Patriot Products CSV-3090B 9 HP Briggs Stratton Gas-Powered Wood Chipper/Leaf Shredder Reviews
My wife and I bought this wood chipper because we have two acres of mature landscaping and just could not even keep close to keeping up with trimming the lower branches on all the trees and dispose of the limbs and branches. Our trimming pile at the edge of the woods had grown to a monster and was threatening the back of the garage. Researched several websites and decided on the Patriot.br /br /After the first day of chipping - about 8 hours and 15 trees and lilacs worth of lower limbs and branches, I am impressed. First, the 9HP BS engine did start on the very first pull. Later in the day on restarts, it sometimes took a twiddle of the choke and at most 3 pulls, but starting was impressively easy, and almost always on the first pull. I limbed about 4 trees at a time, cutting off the biggest stuff for burning in the fireplace, about 2.5 inches or larger. The rest, my wife used large branch clippers to take out ALL Y shaped branch joints (necessary to be able to feed through the funnel tube), and I fed these branches and twigs through the chipper. Very nice!! Blows cleanly into the catcher bag, wich I'd dump into the lawn tractor utility trailer to take to the mulch pile at the edge of the woods. Three loads for the whole day of trimming! Would have been a pile the size of my garage otherwise. On the third bag of chips, we experienced a small jam. Was able to clear by (first unplugging the spark to make sure couldn't start) taking off the funnel feeder (three easily accessible nuts), use a 1" stick on the outlet to back the disk bit by bit and clear the input port of jammed up mulch. I think I must have let the bag overfill, or feed branches with lots of leaves in too fast. Never had a jam afterwards. By the way, those chipping knives are sharp. Be very careful (use only sticks, etc) to clear the openings.br /br /So, we're finished the first day of chipping and am very pleased. This was a pretty spendy unit, but it came through as expected. Very easy to move around the property by hand, even with our hills. No need for the attachment to the lawn tractor, which had the dump bucket attached anyway. I do feel, however, that Patriot should make the tractor attachment a standard item instead of pricey extra!br /br /Would I recommend - you bet. Remember I do not have experience with other chippers, however, but this unit is small and compact but stable, seems to be very powerfull, even on solid dry old branches that have very hard wood, and ate green vines easily if fed into the chipper along with small branches. Nicest part was chipping up some old cedar branches and making cedar wood chips to spread around a couple of trees as mulch. Smells great. Hope this helps your selection. Oh, and seems to be built really solidly, even though this is a small unit. Right as I assembled it (very fast and one spare part of every screw, washer, etc)you could tell that the machine is very solidly made. Happy so far.
Patriot Products CSV-3090B 9 HP Briggs Stratton Gas-Powered Wood Chipper/Leaf Shredder Feature
- The chipping power of the 9 hp Briggs engine coupled with Patriot's unique design will wow you.
- Make short work of branches up to 3 inches in diameter.
- Shredding leaves is a breeze with Patriot's swinging y-hammer system.
- The side discharge allows you to work in the same location all day long without moving the chipper.
- 50 State Compliant
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Better than I expected! - Oyvind Kleven - Jackson, MS USA
I have a rather overgrown lot, and had been considering a chipper/shredder to help with the debris from clearing it out. I had been considering one of the better known brands, but after reading some unfavourable reviews, and seeing it in person, I decided to do some more research. I found this unit on Amazon, and after looking at the manufacturers website, decided to give it a try. I placed the order through Patriot Products Amazon store, and called the next day to get the shipping details so I could make sure I would be home when it arrived. When I called, I'm pretty sure it was the president of the company that answered. He directed me to the shipping manager, who promptly answered my questions and scheduled delivery so it would arrive on a day that I would be home It arrived just as promised three days later. Great service!br /br /The chipper arrived in perfect condition, and well packaged. There were only a few things that needed to be attached before putting it to use. It took about 10 minutes, and it was time to fill oil and gas and fire it up. Started on the first pull! br /br /I put it to good use over the weekend chipping and shredding bamboo and oak saplings up to about 3". Although it did bog a little with the bigger stuff, if still pulled through and chipped everything I threw at it. Anything smaller than 2"-2.5" didn't even slow it down. It just sucked it in and spit it out!br /br /The unit seems to be well constructed. The unit is constructed out of heavy stamped steel, and it bolted together, rather than pop-riveted like some of the other ones I looked at. Also, the engine is the Briggs and Stratton Vanguard commercial unit, rather than the cheaper 1150 series in the other one I looked at. The only plastic components are the two chutes, but they appear to be of good quality, and are rather thick. I suspect they will hold up quite well. Overall, I am very impressed with this unit.
Oct 27, 2010 20:27:04
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