Using a 6 Inch Rental Wood Chipper | How To Video | Joe Fixes It

Using a 6 Inch Rental Wood Chipper | How To Video | Joe Fixes It
How to Properly Use a Wood Chipper | The Home Depot
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Today I rented a 6 inch wood chipper from the local equipment rental place in Cartersville Georgia to chip up a large pile of small trees and limbs from clearing the property behind the shop. I decided to make a video of my doing this to show you all that have never down this what is involved.
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Release Date 10/18/2019
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[@bigjon1558]

Hard work keeps a person honest.

[@Joefixesit]

I keep thinking it might change me some day :)

[@bobcat9314]

Nice video Sir., stacking and cutting prior to picking up the chipper saves time and your back..in my opinion this is a text book example of how to efficiently and safely get the most for your rental time.. Well done...

[@Joefixesit]

It makes a hell of a pile to mow around till you get time to rent the chipper

[@76rjackson]

Bizarre how the glam girl music was so different from far from the manual labor theme of the video yet matched and worked with well with the speeded up wood chippery. Kudos to the editor!

[@Joefixesit]

thanks man.. made that a long time ago... in the beginning I never planned on releasing it the channel...but it is to date the largest video every made by me.. gonna make another video this week for this channel which I have neglected

[@crv20051]

Thanks for posting this. I am about to rent what is basically the same chipper from a local place. I have a lot to get through and this helps give me a sense of scale. Like you, I do not need another machine to take care of and will not, probably, use one enough to make it worthwhile to buy one. Not cheap to rent, but cheaper than buying and taking care of it... Thanks again and be safe out there, stay hydrated! :-)

[@Joefixesit]

yeah I about killed myself that day. I recently did another piles and it went a lot better, I need to plan better in the cooler part of the day, I am not 16 years old anymore

[@dannybouy7948]

Great video. You demonstrated the joy of success along with the agony of defeat real time. I need a couple small piles (compared to yours) shredded. Thank for keeping it real. I will hydrate first. Lol

[@ernestomarquez6655]

Thanks. Im gonna rent a chipper really soon.

[@Joefixesit]

well have fun and be careful

[@oldsagerat]

I had some brush and dead trees I needed gone. I rented a chipper for the day. My neighbors all came to watch...not help. I REPEATEDLY asked them to stay back and away. One little girl was holding her cat... i know you know where this is going. Something spooked the cat and it did a swan dive right into the chute. I couldn't get the thing turned off fast enough and ...goodbye Fluffy ! That little girl never flinched. She turned to her horrified parents and said "Can I get a new kitten now"? Swear ta Gawd !😮😅

[@JoeisHungry]

thats a terrible story

[@Ffmt-ri3ti]

I’ll take things that never happened for 500

[@BAKERHUSKIE]

Nice .thanks for the video

[@Joefixesit]

not a problem.. I enjoyed making that one.

[@randyregala7456]

Wow that’s a lot of work , excellent job my son likes ur video.

[@Joefixesit]

it was pretty hot out there, I have been burning this year, I got about 80% cleared now

[@kahuna1247]

Wood chippers prefer "green" wood with some moisture content to work optimally and avoid jams. However, that doesn't look feasible in this circumstance though. Nice video and thanks!

[@Joefixesit]

you make a good point most of the wood there was about 8 weeks old with the exception of some of the dead fall I had collected. That wood chipper was a little hard to use as it did not want to pull the limbs in very well. it liked to l work me to death that day

[@horacesawyer2487]

Kahuna: I was thinking about that. Seems like the moisture would bind them up? Try to bend a new piece of wood, it does. A dried out piece, it breaks.

[@vibsosu]

Great chipper.

[@JoeisHungry]

it ran pretty good

[@josetapaia3945]

Nice video! Thank you for sharing!

[@Joefixesit]

Thank you too, maybe I will get back to making videos for this channel again

[@rogercarroll1663]

good work

[@Joefixesit]

thanks I liked to heat stroked that day.. I burn now

[@jayarr8689]

Toyota 22re is a little beast !!! Best truck ever

[@JoeisHungry]

I bought that new in 1991 got 270,000 miles. tough as hell

[@Joefixesit]

yes sir

[@camlendrim7609]

There was a bicycle/toy shop in my hometown of Goshen, NY in the late 50’s called, Joe’s Fix It Shop. 🍀

[@Joefixesit]

my sister and I took several hours to come up with it... it is from my food review channel Joe is Hungry..

[@johncollins8304]

Thanks. So 6" means 2" . Useful to know the truth.

[@Joefixesit]

kinda yes..

[@AdrianAndreev]

Great stuff Joe! 🍻

[@Joefixesit]

Thanks! 👍

[@tvs3497]

If the chipper could swivel 90 degrees on its axle, you could turn the feeder to face the branches. Might save a fair amount of sweat don't you think? And if you would lean the branches' fat end on saw horses or something down the line, you could get that pile gone nearly as fast as you could move your truck.

[@Joefixesit]

Or just back it up to the pile the problem is the branch's stick together and get hard to pull apart.. I have been mostly burning since they video.. takes about 1/4 to be time.. I was not aware that I could burn where I was.

[@AlianzaLima1901]

800 in the morning, 8 o'clock for you normal guys hehehehehehehe,good job ,thank you

[@Joefixesit]

thanks!

[@Joefixesit]

@leonardo migot I used and older one the second time and it was a lot better.

[@michaelschettl9509]

Would have been. Nice to know how long it took to run that amount of brush through.

[@carlossilvajr6102]

Greatvideo thanks for sharing

[@Joefixesit]

thanks

[@Hubjeep]

Thanks for the video! I may rent one for small stuff like you did.

[@Joefixesit]

they are handy if you can not burn where you are at and have no pickup

[@Edarolando7]

Thank you Sir!

[@FromTheHood2TheWoods]

Thank you sir

[@tobycarvajal6810]

Joe fixed it

[@Joefixesit]

I fix things

[@swatteam6561]

Good job 400 subscribers

[@JoeisHungry]

thanks that happened this morning sometime. I need to start posting a little more regular

[@Joefixesit]

Thanks! 😃

[@swatteam6561]

No problem

[@PigasusAlmighty]

that was helpful. Thanks

[@Joefixesit]

thanks.. not something most people do.. and the wood chips rot pretty quickly

[@RonInAVan]

I wonder if I could use that to clean up some trimmings on the BLM land behind my property? Like Manzanita bushes and some fallen branches from pine trees.

[@Joefixesit]

If it will fit into the feed

[@horacesawyer2487]

I'm going to Cartersville to rent your chipper after a court case.

[@Joefixesit]

good luck and be carful!!

[@brandoniron44]

I see you posted this awhile ago. But perhaps you might still monitor the comments. Wood chippers work a whole lot better on green wood. It’s probably why you couldn’t get the full rated 6” out of it. Running dried out wood drastically impacts the performance. I understand that it’s not ideal to get a rental every time you get a little wood. So understand why you’re doing it the way you are. I’m also in the same boat, they are way to expensive to buy. The small ones are junk. I like to rent from a place that’s open a few hours on Saturdays. You get the day rate but have two days to break up the 8hour you get. If you use more Than 8 hours it’s prorated per hour. But It’s nice getting two days for the price of one. a lot more pleasant not rushing.

[@JoeisHungry]

I absolutely still watch all the comments on both my channels. I wish I could spend more time on the fix it channel and I think I will get back into it vlogging some of the stuff I do around here. With the wood chipper, yeah some of it was pretty old, most of it was there for about 8 weeks. when I was chipping I assumed I could not burn it but later found out my property was outside the city limits and burning is a ton less work although it leaves burnt spots everywhere. I see my normal place has finally got a wood chipper again.. that is a happy thing for me. The videos for the fix it channel are mostly about mk2 VWs but I do other stuff. This was a spontaneous video that was not scripted or planned . I was making it as almost a joke to send to my brother and nearly heat stroked shooting it. The time lapse would have been longer but I could not work up the energy to move the cameras by the end of the afternoon. thanks for watching.. I love making videos and need to spend more time doing videos for this channel rather than the mass of videos I make for joe is Hungry channel..

[@Joefixesit]

Cool

[@redfirewoodstand3808]

Excellent vid Joe. After the service I still hear 0800 or in my case 0600 hours and think I’m back in basic. What is the name of the song while your chipping. I enjoyed it. Thanks

[@Joefixesit]

I will get back to you on the song..I work in a hospital and we use military time so I am used to it..

[@Joefixesit]

Night and Day by RexBanner of Artlist came from Artlist. I will send you a link later today if you are curious

[@Ffmt-ri3ti]

Cool little Toyota! Thanks for the video and also thanks for your service. I’m an Air Force Security Forces veteran. 🫡

[@Joefixesit]

I still drive it. Thanks for your service

[@MrChickadee]

great job sir, could you guess what volume of chips you produced from that amount of brush?

[@Joefixesit]

Really hard to say since I spread it out..I was filling up a low area where water would lay after it rained.

[@crabapple6775]

Half expected you to say 'see you in the ER'.

[@Joefixesit]

yeah! not doing to let it get me

[@garyd5622]

I rented a chipper once which was dull forcing me to haul all the wood to the dump.

[@Joefixesit]

wow I just discharged it on the ground and let it break down

[@garyd5622]

@@Joefixesit Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. The chipper was so dull that I couldn't chip anything with the chipper so all of the small unchipped branches went to the dump. My goal was to chip all the small branches. That was 45 years ago and since then I make sure every rented equipment will function properly before it leaves the yard. I recently rented a stump grinder and I inspected the condition of the each grinder at every rental business to not repeat the same mistake. I have bought various chippers over the years and learned that proper maintenance makes a huge difference. Rental businesses have a checkered maintenance reputation.

[@Joefixesit]

​@@garyd5622 Ahh.. yeah plus people when they use stuff rented it tends to get abused but they do need to keep the knifes sharp in the chipper. something I looked at when picking it up. I did not rent a lot of equipment. the wood chipper was an exception that time. I burn now since realizing I am outside the city limits.

[@Zach.Attack]

Wow, that looked fun until I saw how tired you were at the end haha.

[@JoeisHungry]

liked to killed me

[@Joefixesit]

It was!

[@IAM.Rebellion]

Hey, I just finished clearing up the trees on my wooded lot and I have piles of those brunches by the road. I can rent 6-9-12 inch chippers and they differ ~100$ between 6 and 12. Are you suggesting ordering the 9-12 inch one? I have a feeling that 12inch works like 10x faster than 6 inch one. Also, how long did it take you for this pile? My neighbor has a 4inch chipper, gave it to me to use it and 2 hours after I couldn't notice a difference so decided to rent a bigger one :)

[@JoeisHungry]

good choice the bigger the better. it took me about 7 hours and about died from a heat stroke...I was looking and feel pretty bad at the end of the video

[@Joefixesit]

you get a pretty good price

[@IAM.Rebellion]

@@Joefixesit idk man. it's ~200 for 6inch one and ~12 for 320 but the second requires the big truck that I don't have, and idk where to rent a truck you can tow with. Enterprise retns those for another 130$ so cost wise the 9 or 12 would be double due to the need to rent a truck. but I have a feeling 9 inch works like 3-4 of the 6 incher ones

[@captivethoughts1745]

You did that all by yourself? That's what kid's and grand kids are for. Put 'em ta work next time! :-)

[@Joefixesit]

If I had some they would be out there instead of me :)

[@umarashfaq]

Great video. So what happens to the debris coming out of the chute ? Just leave it like that on the ground or rake it later ?

[@Joefixesit]

in this case I kept moving the chipper so it was distributed around the lawn. but you may want to discharge it in a trailer and leave it in a pile for mulch.

[@billm3210]

As much as I want to chip the sheer size of branches and tress on my farm i take the dozer or backhoe get a fire permit and poof. Even 12" doesnt do it for me. Rental is worth it vs the cost of these things.

[@Joefixesit]

Yeah I have been burning. That was too much work..

[@amarJourneys]

Hey Joe I have oleander I just realized I could use a chipper n clear the yard instead of cutting them to proper size for waste management to collect. My question is...do u use the chipped wod for something or just dump it?

[@Joefixesit]

I normally leave them in a pile for a year or so and then use it for mulch, in this case I already had a lot for mulch so I just discharged it on the ground in a low spot. this last summer I burned everything. Just because it was not as much work and faster. I had wrongly thought I was not permitted to burn on that property so I was using the chipper.

[@onsight2822]

Thought he was gonna fire it through his back window 😆

[@Joefixesit]

Not big enough chunks to break glass 🍷

[@harpreetsingh3823]

Hi somebody help me in woodchipping . I need some advice regarding ghat

[@Joefixesit]

whats the matter?

[@crabapple6775]

what size logs can I run thru an 18" wood chipper for 8 hours

[@Joefixesit]

that is a big ass wood chipper.. don't know.. wish I had one that day

[@benmagnus1965]

Today my dad and I were clearing wood how long did it take u to make that pile!

[@Joefixesit]

by myself it took about 8 weeks one day a week in the summer... I am still clearing but now I burn it takes less time..

[@5490bobo]

👍

[@Joefixesit]

thanks

[@andyb4071]

Calhoun and Cartersville? Georgia?

[@Joefixesit]

this was rented out of Cartersville, the property is in Fairmount Ga, the rental place in Calhoun does not have a working chipper anymore

[@sirstriker886]

He didn't run through wood chipper safety. What if I get caught on a branch and can't get free? Can it pull me?

[@Joefixesit]

absolutely it can... although this is a pretty small chipper and it is pretty easy to stop

[@leepayne2596]

Wood like to know where to rent the wood chipper

[@Joefixesit]

local tool rental...I used the one in Calhoun until the chipper broke but it is fixed now.

[@pambennett8967]

I wish I'd had someone to explain things like choke and throttle to me. I feel so dumb just hearing those words. Baffled as to how motors work. One day, hunh? Hope it wasn't hot

[@Joefixesit]

Just makes it start easier when it is cold. it was hot that day.

[@gattonpc]

Skip to 4:00 You will thank me later :)

[@Joefixesit]

thanks

[@holeshot1721]

I hate that model its always in gear trying starting that thing in ny on a cold winter day! U can have a fresh battery and a jump pack on it still cant get it to turn fast enuff to start on a cold 7am morning of 35 degrees

[@Joefixesit]

fortunately it has not been that cold and I was lucky, I think maybe the one you used has something wrong with it. I used and older model they had another time and it was clutched and started a lot better. I have been burning everything lately as it is less work. at the time I was not aware I was allowed to burn.

[@Deweycox710]

Will they chip bamboo?

[@JoeisHungry]

I would think so

[@Deweycox710]

Thanks! I have several piles of red cedar Leyland Cypress and bamboo brush and want to make mulch out of it instead of burning it especially bamboo because if you've ever burned bamboo it's like lighting pipe bombs.

[@JoeisHungry]

@@Deweycox710I have never burned it, but since you say that I want head out to the land and light some up :)

[@Deweycox710]

@@JoeisHungry Well I rented and used a bandit 65xp for three days for about $280 Fri, Sat and Sun. I didn't want to work on Sunday but unfortunately I had to. I probably won't do this again because it wore me out and it was me and another person. I got plenty of mulch cedar, Leyland Cypress and bamboo. It would get stuck a lot with the bigger limbs and I would have to reverse it also when I was doing the bamboo it worked pretty good and fast but when I started doing the smaller limbs I did not notice the chute and it got clogged up and wouldn't start again. I didn't know what happened at first until late Saturday and figured it out that it was clogged up and had to open the access to the drum knives and unclog it then it started again the knives were not sharp which is probably why it didn't chip better. If I could have used a bigger and stronger one I might do it again because I think it would go faster and I got a lot of mulch.

[@Joefixesit]

Not the best mulch. I burn my stuff now daster and does not kill me

[@MrKurt2233]

Seems like it would have been easier to lit it at one end and let it burn

[@Joefixesit]

You would be exactly correct. At the time I wrongly thought I was in the city limits of Fairmount and was not allowed to burn. Later learned I was in the county and have burned ever since.

[@twbishop]

why not shoot the chips into the bed of the pickup truck? then you can haul the chips to wherever is convenient.

[@JoeisHungry]

I would have to shovel them and I already have a ton of chips from the local tree folks. Plus I wanted them in the low spot right next to were I was chipping.. Good observation.. I was thinking of that. I need a dump bed.

[@Joefixesit]

this was convenient, I put the pile there on purpose

[@matthewa1867]

Heya Joe, do you think a novice could use something like this and not end up meeting the all mighty?

[@Joefixesit]

well... i am still alive...for now anyway

[@XPHALCON]

A bonfire would've cleared that wood in 2 hours

[@Joefixesit]

funny you said that, we have been under a burn ban till this year and I was forced to use the chipper. Plus I am afraid of fire, but this year I had a lot of old large dead wood on the same property and went to burning, I got rid of a stack of brush almost as large as then one in a video plus a lot of old dead wood too big for the chipper in about 3 hours. I am planning on burning instead of running the chipper unless it gets real dry, I still have a lot more to clear as I am about 80 percent done with the 3 acres now. I was less than half way through when I shot that video.

[@tylerchild2136]

You made a comment about rental equipment not being maintained, Your way off. Most rental companies, go by the manufactures recommendations on maintenance. In most case's, way above what contractors do with maintaining there equipment. You were right people do abuse rental equipment. instead of taking care of it the way they should.

[@Joefixesit]

Point taken.. this particular chipper was it pretty good shape..

[@polkatornado]

hardhat ?? walking into branches as they are being chipped ? Safety violations left and right by this guy

[@Joefixesit]

good point..but since I am not in a work place and in my own private back yard good chance the feds will not throw hand cuffs on me..that being said now that you mention it I could have brought my hardhat would have been a little cooler that day... but again no matter I now burn everything..

[@polkatornado]

@@Joefixesit thanks.. But my concern is not for the Feds to get you, my concern is you get wacked in the head when the feed rollers grab a branch with a curve to it, and you turn your back . I had that happen early in my arborist career.. hardhat saved me.. it still was a good knock to the head, but hardhat prevented a concussion and maybe a big gash in my skull... ps ... even my supervisor complained to me that I was a safety Nazi .. One time , he pulled his safety rope too hard, and the caribineer took out parts of two of his teeth.. it was all I could manage to not laugh at his misfortune :)

[@JoeisHungry]

@@polkatornado understand you completely, I actually own a hard hat and should have had it on and some proper safety goggles. I see your point I got cracked on my skull a couple times cutting large branchs overhead. I am about 90% done clearing that property after 2 years of cutting and burning and for a while using the chipper.. for now I am burning as I can get rid of the brush about 200% faster. If I do use a chipper again I am going to get one bigger, 6inch is just too slow.

[@Joefixesit]

that was funny about that video.. I never really planned the video I just broke out a couple cameras when I started chipping thinking i was going to sent it too my brother. I spend most my effort on the food channel and never thought this would get more than about 12 views on this one.. thanks for thinking about my safety I nearly heat stroked that day.

[@polkatornado]

@@JoeisHungry I try my best to find clients who deal with the mess of branches I make.. the best town I do pruning and removals does branch piles once per month... They do not chip, but use a large grapple. So the clients can make the ugliest piles possible . and you are making me hungry now with that user name , esp since my name is also joe :)

[@NickLAnderson]

Dear God who art in heaven, hallow be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

[@Joefixesit]

ok

[@FromTheHood2TheWoods]

Just don’t throw your wife in. It seems like every year that happens somewhere on planet earth

[@JoeisHungry]

I have not used one in a long time she is safe

[@CarlosSanchez-su2rl]

Why didn't just burn it. At 800 hrs in tbe morning. Lol

[@Joefixesit]

well the burn ban was on.. I thought the property was in the city at the time where there is no open burning (found out it was just outside the city limits.... and now it is Burn Baby Burn!! In two hours I can burn what took me all day..

[@tomclose6643]

just makes another mess for you too clean up lmfao just burn it during winter months

[@JoeisHungry]

not really in my case, but I burn now just because it is a ton less work and expense

[@michaelschausten5257]

Not a mess if you use it