How to Use a Medium-Size Branch Chipper | Yard Cleanup & Mulching Made Easy - video Dailymotion

Shiva Tanamala

Description: Need to clear out fallen branches or trim debris fast? A medium-size branch chipper is the ideal tool for turning brush into mulch with power and efficiency. In this video, we’ll show you how to safely and effectively operate a branch chipper to speed up your yard work and reduce waste.  💡 Pro Tip: Feed branches butt-end first and let the chipper pull them in—don’t force it. Keep limbs under the max diameter for smooth operation. ⚠️ Safety Reminder: Always wear eye and ear protection, tie back loose clothing, and never reach into the hopper. Stay alert and work slowly.  👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more landscaping gear guides and cleanup tips!  Hashtags: #BranchChipper #YardCleanup #MulchingTips #LandscapingTools #DIYLandscaping #WoodChipperSafety

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00:00Hi there, today we're going to talk about branch chipping. Now many people have branches

00:16around the yards or hedges or bits of wood that they think they're going to throw into a branch

00:21chipper, but there's a lot of things to be considered when you're going to get a branch

00:25chipper. One naturally is the size of the wood that you're going to chip, two inches, three inches,

00:32six inches, nine inches in diameter. Remember the rating on branch chippers is almost like sending

00:38a telephone pole through the chipper. You've got to remember about all the suckers and off offshoots,

00:44the twisted wood, the different kinds of wood, whether it's wet or dry, and this all has to be

00:49incorporated when you're thinking about branch chipping. And everything has a limit. This

00:54particular branch chipper here we class as a three-inch branch chipper, meaning that you can

01:00put a three-inch branch down through this hopper here and that's going to be discharged in chips

01:07out the back. Now when you're starting to think about doing branches, remember that a branch chipper

01:15is exactly that. It's not a mulcher. It's not something trying to break up little twigs. It needs

01:21some substance as far as the wood is concerned. So at least about a two to three-inch branch.

01:28All the small branches off of it of course will be chipped. But if you rotate the

01:34cutting as you're doing it into big branches, small branches and rotating, at least you can keep the

01:41hopper clean and the branches flush through and not getting things stuck in there. It's not to do twigs

01:47in the little wee small things or to be scooping stuff with a shovel into the hopper. You must be

01:53doing branches and wood. And different woods will cut differently. If you're doing willow or very soft

01:59woods or fibrous woods, they're going to cut different than if you're doing hardwoods. So if

02:05you're trying to save your chips to use them as mulch around the garden, which you can use,

02:09you must consider the type of wood that you're going to chip. Always run your chipper at full speed,

02:17not part speed. Bring it up to speed. Run it at full speed so the cutters are moving to the maximum

02:23capacity. And also when you're going to shut it off, always slow them down before you shut the engine

02:30off. And that pretty well goes with most all engines. So in future videos, we will be showing

02:37larger chippers and things to consider and many safety features. Obviously these hoppers are made

02:43so that you cannot reach your arm down into where the cutters are down near the bottom.

02:48And you don't get three or four people all shoving things in at the same time because you want to

02:52get it all done in a very short period of time. So safety is a consideration. The capacity of the

03:00machine. Don't throw a lot of wood stuff and small things into your chipper and expect it to cut.

03:05It can get jammed up in there. Okay. Now I would say that this would be probably one of the ones you'd

03:12use most times around your home in a smaller area. When we get into five, six inch pieces of wood,

03:21we'll use those sometimes in commercial areas or anything after six inches is usually used for

03:27firewood. So that's it for the small chippers.

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