil-drain hose makes draining the engine oil quick, easy, and mess-free. The access door at the top of the engine cover means replacing oil is just as swift and trouble-free an operation, and a work light mounted inside the engine bay makes checking and servicing an efficient, minimum-time operation.
The knives, an essential service item on any chipper, are accessed via the side walk-way ramp. With the chipper housing hood open, the top part of the cutter drum is completely exposed. Servicing the knives is extremely easy and safe.
Features
To ensure the highest quality workmanship, Piranha’s professional welder tradespeople are independently tested and NATA certified to AS/NZS 1554.1 welding standards. Australian-made structural-grade steel is used in all components of Piranha’s chippers, and some of the leading features that set apart the BT300 include:
• Twin-axle trailer design gives double the braking power and flotation over soft surfaces compared to single-axle units
• Load-sharing ‘Soft-Glide’ leaf-spring suspension provides a superior ride compared to a single-axle trailer and doesn’t send violent feedback through the drawbar into the tow vehicle, and
• Heavy-duty all-terrain tyres on tough, steel rims.
Piranha’s ‘Posi-Arc’ infeed-arm pivot design means the large top infeed wheel aggressively climbs towards the incoming timber, up and on top of the trunks and brush, through the natural, positively inclined arc the unique feedarm design provides. This makes for a strong feeding action, allowing the Piranha to pull in difficult branches, twisty timber and whole trees with ease.
Piranha is quality
To ensure the highest quality workmanship, Piranha’s professional welder tradespeople are independently tested and NATA certified to AS/NZS 1554.1 welding standards. Australianmade structural-grade steel is used in all components of Piranha’s chippers, and some of the leading features that set apart the BT300 include:
• Twin-axle trailer design gives double the braking power and flotation over soft surfaces compared to single-axle units
• Load-sharing ‘Soft-Glide’ leaf-spring suspension provides a superior ride compared to a single-axle trailer and doesn’t send violent feedback through the drawbar into the tow vehicle, and
• Heavy-duty all-terrain tyres on tough, steel rims.
Piranha’s ‘Posi-Arc’ infeed-arm pivot design means the large top infeed wheel aggressively climbs towards the incoming timber, up and on top of the trunks and brush, through the natural, positively inclined arc the unique feedarm design provides. This makes for a strong feeding action, allowing the Piranha to pull in difficult branches, twisty timber and whole trees with ease.
The hydraulic lift and crush also aides in feeding difficult timber sections into the chipping drum, and the 350mm high x 500mm wide in-feed opening directly into the chipper-drum housing makes for fast, positive feeding.
The unique staggered four-knife chipper drum with a 650mm diameter – designed in-house by the Piranha team – with integrated high-velocity fans, gives a superior chipping action and a very strong chip discharge.
Replaceable blade-bolt blocks ensure the drum does not suffer integrity damage if the blades encounter foreign material fed into the machine and they can be easily replaced if ever required.
Quality build
All manufactured sheet-metal steel parts are individually primed and painted before assembly for superior, long-lasting corrosion protection, ensuring the Piranha will continue to look good and perform flawlessly for decades.
Piranha chippers come standard with many features that work together to reduce the operator’s fatigue and stress, including:
• Hydraulic auto clutch
• Hydraulic winch
• Hydraulic tailgate raise and lower
• Hydraulic 360° discharge chute (continuous swivel)
• Twin (top and bottom) horizontal in-feed wheels
• Central grease-station hub
• Full-sized spare wheel, and
• Bulletproof one-touch capacitive switches for quick and easy operation of all functions.
They’re all standard on the Piranha Chippers BT300.
Talk to Piranha
Piranha Chippers are 100 per cent Australian made and owned, and with a class-leading five-year/3000-hour warranty. They’re your first choice if you are serious about chipping wood.
Contact the Piranha team today. They’d love to show you just how good the BT300 is in real life. Call 1300 406 171, or log on to piranhachippers.com.au.