to chip what ...

i found them to be rather useless.. in that i had to strip every branch to a straight broomstick to feed it in the 6 inch shaft ... and to get one hour of chipping.. i had to do about 10 hours of stripping ... i ended up just bundling it so the garbage man would haul it away in livonia ... i burn it out here ...

BUT!!! for leaves and garden debris.. the hopper on top .. which turned to ground level .... was great for processing fall leaves ... until some random stick got raked in.. and i had to turn it off to fish it out .. didnt want to go all fargo on myself...

what exactly is the use you are dreaming about???

as with any power tool .. bigger is better and the investment up front is worth it.. if it actually fills a need ... the best would be the commercial size you see behind the tree guys truck.. lol ...

mine is akin to those at the link below.. and would have been brilliant for chipping 1 x 2 lumber.. lol ...

if it didnt leak oil last time i used it ... i would give it to you for free .... if you can go all small engine on it.. its yours.. though i dont know how we would get it on a truck ..

and on your size lot.. dont even mess with electric ... i burned out 2 of them before i bought gas ... and that was just for shredding ..; and again.. the hidden sticks were the problem ....

ken

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Mainly for brush and small limbs from all the trees on the property. I thought someone on here had one and loved it -- can't remember who, though. I got to thinking about it because I was left with a big pile of nice mulch from the huge willow that just got taken down and ground.

How much of a repair does yours need? If not too $$$, I might take you up on it. DH has a pickup -- if it can't fit in a pickup I can't handle using it LOL!

i thought about it since i posted.. i wonder if i left it in livonia ...

oil leak probably means a new engine... plus gas back and forth ...

if you want to go forward.. you might be further ahead to buy new .. and have them put it in the truck ...

we would need 2 hefty young men to lift it.. your not one.. and im not the other.. lol ... i get winded just walking to the barn .. if its there ... lol

ken

with your acres.. and presumably a track to the barn ... you might want to talk to the guy who took out the willow.. and ask him if he would drop a load some day ...

prefer all wood ... not a lot of leaves ... and no poison ivy etc ... or vines ...

every single guy who came into my neighborhood dumped free chips for me .. and often some of them stopped by randomly asking if i wanted some more ...

ken

sorry for getting your hopes up ... its not in the barn.. so i must have long ago got rid of it.. and killed that brain cell ...

ken

I have a Champion Power 3" 338cc gas powered one, purchased from Home Depot. It did the job we needed at the time, but i agree with Ken. You do have to strip the branches, but it did not clog and did chip whatever fit in the chipper part. But the prep time before the chipping was tedious

Same amount of time to throw the branches on the truck and take to recycling

Make sure you have adequate ear and eye protection,

as a side note, we did have some trees taken down and the company said that at any point in the future, they would do a chip drop if i wanted. I did want some, they left 30 yards which i am still using and have not used the chipper since!