AS SEEN ON TV the DR chipper 375 can only handle perfectly straight manicured lumber.

Seriously the marketing video is offensive: https://youtu.be/8RXEFMmaeWA

He might as well be feeding 2x2s off the rack at home depot.

  • 1995ToyotaCorollaEnglish
    1·
    20 hours ago

    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

  • rtxn
    46·
    2 days ago

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

  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    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.

  • TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    1 day ago

    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.

  • DavidP
    20·
    2 days ago

    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.

        • Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          23 hours ago

          Idk I was just watching the guy trim the tree down the block and was just throwing the whole branches into them. 🤷

          • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            21 hours ago

            You can throw whole branches in them, but not even whole-tree chippers chip every tree the way it came down. You’re going to have to buck the logs sometimes. It’s about using the right tool in the right way for the right job. Chipping brush by hand-feeding a tiny chipper like is always going to suck.

    • Lost_My_Mind
      92·
      2 days ago

      wetness

      Uhhhhh…does your wood chipper always get wet when you stick your wood in its hole?

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    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.

  • SaneMartigan
    4·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Or, when local authorities don’t allow burning, just throw it in a pile in a back corner of the property … and let it sit. Over time, the pile grows and grows. But over even more time, it rots and shrinks. And in the meantime, it’s animal and insect habitat, lol.

      • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        My parents had a compost pile. It was big enough that my friends and I would build forts with its components or even make paths through it.

        Eventually my mother started noticing snapping turtles around it and we were no longer permitted to do so!

        Now, or at least last time I was around that property, you wouldn’t know it for anything other than a somewhat odd hill.

      • Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        5·
        2 days ago

        If it’s small and you can spread it out (wooded area, on foot paths, etc), it will break down faster. The two inch rule is: if it’s not more than 2" thick and not more than 2" off the ground, it should break down in 2 years.

  • felixwhynot
    10·
    2 days ago

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

  • Lost_My_Mind
    81·
    2 days ago

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

    I gotta get my eyes checked.