Landworks Mini Wood Chipper Shredder Mulcher Heavy Duty 7HP Compact Design 3" Inch Max Capacity

I have only used it once so far, and will say it works like a charm. I did have an issue with it plugging up once, but that was due to my trying to feed too much into it to fast. Very easy to assemble, and use.

Original Review:Bought this two years ago and as you can see, I've had some issues. The fault mainly lies with the weak welds and thin metal they used. Shortly after the warranty expired is when the welds on the wheel base snapped. I've used it quite a bit and on uneven/gravel terrain, but nothing too crazy so this shouldn't have happened.Called/emailed customer service at Great Circle not expecting much since of course it was out of warranty. The first rep (Blake) still seemed willing to help after some back and forth. Then a few days later another higher up rep basically tells me I'm SOL and can pay for the replacement once it arrives from a several month backorder. No thanks.Thankfully I have a gifted mig welder and was able to fix it with my super amateur skills. Thought that was the last of my problems until the welds around the chute completely failed. Since this was in a much more awkward spot it difficult to try fixing their shotty work. Plus, the metal seemed to be much thinner there. Filled up two wheel barrows of chips and was back to where I was before, except worse this time because I don't believe any amount of welding or skill can salvage the chute.So now I have an expensive and useless paper weight that lasted a collective maybe 3 weeks of use across the span of two years, because there's no real way to wheel it around without the chute.The design could also use improvements. Many of the bolts you need to frequently access are in terrible/tight spots, causing busted knuckles if you aren't careful or taking forever to unscrew. The carb doesn't have a heat shield over it and melted my $50 wheel barrow tire when it got within 6 inches. The plastic screw head for the chip director/deflecter broke almost instantly. The list goes on.Update:After my attempt to fix the in-fed chute welds failed I realized I'd have no choice but to buy another one, so I reached to Great Circle again and thankfully dealt with Blake. He explained that they've since upgraded the metal/build quality for that part and sent a replacement, for free. I haven't needed to weld it, but the metal does seem a bit thicker.Ironically enough right after receiving it, my repair welds for the wheel base failed. Realizing this would continue to happen I asked Blake about purchasing a replacement for it as well and again, he sent one for free. Both parts took some time to ship but it's great that he was willing to make things right. I can't speak for all of Great Circle's customer service, but Blake has been excellent and is the reason I'm changing my rating from 1 to 4 stars.If they were to upgrade the thin metal and accessibility issues for the out-fed chute as well I'd give it 5 stars. A bolt that's crucial to keeping it in place is impossible to screw in without taking off the carb and filter cover. This bolt came out and I didn't realize the vibrations would cause the thin metal to snap where two bolts secure the other side. It's also unweldable, so I've rigged up a temporary solution and am working with Blake on buying a replacement since it was technically my fault that happened. Either way I'm just glad to have a functional machine again, largely thanks to Blake.Final Update:I received the replacement outfeed chute and installed it. After a few uses the carb now appears to be shot. It'll fire up after a few pulls and run decent, but once the engine is warm and you turn it off (to move locations for example) it won't start until hours have passed and it's totally cooled down. Done with this machine, bought a like-new Champion for half the price of this one and wish I would've done that to begin with. Learn from my mistake.

If your goal is to make small pieces of wood out of tree branches, this tool will do the trick. It definitely prefers drier wood, although bone dry makes more dust than chips, and it doesn't handle small twigs well as they can sneak around the blades and come out largely unscathed - and tend to cause blockage in the output chute.It handles thick branches surprizingly well, and I've learned how to deal with "gnarly" branches that have shoots going every which way. Initially I cut all these into relatively straight pieces, which is a very tedious process. I've since learned that if you stuff in (the base end, obviously) of one of these haphazard branches, more times than not when the lowest junction reaches the blades it will separate the branch into two pieces, allowing the part that was not going to fit to be repositioned as it feeds in. Obviously, you want to keep your hands out of the hopper and be sure nothing you are inserting or that you are wearing can get snagged to pull your hand in.

Worst piece of crap on market. Unit stands 30", has a small loading hopper of 12" and a discharge chute of ONLY 3". This unit is only good for leaves and twigs. I can say that this is a dismal example of a chipper. ONLY thing worse than the quality of the chipper is the horrible customer service from AMAZON and Seller. DO NOT BUY this crap!!!!

I love this little chipper. It will chew up branches up to 3 inches, but if most of your branches will be that big, any chipper this size will struggle and you probably want a commercial machine. For branches 2 inches and under, it's a workhorse and will fly through them. I love this compact design, it's very easy to store. The discharge chute does a great job directing clippings into a wheelbarrow, no collection bag is needed.When you assemble, be sure NOT to take off the bolt and washer on the "engine side" that will anchor the discharge chute on. The instructions show it disaggregated, so I went so some length to get the bolt off. What followed was a three-hour epic trying to get the bolt back on, because the heat shield was in the way and I couldn't get the bolt back in the hole. The discharge chute is built in a way to allow you to slide the discharge chute over this engine-side bolt **with the bolt still on**. Learn from my pain :-) If by chance you do remove this bolt, removing the heat shield is the only way I could figure out to get the bolt back in. This required an impact driver, as the heat shield was anchored down very firmly.