SuperHandy Mini Wood Chipper Shredder Mulcher Heavy Duty 7HP Compact Design 3" Inch Max Capacity

I highly recommend. Brought my parents chipper over from the house we just sold. A new engine was installed but it was a led weight (my parents could not use it). This one doesn't do leaves, but I don't need it since my Ryobi Cross Cut lawn mower mulches it all up and creates natural fertilizer.

I put this together as soon as it arrived. Quickly ran out to take on the pile of sticks I had developed. My visions of shredding it all in an afternoon were quickly thwarted. My first chips did not fair as well as I hoped. I jammed it on about the third stick. I had to completely tear it apart and put it back together. I lost a bolt. I got it back together and tried again. I had more difficulties.I slept on it.I realized that I could work through it. I paid attention. I still have to clear things out from time to time, but mostly I just get everything shredded without stopping. Here are some things that helped me.1. PAY ATTENTION to the output chute. If it is not throwing chips, stop and find out why. Clearing the output is the easiest one to fix. You only have to release 2 bolts and shake out the chute and you are back in the game.2. LISTEN To the Engine: If it bogs, back off.3. Stick to 1 stick at a time.4. I dropped a couple of 30ft branches. They started at 3". I was able run the entire branch through the chipper without stopping. I had to walk it through though. A little bit at a time. If you just let it go, the motor will stop. Take a little bite and back off. Take another little bite and back off. It took a couple of minutes to shred the whole branch, but longer piece are much better than shorter pieces.5. There should be extra nuts available here...I found extra nuts and bolts here on amazon...https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BP72W79Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1and boltshttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SSRSKJS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1the 25mm work for the bottom, but you sort of want smaller other places.. I lost a few nuts and bolts taking it apart in the field.After about 50 hours of run time, I have managed to break the Cutting Head. Waiting to hear back if I can buy a new one.the Chute also wore out. I was cheating and keeping it on with only 1 bolt because I had lots others... Seeing if I can get a replacement on that one.After getting used to the foibles of this machine, I am very happy with it. I have lots of chips now.The motor starts on the first or second pull.Some branches are harder than others... Make sure to listen to the branch and the machine. Sometimes I have to rotate the branch around to get it past the start of the branch... It will take 3" but the first foot or so of that tends to be hard...

It is in fact, super handy. How did we maintain our yard before we got this thing? We always have lots of wood chips for our chickens and it's made yard clean up fun. Don't forget ear and eye protection, it's loud

Let me start by saying this is the first wood chipper I've ever bought and first time ever using one, so I can't really compare to others out there. For the price ($500), I thought this would be a good range to get one and see how well it goes.I bought this wood chipper because I want to stop burning a brush pile every year. I debated buying a more expensive one, but for my use I thought it would be overkill. I estimated I wouldn't get more than 1/2 a yard of chips per year. So this seemed like it would do the trick.First thing to note, I started small with the best case sticks between 1-2" diameters. It was doing alright with them, but wasn't really grabbing them, you have to push sticks all the way through. But yeah, it worked basically for that. So then I went smaller like putting bunches of twigs in. And I'm talking like small handfuls thinking at least doing this would be easy and quick, but it clogs so easily, I was being really careful to not clog it, but it's really hard to avoid. I ended up using a solid 2-3" stick to poke and jab the bunches in better which works pretty well, but it was quite the task.Now on to big stuff... After getting to know the machine over maybe 2 hours, I got the idea that there's no way this piece of shit can chip up 3" sticks. I tried and it clogged up because I pushed the first stick in a little too fast. After taking it apart a second time to get the clog out and another hour or so of chipping up about 10 larger diameter sticks really slowly, I came to the realization it would basically chip up anything that fits the square hole, but you have to work it... really hard...The simplest way to put it? This machine doesn't want to chip wood, but you can force it to if you are strong enough, have meaty hands, thick gloves, ear plugs, and some serious dedication.I've used it 4 times now... amazed it's lasted this long to be honest... At this point I just want to throw the thing off a cliff hahaha. I may actually repurpose the engine for something else since that seems to be the saving grace of this machine. The blade at this point is dull as shit. I'll probably waste a few hours taking it all apart and sharpening the blades, or even a day trying to improve the design somehow.In conclusion, I would not recommend this product. Who am I? Just an average dude trying to make wood chips instead of fires. Come to think of it, now that the blades are dull, this thing actually tends to burn the wood rather than chip it. So I'm back to square one, nice. What have I learned? Don't buy a cheap wood chipper, go in on a more expensive one with some family members and share it.