Patent ID: 8562278

Claim:
A side-discharge chipper body suitable for receiving and hauling chipped materials from a tow-behind chipper and configured to be mounted on a movable vehicle, the side-discharge chipper body comprising: a first opening on a first side of the side-discharge chipper body at a longitudinal back end of the vehicle, the first opening being configured to receive the chipped materials from the chipper; a second opening on a second side of the side-discharge chipper body configured to discharge said chipped materials from the side-discharge chipper body; a conveyor assembly configured to discharge said chipped materials through the second opening from the side-discharge chipper body, wherein the conveyor assembly comprises at least one conveyor belt positioned within the side-discharge chipper body along a bottom side of the side-discharge chipper body to support the chipped materials received in the side-discharge chipper body; a side door configured to be placed in one or more open positions to discharge said chipped materials and a closed position to cover at least a bottom portion of said second opening; a flexible wear strip affixed to said first side door and adapted to contactingly engage a discharge end of the conveyor assembly; and a hitch configured to removably attach to the tow-behind chipper for pulling the tow-behind chipper behind said vehicle; wherein said at least one conveyor belt, upon being engaged, is configured to convey the chipped materials through the second opening and out of the side-discharge chipper body in a direction substantially parallel to the vehicle axel; and wherein the second side is substantially perpendicular to the first side.