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Review of a DEK CH-1:
With about 3 acres of woods I have plenty of opportunity for a chipper so I sprung for this DEK. Over the web for about $1150 (www.bjs.com). It was delivered to my work (they have a dock) and it was packaged very nicely. Easy assembly, add oil (with the incredibly weird supplied funnel), then one pull fired it right up. The only other chipper that was comparable was a DR and that cost double.
The Good: Eats through anything you can stuff into the chute - 3" branch will convert to 1/4" chips as fast as you can push it in. Runs a long time on one tank of gas. Reasonably quiet. Good price.
The Bad: The wheel mounting assembly cracked the first time out although I didn't notice it until parked back in the garage – see photo. I replaced the entire assembly with a Northern Tool $200 trailer that I cut down to 2' width. The original towing bar was terrible as the balance was way off. Now I can tow anywhere on my property. I suppose if you put the lights on you could tow on the road but this thing is top heavy and I would caution against any abrupt turns or rough road. I tow it with my Husqvarna lawn tractor with no effort.
So..for the money its good and once on my trailer its easy to get around. Three stars out of Five.
With about 3 acres of woods I have plenty of opportunity for a chipper so I sprung for this DEK. Over the web for about $1150 (www.bjs.com). It was delivered to my work (they have a dock) and it was packaged very nicely. Easy assembly, add oil (with the incredibly weird supplied funnel), then one pull fired it right up. The only other chipper that was comparable was a DR and that cost double.
The Good: Eats through anything you can stuff into the chute - 3" branch will convert to 1/4" chips as fast as you can push it in. Runs a long time on one tank of gas. Reasonably quiet. Good price.
The Bad: The wheel mounting assembly cracked the first time out although I didn't notice it until parked back in the garage – see photo. I replaced the entire assembly with a Northern Tool $200 trailer that I cut down to 2' width. The original towing bar was terrible as the balance was way off. Now I can tow anywhere on my property. I suppose if you put the lights on you could tow on the road but this thing is top heavy and I would caution against any abrupt turns or rough road. I tow it with my Husqvarna lawn tractor with no effort.
So..for the money its good and once on my trailer its easy to get around. Three stars out of Five.
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