My sister in law bought one of these and it would not start from the git-go.....so I am review hopping. This is not a 500 dollar chipper $150 at most and it needs beefing up. I gave her my old MTD to use while I fool with this one. Your video is very helpful...those tiny chinese welds will be beefed up.........vibration is a bitch isnt it...thanks
I agree completely. When it arrived, i was a little upset at what i got for 500. The throttle lever broke off shortly after i did that video. I did wind up rewelding the hopper, it didnt hold out long at all. For chipping branches, it's doable. But a 3 inch tree? Hell no. 2 inch maximum, and i have to stab it, chip about a foot, pull it out, and go again once it recovers. It did what i needed it for, very slowly. The issue i am having with it now is it surges, revs up, and down. I have gone through many of the normal things to cause it, and i can't find a way to fix it. Now its retired to the shed for winter storm clean up. You may want to check the reliability of the on and off switch, the one on mine is starting to fail, takes effort to get it to turn back to the run position.
@@cobravids yep, the spark plug and the switch are first on my list tomorrow. Surging like that is usually related to partial clogging of the main metering jet in the carb....causing a slightly lean mixture, forcing the governor to cycle....might also be that muffler being wide open which might change how air flows thru the combustion chamber....clean the carb first then weld up the muffler
My sister in law bought one of these and it would not start from the git-go.....so I am review hopping.
This is not a 500 dollar chipper $150 at most and it needs beefing up. I gave her my old MTD to use while I fool with this one.
Your video is very helpful...those tiny chinese welds will be beefed up.........vibration is a bitch isnt it...thanks
I agree completely. When it arrived, i was a little upset at what i got for 500. The throttle lever broke off shortly after i did that video. I did wind up rewelding the hopper, it didnt hold out long at all. For chipping branches, it's doable. But a 3 inch tree? Hell no. 2 inch maximum, and i have to stab it, chip about a foot, pull it out, and go again once it recovers. It did what i needed it for, very slowly. The issue i am having with it now is it surges, revs up, and down. I have gone through many of the normal things to cause it, and i can't find a way to fix it. Now its retired to the shed for winter storm clean up.
You may want to check the reliability of the on and off switch, the one on mine is starting to fail, takes effort to get it to turn back to the run position.
@@cobravids yep, the spark plug and the switch are first on my list tomorrow.
Surging like that is usually related to partial clogging of the main metering jet in the carb....causing a slightly lean mixture, forcing the governor to cycle....might also be that muffler being wide open which might change how air flows thru the combustion chamber....clean the carb first then weld up the muffler
Seems to be very light weight machine
Yes, definitely a "around the yard" equipment. I have been really putting it through torture doing what I'm doing.