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crankcall said:
I dont know your nieghbourhood , but if a 12yr old put a sign up on my street he'd be doing every house. Nobody on this street mows their own lawn. At least 10 different property manitenance groups , they all own stihl backpack blowers with H-D straight pipes on them . All hours of the day . every day
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I love the smell of 2-stroke in the morning.
 
ReSTored said:
I'm looking for a lightweight electric chipper for cottage cleanup. This one says capacity is 1.8", but virtually everthing I'd be shredding would be less than an inch. Anyone using this one, or something similar?

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Looks much like the one that i got from crappy tire around 10 years ago. Used it probably more than regular homeowner use and the only issue was the power switch started acting up and was not staying on. It was around $15 for a replacement switch
 
ReSTored said:
I'm looking for a lightweight electric chipper for cottage cleanup. This one says capacity is 1.8", but virtually everthing I'd be shredding would be less than an inch. Anyone using this one, or something similar?
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I was in the (used) market for a gas powered chipper. We have 3 acres, lots of trees, and lots of wood debris.

The advice I got from the people I knew who did this sort of work was to rent a commercial unit - basically to go big or go home.

I was looking at 3" gas-powered units.

My BIL had rented one at something crazy like $500/d. It was him, his wife, two grown daughters and their boyfriends pushing wood through that thing all weekend long. Me, I don't have enough hours or hands to justify that kind of cost.

I wanted to have one that I could casually pull out for a few hours when I happened to have time, with no commitment. But I also don't want to have to put in a lot of work to maintain or learn how to change knives. I've gone down similar rabbit holes before.
 
oioioi said:
It's going to be a 12 year old.

I don't expect him to be doing 5 lawns a day.
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Let me know if you end up getting one. I regularly get offered no-name batteries for power tools for review and might have some laying around. I think I may have some Dewalt 20V, for instance.
 
NuggyBuggy said:
..............- basically to go big or go home.

.............................It was him, his wife, two grown daughters and their boyfriends pushing wood through that thing all weekend long.

I wanted to have one that I could casually pull out for a few hours when I happened to have time, with no commitment. But I also don't want to have to put in a lot of work to maintain or learn how to change knives. I've gone down similar rabbit holes before.
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I ordered the electric chipper in my post. Hopefully it will work as described. I'll give it a try within the return window and it will be returned if it doesn't work as expected.

I'm not looking for and don't need a marathon event, just a chipper to use a few times a season for general cleanup of small brush. There's a finite need for firepit kindling and things have been are piling up.

We have an arborist come by every 3 - 4 years or so for tree trimming / removal and he has a huge Vermeer chipper. Anything that doesn't fit in the electric chipper I can just set aside until the monster unit shows up.
 
85K100 said:
I've been wanting one of these for a while. This looks like a good deal.

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Save your money, that’s a Chinese unit the licences the Dewalt name. (Click the user manual link on the PA site).

I sent mine back, if your battery is flat from leaving lights on, it won’t fire - you need to kick start it with a 3rd battery.

I bought a $60 unit off Amazon, works better.
 
Mad Mike said:
Save your money, that’s a Chinese unit the licences the Dewalt name. (Click the user manual link on the PA site).

I sent mine back, if your battery is flat from leaving lights on, it won’t fire - you need to kick start it with a 3rd battery.

I bought a $60 unit off Amazon, works better.
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Get the NOCO brand ones off Amazon. Actually used mine today and it hadn’t been charged for months and did fine.
 
I've got a few Nocos and they always seem to have juice no matter how long they sit in my trunk. Now there are booster packs that also have a compressor.
 
NuggyBuggy said:
I've got a few Nocos and they always seem to have juice no matter how long they sit in my trunk. Now there are booster packs that also have a compressor.
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I went the whole hog and got the NOCO trickle charger and some pigtails for my vehicles. Makes winter top ups a 10 second affair. The booster has been used a few times already. Great little thing.
 
JC99 said:
I went the whole hog and got the NOCO trickle charger and some pigtails for my vehicles. Makes winter top ups a 10 second affair. The booster has been used a few times already. Great little thing.
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That booster saved my a&& when bike battery died a few weeks ago. Carry one in each vehicle. You never know when you need it or you need to help someone.
 
Mad Mike said:
Save your money, that’s a Chinese unit the licences the Dewalt name. (Click the user manual link on the PA site).

I sent mine back, if your battery is flat from leaving lights on, it won’t fire - you need to kick start it with a 3rd battery.

I bought a $60 unit off Amazon, works better.
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In those cases, some need a button held down to be activated. Apparently a safety issue, but I hate it. When NOCO came out with their very first jump starter, it also had that feature and I hated it. Their current battery chargers require the same to charge when the battery voltage is low.
 
Relax said:
In those cases, some need a button held down to be activated. Apparently a safety issue, but I hate it. When NOCO came out with their very first jump starter, it also had that feature and I hated it. Their current battery chargers require the same to charge when the battery voltage is low.
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There are a couple of options to get those chargers to start. A 9v battery in parallel will trick most of them to start. I soldered one into the inside of my Motomaster charger thru a momentary switch - works like a charm. You can also jump the dead battery terminals with another battery or a 9v and it should start up.
 
Now you guys have me confused. I thought that button was the feature to look for, so you don't have to screw around with extra batteries, 9V, etc. I'm gonna get one. What should I look for? What should I avoid?
 
85K100 said:
Now you guys have me confused. I thought that button was the feature to look for, so you don't have to screw around with extra batteries, 9V, etc. I'm gonna get one. What should I look for? What should I avoid?
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Some have a bypass circuit - the “button” activates that.

If you’re good with electronics, you might be able to figure out a bypass circuit if your charger doesn’t have the button.

That’s beyond what I’m capable of doing, fighting that out would take me more time than a 9v battery mod.
 
I don't want to waste time with either. I just want a unit that will boost a totally dead battery. Is it common for a battery to not die entirely, and stop discharging at 2 V? Seems kind of counter to the objective, if it won't start a totally dead battery. That's supposed to be what its for.
 
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