Wait I'm confused, does it require perfectly straight lumber or will it take boards from Home Depot?

At least you know it's never been used to dispose of a body.

I had a similar that didn't work for shit. I took it apart and took a grinder to the blades to sharpen them up again and it worked pretty good after that.

I have the next model up (400 Pro) so mine will likely accept larger diameter branches. But with that said one needs to learn the machine's limits in terms of both diameter and wetness.

Before I chip up a pile of branches I'll go through with a swede saw and lop off any parts that are too big. That'll let me breeze through the pile without fighting the machine too much. Also cut apart any wide crotches that won't feed through on their own.

I gave up chipping brush. Had the same problem with the Harbor Freight special. Easier to just throw it in a pile and burn it if that's an option.

If you got it for free then at least the value is still high

Damn I still want one.

The as-seen-on-tv products sometimes have good ideas but the execution is awful. Cheap materials or bad engineering/quality control, etc...

Dirty bich like to get fed

Like the Powerglove?

I modified a similar chipper by widening the feed opening, that helped. Also definitely worth sharpening blade(s)

I've got a 15hp chipper and need to be wary of my cuts so I can feed it nice branches. I've still got a bunch of "elbows" that wouldn't fit that I've turned into garden borders. It's nice to make mulch where you actually know what's in it and not ground industrial waste or whatever.

Bad as in "The Nintendo Power Glove is so bad?" bad?

I had something similar and it was about $500, thing was a piece of junk. Could barely cut a stick with a diameter of around 3 inches despite being rated for 6 inches (no it wasn't from a hardwood tree)

I ended up selling it for $250 and felt bad for the person buying it thinking that it will clean there yard up from the severe weather we had a year ago.

Maybe it needs new blades?

Did anyone else think the rivets were bullet holes at first?

I gotta get my eyes checked.

Oh man. That design looks like shit. It seems the prioritized the size and price over anything else. It's so narrow and the feeder seems so small.

For branches up to 3.75", it also doesn't seem to handle anything actually worthwhile. Things that small are going to be relatively easy to manipulate with work. I actually tend to cut them into mini log lengths and store when I'm trying to get my fire pit going. It's nice to have medium/small size tinder at the ready when the fire isn't going enough to catch a proper log.

I love the wood chipper… it’s so bad.

I need to ask a stupid question. What is the purpose of chipping wood like this?

Oh joy! I was given something similar, not quite the same brand/model. I have it on my agenda for this week or next week at the latest to deal with a pile of fallen limbs I've collected over the past year or so. Granted, mine is specifically described as a limb chipper. I was hoping it would make my life easier.

I've been "blessed" with some steep slopes that could use some erosion control and some holes that need filling. I cut my branches as short and flat as practical and then cover the ground evenly with alternating layers of branches and green yard waste.

I got a chipper for free from a previous employer that shut down and pretty much only use it for mulching garden waste at this point. That seems to be about all it can handle

Can you get a refund? /j