Conveyor assembly for loading a wood-chipper

A method for clearing fallen tree branches comprising the steps of:

• coupling a bin for receiving wood-chips to a front of an automotive vehicle;
• coupling a wood-chipping machine to a front of the bin wherein an outlet of the wood-chipping machine is located to deliver wood-chips to the bin and an inlet of the wood-chipping machine faces away from the bin;
• coupling a conveyor assembly to the wood-chipping machine wherein the conveyor assembly includes a floor extending from a lower leading end to an elevated rearward end, the conveyor assembly including a leading powered roller to lift the fallen tree branches onto the floor and one or more powered rollers trailing the leading powered roller to urge the branches rearward to the inlet of the wood-chipping machine, the one or more powered rollers comprising a primary infeed roller extending between opposed sidewalls that is powered for rotation thereof and located trailing the leading powered roller, the primary infeed roller moveably coupled to the opposed sidewalls for movement toward and away from the floor to accommodate the fallen tree branches between the primary infeed roller and the floor and to urge the fallen tree branches rearward, and a first swing frame connected between the opposed sidewalls by one or more first pivots wherein the primary infeed roller is mounted to the first swing frame at a distance from the one or more first pivots to move in an arc about the one or more first pivots;
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• operating the automotive vehicle to move the bin, wood-chipping machine and conveyor assembly forward over the ground.