Buy a chipper or a gallon of diesel and a mat5ch

[jimh406]

If you have things to do with the chipped bits, a chipper can make sense. But, from people on YouTube, you have to watch how big of material you put through, and it's more manual labor.

If you have room for brush piles, you can also just leave it for wildlife. Or, wait until it's good burning weather.

 

[Gaspasser]

I remember that one…. But another case that blows that away..was the airline pilot who got rid of his flight attendant wife….. blew her out into the lake one night for fish-food…. Which worked until they found a tooth in the rented chipper and ran DNA on it.
He was convicted on that. (and my Sister in law who worked for another airline as a gate agent had put up with his intense flirting for several months while he pretended to be a pitiful widower…. was glad she’d resisted his advances… )

(be certain to clean out any politician residue before returning the rental unit…. unless you want to start a go-fund-me to which we can all contribute…)

Name was Richard Crafts. Hence my earlier reference to divorce Connecticut style.

 

[bbxlr8]

FWIW I dove in out of curiosity with the MightyMac chipper-shredder that is made in the region here in PA. It is the same very solid design that is still sold after many decades. I bought it used and repowered with the bigger Predator engine, and have one for spare parts.

It is "fine" if you have the time, desire, and need to reduce material within your property footprint. It is fun for a while, but gets old to me. Everyone's definitions and needs are different, but it will do up to about 3" but struggles if it's old hardwood or is not sharp. Reduces a lot through the shredder fxn as well. It does not draw in the last bit of bigger stuff (will do smaller easily)

Jury is still out but don't pull it out much. A friend did a bunch of conifer branches w it. I process trees for FW have a dump spot up the mountain for trailer loads of branches so time and patience come into the equation.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

Having a chipper available all the time keeps our place a good bit more tidy than it used to be. It’s really nice to be able to chip the debris from a storm or downed tree immediately regardless of burn bans, weather conditions, etc.

Yep. And it's really nice to be able to chip on your schedule and energy level and not feel like you have to push hard through the weekend to get the whole thing done before you have to return your rented chipper Monday morning.

But again, only if it's an ongoing need. If it's a one-off, rent at least a 6" chipper and git-er-done.

But whether buying or renting, a chipper is one of those things where bigger is better and smaller will have you hating life.