Let's talk about this wood chipper I picked up yesterday. It's a Craftsman 247.787852. I think it was made by MTD. It was a "ran when parked" deal... I got it home and it started pretty easily. Great. Since it started and ran I took off the tins to blow out the cooling fins, changed the oil and got new spark plug and filter. The gas was also old but it seemed to run okay so i figured it would be easier just to run out the old gas during use. The blades should probably be sharpened or replaced.
I do not know much about various vintage small engines but the engine and the overall chipper seems fairly well built. I know it is heavy, which should be good for a chipper. It looks like you can still get parts. But overall, I am underwhelmed.. It is hard to feed in sticks because the larger ones need to be super straight and feeding smaller branches in the larger chute you can only do one or two at a time. I feel like I need to only run the thing in the middle of the week when my neighbors are at work because of how loud it is for the work I get done.
So I want to be excited about this thing because it was cheap and seems reasonably well built, but am kind of underwhelmed. Am I doing it wrong? Anyone have any suggestions to convince me it's worth taking up space in the garage?
I do not know much about various vintage small engines but the engine and the overall chipper seems fairly well built. I know it is heavy, which should be good for a chipper. It looks like you can still get parts. But overall, I am underwhelmed.. It is hard to feed in sticks because the larger ones need to be super straight and feeding smaller branches in the larger chute you can only do one or two at a time. I feel like I need to only run the thing in the middle of the week when my neighbors are at work because of how loud it is for the work I get done.
So I want to be excited about this thing because it was cheap and seems reasonably well built, but am kind of underwhelmed. Am I doing it wrong? Anyone have any suggestions to convince me it's worth taking up space in the garage?
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