Can you post more video of this chipper in use with various sizes of material? Yours is one of the only videos online showing the unit apart from an advertisement from the manufacturer. Thanks in advance
Man I feel your pain. It sucks to make a major purchase like that and it not work as intended. It happens to alll of us. So sorry about that man. God bless.
I have had a DR for years and it works flawlessly. Not to rub it in but I have ordered blades from them and got them in 2 days. Wouldn't give my chipper up.
Definitely have to have a chipper! This one works so much better since we adjusted it! You can check out that video here: ruclips.net/video/6SOYQDl8c6g/видео.html
The heavy flywheels dont add power. They do help smooth out the power, but once you lose the momentum, they are actually more difficult to keep spinning and to bring back to full speed after a hard pull. A heavy flywheel will not bend as easily. You need a robust housing to hold the anvil/bed knife so it can't bend under the pounding as well. I have an old DR with 18hp, but honesty, ive about had my fill of light duty chippers. You can never get too over zealous about what will they will take without destroying themselves.
You are correct-it’s best not to overtax these chippers. Unfortunately, the next level up in chipping capabilities is substantially more expensive. We did try renting a much larger and more powerful chipper, but you have to have a rental place that keeps their stuff nice. Nothing is worse than going through the hassle of renting a big piece of equipment and hauling it to your house only to have it jam up with every single stick because it hasn’t been maintained properly.
@smilingbutterflygardenfarm4627 I ended up buying a woodland mills wc88 that I can run off my tractor. It is still not as heavy as I would like, but it's not too bad, and I don't have to maintain another engine. It is not going to do tree service work, but it makes fantastic chips, and with the 8" square infeed throat, it is leaps and bounds over the little backyard models. I don't have to schedule it, I maintain it, it will serve me well enough.
@smilingbutterflygardenfarm4627 I feel kind of silly dropping that kind of money equipment, especially since I've had a tree service who has been fairly regularly dumping chips here, and they keep their chipper tuned up very nice; not a lot of long sticks and big chunky chips. However, the wc88 makes even better chips. I cut enough trees for friends and family that I can't stand to burn the brush if it isn't all mangled and impossible to feed in the chipper. And, I have a friend who brings some brush over, and that often includes nice logs...like a cord of fine red oak, and yesterday, a bunch of black locust. I don't have to leave the property to cut firewood! I am addicted to wood chips. Now, if I could only get my wife interested in the garden, I'd be set!
Good luck getting parts!!!! I have an identical chipper, blades are hard to get but are obtainable but do not stay sharp for long. After 1month the hydrostatic clutch disinterested and fell apart and the company wouldnt fix under waranty aparantly its wear and tear after 1month so cost me £250 and 3months to arrive, the hydraulic infeed was extreamly slow because it was fitted with a random chinese flow reducer which limated it to 20rpm and recently, at 18months old the engine blew up on me. I really wouldn't recommend these machines. I mean WHEN it worked it worked OK but it was out of commission more in the 18months iv owned it that it has been in use
The DR unit is not competitively priced. Woodland Mills has a much better unit for the same price with a much better and longer warranty. Woodland Mills has 4 blades and a heavier flywheel so it cuts much smoother and with a lot less noise and vibration. Woodland Mills has a great reputation for customer service both during and after the warranty period.
I am very, very, very interested in this machine. Can you please send me information as to the: brand, model number, where purchased, and cost. If you can send a website link i would be completely appropriative for your assistance. Thanks.
The DR unit is not competitively priced. Woodland Mills has a much better unit for the same price with a much better and longer warranty. Woodland Mills has 4 blades and a heavier flywheel so it cuts much smoother and with a lot less noise and vibration. Woodland Mills has a great reputation for customer service both during and after the warranty period.
@@briangc1972 I really appreciate your reply, but when I went to their website all I was able to find were PTO units. I couldn’t find any stand alone gas units. Am I missing something?
@@rottiejakeluke I'm just another viewer who is researching purchasing a wood chipper. Thus far, Woodmaxx and Woodland Hills appear to be the best built with the best warranties and best customer service reputations. Woodland Hills is slightly less expensive, but they may not make the type of chipper you want. I would recommend looking at Woodmaxx as well. There are literally dozens of videos on RUclips of wood chippers. Use the RUclips search bar for more information.
No. The machine actually does a really good job with small stuff. Most of our trouble happens when we try to push the limits of the machine. It is supposed to be able to handle 5” diameter logs, but we have best results when we keep it to 3” logs or smaller.
Why do you chipper users use your hands and arms to stuff brush in when you can use another limb or branch to push it in
The music!!! Hahaha love this one!!!!
Love the camerawoman’s enthusiasm for a good chipper
Can you post more video of this chipper in use with various sizes of material? Yours is one of the only videos online showing the unit apart from an advertisement from the manufacturer. Thanks in advance
Absolutely! We are waiting for the snow to be gone and then we will have lots of wood to process. Stay tuned!
@@smilingbutterflygardenfarm4627 did you ever figure out why it was jamming and did you ever get it to work reliably?
Man I feel your pain. It sucks to make a major purchase like that and it not work as intended. It happens to alll of us. So sorry about that man. God bless.
Hey, thanks for watching brandonmcx23x! We''re excited to crank this chipper up again and do some damage with it this spring!
So, it’s 1 year later. Is the chipper still junk?
I have had a DR for years and it works flawlessly. Not to rub it in but I have ordered blades from them and got them in 2 days. Wouldn't give my chipper up.
Definitely have to have a chipper! This one works so much better since we adjusted it! You can check out that video here:
ruclips.net/video/6SOYQDl8c6g/видео.html
Which model? Can you send a link? Thanks.
WHAT ABOUT IF YOU REVERSES THE BLADES
The Fargo backstory.
I could easily understand the wife feeding her husband into the woodchipper after making an expensive purchase that doesn't work.
Hahahaha!
The heavy flywheels dont add power. They do help smooth out the power, but once you lose the momentum, they are actually more difficult to keep spinning and to bring back to full speed after a hard pull. A heavy flywheel will not bend as easily. You need a robust housing to hold the anvil/bed knife so it can't bend under the pounding as well. I have an old DR with 18hp, but honesty, ive about had my fill of light duty chippers. You can never get too over zealous about what will they will take without destroying themselves.
You are correct-it’s best not to overtax these chippers. Unfortunately, the next level up in chipping capabilities is substantially more expensive. We did try renting a much larger and more powerful chipper, but you have to have a rental place that keeps their stuff nice. Nothing is worse than going through the hassle of renting a big piece of equipment and hauling it to your house only to have it jam up with every single stick because it hasn’t been maintained properly.
@smilingbutterflygardenfarm4627 I ended up buying a woodland mills wc88 that I can run off my tractor. It is still not as heavy as I would like, but it's not too bad, and I don't have to maintain another engine. It is not going to do tree service work, but it makes fantastic chips, and with the 8" square infeed throat, it is leaps and bounds over the little backyard models. I don't have to schedule it, I maintain it, it will serve me well enough.
Congratulations on your new chipper! I hope it works well for you!
@smilingbutterflygardenfarm4627 I feel kind of silly dropping that kind of money equipment, especially since I've had a tree service who has been fairly regularly dumping chips here, and they keep their chipper tuned up very nice; not a lot of long sticks and big chunky chips. However, the wc88 makes even better chips. I cut enough trees for friends and family that I can't stand to burn the brush if it isn't all mangled and impossible to feed in the chipper. And, I have a friend who brings some brush over, and that often includes nice logs...like a cord of fine red oak, and yesterday, a bunch of black locust. I don't have to leave the property to cut firewood! I am addicted to wood chips. Now, if I could only get my wife interested in the garden, I'd be set!
Year later is it in the scrapyard?
Good luck getting parts!!!! I have an identical chipper, blades are hard to get but are obtainable but do not stay sharp for long. After 1month the hydrostatic clutch disinterested and fell apart and the company wouldnt fix under waranty aparantly its wear and tear after 1month so cost me £250 and 3months to arrive, the hydraulic infeed was extreamly slow because it was fitted with a random chinese flow reducer which limated it to 20rpm and recently, at 18months old the engine blew up on me. I really wouldn't recommend these machines. I mean WHEN it worked it worked OK but it was out of commission more in the 18months iv owned it that it has been in use
lol, epic jam
Thanks for demonstrating equipment NOT to buy
When the music started playing hahahahahaha
Using music to cover the misery of another chipper incident ha!
I would reverse the blade if not sharpen with angle grinder, I did mine on a surface grinder.
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Where i can buy this machine
Try to realise our Jonco MC100,drum type, also have greatly working efficiency
The DR unit is not competitively priced. Woodland Mills has a much better unit for the same price with a much better and longer warranty. Woodland Mills has 4 blades and a heavier flywheel so it cuts much smoother and with a lot less noise and vibration. Woodland Mills has a great reputation for customer service both during and after the warranty period.
I am very, very, very interested in this machine. Can you please send me information as to the: brand, model number, where purchased, and cost. If you can send a website link i would be completely appropriative for your assistance. Thanks.
The DR unit is not competitively priced. Woodland Mills has a much better unit for the same price with a much better and longer warranty. Woodland Mills has 4 blades and a heavier flywheel so it cuts much smoother and with a lot less noise and vibration. Woodland Mills has a great reputation for customer service both during and after the warranty period.
@@briangc1972 I really appreciate your reply, but when I went to their website all I was able to find were PTO units. I couldn’t find any stand alone gas units. Am I missing something?
@@briangc1972 you referred me to Woodland Hills, but your machine was a Detail D2 unit. Please elaborate. Thanks
@@rottiejakeluke I'm just another viewer who is researching purchasing a wood chipper. Thus far, Woodmaxx and Woodland Hills appear to be the best built with the best warranties and best customer service reputations. Woodland Hills is slightly less expensive, but they may not make the type of chipper you want. I would recommend looking at Woodmaxx as well. There are literally dozens of videos on RUclips of wood chippers. Use the RUclips search bar for more information.
@@briangc1972 thanks, I’ll check them out.
And that’s why they sold it to you….
Mit so ein paar dünnen Zweigen gibt es schon Probleme ? 😂
No. The machine actually does a really good job with small stuff. Most of our trouble happens when we try to push the limits of the machine. It is supposed to be able to handle 5” diameter logs, but we have best results when we keep it to 3” logs or smaller.
No good Steve… check our models, never let you down