Hi, as your new to this chipper i will give you a few tips from experience if i may. When starting the chipper better to start it with the revs set lower then gradually raise the revs till its full speed, this lets the heavy drum get up to speed as advised by various different manufacturers. When using the chipper be carefull not to scoop up stones that could damage the blades. You have a drum chipper, the other common type are disc chipper. Drum chippers are what i use and they eat conifer branches with ease as there soft wood. When feeding larger branches into the chipper feed a bit then hold the branch a couple of seconds to let the drum get its speed back up then feed a bit more in and then stop again and so on till you can let the rest of the branch feed through. This stops the chipper from jamming up. Good vid☆☆☆☆
@@RuralStuff Also mud as it acts like grinding paste and wear eye protection incase chippings come back through the infeed as its happened to me alot. good video though think i might get one of these chippers
Why should the engine cut out, when I'm trying to warm it up? Like you say, I gradually ease the throttle up to full speed. It doesn't seem to handle Hawthorne very well
Deciding between this roller with two blades system, over the hammers with side cutter of other makes. Like you, I want to keep anything over about 50mm - it's more hedge and tree pruning stuff I need to make smaller.
Thinking of ordering one of these after spending days looking (who knew I would get lost in the world of chippers for so long). This appears a good all rounder for a 3 inch chipper. I like the safety feature of this as well. Curious to know who you ordered it from. Cheapest I Can find it is £698 Inc VAT? I have a decent sized garden with a variety of trees and bushes, so I think over a few years this is more economical than hiring. Do you know how wide it is?
Good video and nice to see it working. I was curious about the Cobra because I have a Hyundai which seems identical apart from the colour and tbh I think they’re all pretty much the same. Having used mine for a couple of years I think these 6.5hp machines fall between two stools. Heavy and pricey for anyone maintaining a small garden but too slow and awkward to use if you’re dealing with big hedges in big gardens, fields or paddocks. If find myself having to use the loppers to prune the cuttings into shapes that’ll fit down the shute and that seems a bit pointless. If I upgrade I’ll spend a couple of grand and get something commercial or else I’ll just hire a commercial machine for a couple of weeks and attack the pile because a full day chipping with the 6.5hp is bloody knackering. Thanks for the insight into the Cobra 👍🏻
Hi, your spot on with that comment, I think it's ok for professional use with small gardens but too slow on big hedge jobs. Trouble is it's a big jump up in cost to something with twin rollers that'll draw branches in better.
@@RuralStuff absolutely it is a big jump in cash and it would need to earn its keep. There’s a gap in the market I think but until then I’ll just have to keep on with what I’ve got and curse the bloody thing for all its faults 😂👍🏻
This is the best real-life user video about this model, thanks for that! Today I was having a look at this 6.5hp chipper (in Portugal). different branding but I assume the same chinese made. still, I'm not sure to just get it or to walk away from it.
Soul Trek Ventures Thanks for that. The machine has plenty of power for chipping, I just find some odd shaped branches a bit tricky to feed, depends what sort of branches you’ve got to chip I think
@@RuralStuff I've got tree branches from olive, apple, pear, orange, peach and some grapevines. counted around 20/30 trees and the site was neglected for some years. what do you reckon?
Hi, how do find the blades wear? I have one of these bought second hand and the blades are worn already after 4 hrs! I don’t know if the previous guy damaged them or what? I’ll have to sharpen them! Thanks your video helped me purchase one!
Hi, I sold mine a while back, it was a good machine just didn’t have enough use for it. I didn’t use it enough to get the blades blunt, I’m surprised yours went blunt so quickly maybe a stone chipping went through with a branch 🤔
TheAutisticArborist Hi, not yet it’s got plenty of power to go through it I’d say as long as the branches are cut quite straight on the thicker end to feed in.
Seems ok but you shouldn't have to make a pusher to get the small bits through. better with some sort of rotating feed to pull all the material through
WE have just bought exactly the same machine and we are very disappointed with it! We are also putting hawthorn branches through it and we have cut the branches straight. First off, after starting the engine and letting it warm up, it just cuts out for no reason! I mean I'm not even shoving anything into the hopper. It is not easy to start again (pull cord) and this is a brand new machine! 2. When I do manage to get the engine gradually onto full throttle, and put the wood in it the engine just stops!
These things are only any good on a film set! They look like a shredder, but are not fit for purpose, shear bad design, you need an electric spanner to keep undoing the chute bolts to unblock the thing every 5 minutes, and the blade flywheel is a cheap steel sheet fabricated thing with no momentum, so as soon as a 1" branch goes it the flywheel just stops, then the belts slip, I had to dismantle the flywheel blade carrier and turn it concentric on my lathe as small chips of wood jammed in the large gaps where the flywheel was fabricated, even Buddleia branches block it up, the only good thing is I can use the engine on my cement mixer!
I couldn’t find any technical specs for replacing the belts and was told by two independent technicians (one being the main supplier too) that you have to unbolt the engine to change the belts. No you don’t! Use this link to learn about replacing the belts these guys know a trick to two for sure: ruclips.net/user/PowerKingbyQVTools
If l was you ,I'd take it back ! Get the next Size up ! For a Demonstration ! If the next is too small ! Then repeat it !! Until you are happy with it !! Like your clothes and shoes! Too Small !! Too Big !? That's the Question you ask yourself !! Hope it helps !
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Hi, as your new to this chipper i will give you a few tips from experience if i may. When starting the chipper better to start it with the revs set lower then gradually raise the revs till its full speed, this lets the heavy drum get up to speed as advised by various different manufacturers.
When using the chipper be carefull not to scoop up stones that could damage the blades.
You have a drum chipper, the other common type are disc chipper. Drum chippers are what i use and they eat conifer branches with ease as there soft wood.
When feeding larger branches into the chipper feed a bit then hold the branch a couple of seconds to let the drum get its speed back up then feed a bit more in and then stop again and so on till you can let the rest of the branch feed through. This stops the chipper from jamming up. Good vid☆☆☆☆
Brian Connor Hi. Thanks for the tips, I appreciate it
@@RuralStuff Also mud as it acts like grinding paste and wear eye protection incase chippings come back through the infeed as its happened to me alot.
good video though think i might get one of these chippers
Why should the engine cut out, when I'm trying to warm it up? Like you say, I gradually ease the throttle up to full speed. It doesn't seem to handle Hawthorne very well
Thanks for sharing your experience of this machine.
Great video 👍🏻 Chippers/shredders are such useful bits of kit
The Fully Charged Gardener Thanks I’m adding to my tool collection, will need a bigger shed soon 😀
Good demo,thanks.
good review.thanks
Not sure about the chipper but your view is great
Hi.whats it like for shredding conifers?
I'm on the look for 1 aswel same thing as you the tree overhangs into the fields I'm looking at the crytec 15hp atv towable one
Deciding between this roller with two blades system, over the hammers with side cutter of other makes. Like you, I want to keep anything over about 50mm - it's more hedge and tree pruning stuff I need to make smaller.
Thinking of ordering one of these after spending days looking (who knew I would get lost in the world of chippers for so long).
This appears a good all rounder for a 3 inch chipper. I like the safety feature of this as well. Curious to know who you ordered it from. Cheapest I Can find it is £698 Inc VAT?
I have a decent sized garden with a variety of trees and bushes, so I think over a few years this is more economical than hiring. Do you know how wide it is?
Good video and nice to see it working. I was curious about the Cobra because I have a Hyundai which seems identical apart from the colour and tbh I think they’re all pretty much the same. Having used mine for a couple of years I think these 6.5hp machines fall between two stools. Heavy and pricey for anyone maintaining a small garden but too slow and awkward to use if you’re dealing with big hedges in big gardens, fields or paddocks. If find myself having to use the loppers to prune the cuttings into shapes that’ll fit down the shute and that seems a bit pointless. If I upgrade I’ll spend a couple of grand and get something commercial or else I’ll just hire a commercial machine for a couple of weeks and attack the pile because a full day chipping with the 6.5hp is bloody knackering. Thanks for the insight into the Cobra 👍🏻
Hi, your spot on with that comment, I think it's ok for professional use with small gardens but too slow on big hedge jobs.
Trouble is it's a big jump up in cost to something with twin rollers that'll draw branches in better.
@@RuralStuff absolutely it is a big jump in cash and it would need to earn its keep. There’s a gap in the market I think but until then I’ll just have to keep on with what I’ve got and curse the bloody thing for all its faults 😂👍🏻
Just put a full day in with mine, and it coped well with hedging, and thin branches...
If you would pulling the wood chipper instead of pushing it, it would make your life much more easy (and less exhausting...).
Does it struggle with wood at 3”
This is the best real-life user video about this model, thanks for that!
Today I was having a look at this 6.5hp chipper (in Portugal). different branding but I assume the same chinese made. still, I'm not sure to just get it or to walk away from it.
Soul Trek Ventures Thanks for that. The machine has plenty of power for chipping, I just find some odd shaped branches a bit tricky to feed, depends what sort of branches you’ve got to chip I think
@@RuralStuff I've got tree branches from olive, apple, pear, orange, peach and some grapevines. counted around 20/30 trees and the site was neglected for some years. what do you reckon?
Soul Trek Ventures I would say in the price bracket it’s a good machine, and if you cut stuff the right size for the feed chute you should be fine.
Like always the metric system for describing the wide of logs is more convenient.
How’s she holding up Af yet 1 year as I’m thinking about one
Do you have a distributor in the Philippines?
How do you replace the belts?
Hi, how do find the blades wear?
I have one of these bought second hand and the blades are worn already after 4 hrs! I don’t know if the previous guy damaged them or what? I’ll have to sharpen them! Thanks your video helped me purchase one!
Hi, I sold mine a while back, it was a good machine just didn’t have enough use for it. I didn’t use it enough to get the blades blunt, I’m surprised yours went blunt so quickly maybe a stone chipping went through with a branch 🤔
I belt sand mine every 10 hrs
Did you decide to keep it, if not what did you get to replace it?
Bob Bailey I’ve still got the Cobra chipper at the moment, if I do change it it would probably be for a tractor mounted one
Have you used it on conifer ???
TheAutisticArborist Hi, not yet it’s got plenty of power to go through it I’d say as long as the branches are cut quite straight on the thicker end to feed in.
Rural Stuff I’ve got a camon c50i and it’s a bit small being 2” max and it’s a disc chipper instead of a drum chipper so it’s a bit slow with conifer
Is it still going? Are you happy you didn’t get the towable one ?? Thanks
I sold it a while ago, I didn’t have enough use for it.
Seems ok but you shouldn't have to make a pusher to get the small bits through. better with some sort of rotating feed to pull all the material through
Ye if I was going to buy another one it would have to have twin roller blades to pull the branches in better.
you should of walked backwards up the ramp
WE have just bought exactly the same machine and we are very disappointed with it!
We are also putting hawthorn branches through it and we have cut the branches straight.
First off, after starting the engine and letting it warm up, it just cuts out for no reason! I mean I'm not even shoving anything into the hopper. It is not easy to start again (pull cord) and this is a brand new machine!
2. When I do manage to get the engine gradually onto full throttle, and put the wood in it the engine just stops!
These things are only any good on a film set! They look like a shredder, but are not fit for purpose, shear bad design, you need an electric spanner to keep undoing the chute bolts to unblock the thing every 5 minutes, and the blade flywheel is a cheap steel sheet fabricated thing with no momentum, so as soon as a 1" branch goes it the flywheel just stops, then the belts slip, I had to dismantle the flywheel blade carrier and turn it concentric on my lathe as small chips of wood jammed in the large gaps where the flywheel was fabricated, even Buddleia branches block it up, the only good thing is I can use the engine on my cement mixer!
I couldn’t find any technical specs for replacing the belts and was told by two independent technicians (one being the main supplier too) that you have to unbolt the engine to change the belts. No you don’t! Use this link to learn about replacing the belts these guys know a trick to two for sure: ruclips.net/user/PowerKingbyQVTools
Thanks for sharing the link for viewers.
I didn’t keep the machine long enough to need to replace the belts.
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If l was you ,I'd take it back ! Get the next Size up ! For a Demonstration ! If the next is too small ! Then repeat it !! Until you are happy with it !! Like your clothes and shoes! Too Small !! Too Big !? That's the Question you ask yourself !! Hope it helps !
There isn’t a next size up dummy.
Plus you don’t just take and return things annoying the business
@@matthewmoore523 Maybe you ! Should listen ! To your own Video ! As to what !! You Stated !! O.k !