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    Wood Chipper Recommendations ?

    I seem to generate a lot of yard waste. Nothing to big, but a lot.

    Since I would rather compost and recycle then haul to the town transfer
    station I have been wanting to get a home garden chipper.

    Looked at a few online.

    Harbor Frieght - https://www.harborfreight.com/65-HP-...yABEgLRrPD_BwE

    Home Repo has several - https://www.homedepot.com/b/Outdoors...1212,8456,1272

    And Lowes - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Country-Pro...per/1001862192

    The Harbor Freight is the cheapest in price followedby the Lowes product.

    Anybody have any experience with this type of home garden equipment?

    Any thoughts or recommendations?

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    thats what everyone sez ... yard waste

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    All the lighter weight stuff is decent for around home. Slow feed and small limbs. Bit slow but work, wore one out in MO over few years, left it at the house when left. It was toast.

    You can always lighten the wallet with this......
    https://www.drpower.com/Power-Equipm...xoCIsYQAvD_BwE

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    Not to discourage your tool purchasing, but the 6” chipper that I just rented over the weekend was $150 for a 24hr rental and 8hrs of running time of the engine. It handled up to 5” diameter trunks and limbs pretty well. It sucks at piles of needles. My preference has always been to build up the material and then to an annual chipping day.

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    I hear hogs work better for getting rid of evidence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    Not to discourage your tool purchasing
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    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    Not to discourage your tool purchasing, but the 6” chipper that I just rented over the weekend was $150 for a 24hr rental and 8hrs of running time of the engine. It handled up to 5” diameter trunks and limbs pretty well. It sucks at piles of needles. My preference has always been to build up the material and then to an annual chipping day.
    This sounds like solid advice. Ride it hard, give it back wet, and the inevitable breakdowns are someone else's problem. There's a time and place for cheap shit from Harbor Freight but this does not seem like one of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dantheman View Post
    This sounds like solid advice. Ride it hard, give it back wet, and the inevitable breakdowns are someone else's problem. There's a time and place for cheap shit from Harbor Freight but this does not seem like one of them.
    Yeah. My mom's husband has one of the small ones and it struggles with even medium sized stuff. Back in March he was trying to push some stuff through it without it getting stuck and shredded the tips of his fingers. He was super lucky to not have any major damage, but I don't think it would have happened if he had a bigger one and wasn't trying so hard. YMMV.

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    Wood Chipper Recommendations ?

    Btw, there’s a non-chainsaw land maintenance thread


    The land maintenance, non-chainsaw thread
    https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...d.php?t=311381

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    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    thats what everyone sez ... yard waste

    solid work, first post in the thread
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    A wood chipper from Harbor Freight sounds....dangerous.
    No longer stuck.

    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    Just an uneducated guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    A wood chipper from Harbor Freight sounds....dangerous.
    Or . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowaddict91 View Post
    Yeah. My mom's husband has one of the small ones and it struggles with even medium sized stuff. Back in March he was trying to push some stuff through it without it getting stuck and shredded the tips of his fingers. He was super lucky to not have any major damage, but I don't think it would have happened if he had a bigger one and wasn't trying so hard. YMMV.
    he should have watched the Fargo instructional video
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    Quote Originally Posted by snowaddict91 View Post
    Yeah. My mom's husband has one of the small ones and it struggles with even medium sized stuff. Back in March he was trying to push some stuff through it without it getting stuck and shredded the tips of his fingers. He was super lucky to not have any major damage, but I don't think it would have happened if he had a bigger one and wasn't trying so hard. YMMV.
    This. If you're dead set on buying one purchase one a size or two larger than you think you need.

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    Back in my Branch Covidian days I had a Bearcat pto drive version I ran off a 38 hp tractor but I imagine a small one being a whole weekend affair for a 6' pile of stuff. Thing was really good but honestly, it was just easier to burn the shit after the first snow.
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    Another vote for Harbor Freight, I mean their chopsaws are like disposable tools so what could go wrong?

    Or, as TR said, just burn it all in effigy.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    chipping waste when you need to get rid of it for a business purpose makes sense

    but how much sense does it make unless you need to get rid of a lot of bodies ?

    Hauling waste to town when you happen to be going anyway will cost nothing
    Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know

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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    Another vote for Harbor Freight, I mean their chopsaws are like disposable tools so what could go wrong?

    Or, as TR said, just burn it all in effigy.
    I'd imagine when it malfunctions it just chips itself into the chip pile? A sort of chipper version of self immolation.

    Though I hear different parts of the US burn more easily than others so please respect your local laws and remember...

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    Good point on the forest fires.

    I recently saw a clip of Tanner Hall (RIP) skiing where his skis were throwing sparks off his edges with absolutely zero concern for catching his surroundings on fire.

    Just careless really; I'd hate to see how he operates a wood chipper.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    I can highly recommend a Vermeer Bc1000xl

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    Bmills, if he was out west or in western Canada that was showing complete disregard for his surroundings.

    Unless some poor dude was following with an extinguisher or really long garden hose, Candide skiing on grass and rocks in that one video of his is another one.
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Thanks for all the reply's.
    The Fargo scene was expected. Not if but when.
    Horror Freight was funny also.

    Quote Originally Posted by XXX-er View Post
    Hauling waste to town when you happen to be going anyway will cost nothing
    I already live IN town.


    Quote Originally Posted by Deebased View Post
    This. If you're dead set on buying one purchase one a size or two larger than you think you need.
    Was my thinking

    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    A wood chipper from Harbor Freight sounds....dangerous.
    Also my thinking.

    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    . My preference has always been to build up the material and then to an annual chipping day.
    Certainly a consideration.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ski220 View Post

    I would rather compost and recycle then haul
    Currently I get about 1/2 to 1 yard of dirt yearly from what I am able to compost.

    The idea is to generate more and to speed up the process.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    Bmills, if he was out west or in western Canada that was showing complete disregard for his surroundings.

    Unless some poor dude was following with an extinguisher or really long garden hose, Candide skiing on grass and rocks in that one video of his is another one.
    Candice ALWAYS has two trailing skiers.

    One for the camera, and one with the fire extinguisher and reggae boom box.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Wood Chipper Recommendations ?

    Something else to consider, is there non-ethanol fuel available in your area? If not, with infrequent use, then you will likely need to be dealing with draining the tank and disposing the fuel somewhere else (car) as another step after every use (unless you’re burning through full tanks frequently).

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    Quote Originally Posted by bodywhomper View Post
    Something else to consider, is there non-ethanol fuel available in your area? If not, with infrequent use, then you will likely need to be dealing with draining the tank and disposing the fuel somewhere else (car) as another step after every use (unless you’re burning through full tanks frequently).
    Either ethanol or non-ethanol gas is great to get the burn pile going. Diesel not so much.
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