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.

    • Steve@startrek.websiteOP
      7·
      10 days ago

      It has no feeder of any kind despite the claim of “self feeding”. I checked the blade and set the gap.

      • davad@lemmy.world
        9·
        10 days ago

        Not sure what kind of “feeder” you’re expecting, but I have a chipper that looks similar. For mine, the “feeder” is just gravity. If my blades are sharp, it feeds itself nicely. If they’re dull or get too much caught in them, it stops feeding itself and needs a shove.

        • Steve@startrek.websiteOP
          51·
          10 days ago

          One sideways twig utterly defeats the gravity “feeder”. Whats the point?

          A proper wood chipper has an unstoppable hydraulic toothy roller that drags everything into the maw.

          This gravity feed abomination should never exist. It was designed purely for profit.

          • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
            6·
            10 days ago

            So buy a big ass professional chipper, even rent one.

            This one is a simple one for casual once in a while use. I’ve used these types. They work but you need patience.

            • Steve@startrek.websiteOP
              6·
              10 days ago

              This one doesnt solve a problem for me. It took more work to chip my twigs than it would take to bundle them up for the trash collection.

              I’m mad that it exists at all. Plus the mfg outright lies about its capabilities.

              • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
                22·
                10 days ago

                Fair enough.

                Burning is good too for small stuff

                I had 11 big trees dropped in one day. We had bonfires of twigs. I was fortunate to have the space to burn it.