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She walked up to the camera and claimed the DR as her own. What a woman!! 😁
I love my chipper/shredder...it was very scary when I first used it but in the end I became a professional 🤣
It's exciting to see the end result👏👏
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My chipper is old small. Probably needs rebuilt
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Throw a tarp on the ground and drag those chips anywhere you need them. Blessings
Good idea
Put a big rock down too. It will blow a hole in the tarp. Ask me how I know 😏
Mike, I love chipping and with my 7 acres of forest there is no end. At 73 I find for the easiest efficient chipping pre-stage all the branches with the butt end toward your hopper. Also, pre-lop all side branches & feed them individually. I love my chipper and would never be without one but they will bind down or even stall if you feed them branches that have too many side twigs attached. In the end the time you spend preparing to chip will save time and effort later and improve safety. Also, avoid wearing long sleeves or gloves which will potentially get hung up and be pulled into the chipper without warning!!!
Good advice.
Excellent advice!
Such a great move! Much less air pollution ! And you get wood chips! Well done!
Teaching your children through your actions how to respect and honor your husband and vice versa.
Working as a team and allowing each other to use your strengths to succeed as a family unit.
Good , ☺️ you have a chipper with all your trees, Great investment. Laci you look beautiful. And Mike your skin looks good whatever you're doing it seems to be working ☺️.
Lacy is the best when you need instructions and a lot more to great family ! Sue Simpson
Mike! I couldn't help but watch! Chipping/Shredding a labor of love, cause it doesn't make economic sense. One can chip in 2-3 hours what one can buy for $15. I know have one for my walking tractors. So, if like me you like to work, or one cannot burn, then a chipper/shredder may be an option. Just be ready, it is a lot of work! You guys keep on growing, I love see the progress!
Mike and Lacey you guys are really enjoying your new shredder . I like that you can use it for so many things . I think the shredded was a good purchase .
Uncomposted chips suck nitrogen from your plants, found that out the hard way. Your positive energy is always such a blessing to the rest of us. Thank you.
They only suck out nitrogen if you bury them, just sored on the ground as ground cover that don't happen. Just check the movie Back To Eden vid
@@antiowarr9467 Paul Gauche is my neighbor. He didn't mention the fact he mixes in chicken manure in the documentary. We've had a discussion about that. Just putting the uncomposted shavings around a bush or tree is enough to kill it, I've had personal experience with this.
@@lauramonahan9343 I was going to lay 1/4 acer of chips on top of grass clippings. If thr plants started to turn yellow I was going to mix water with blood meal and spray chips to raise nitrogen as 3 chicken would not make enough poo for that big of an area
@@lauramonahan9343 Paul said in his vids that he put wood chips about 1Ft or more in his orchard right up the side off the trees, I also believe he said this in the vid, I never checked lately. I never heard him say that he put them in his vegetable garden, he showed many time in his vids that he feeds the chickens all of his garden scrapes and the over abundance produce from his gardens to the chickens and what they don't eat I heard him say that he burns this and mixes in the ash from the burning, he also said he brings compost from outside for his garden and shows the vid of the guy delivering that top soil and Paul spreading the top soil, he also showed him self screening his own chicken compost/spent crops and spreading them in the vegetable. So from what I remember his main goal was to stop tilling the soil because it was a lot of work and that it don't happen in nature... I don't think I missed any thing here did I.
I used wood chips in my garden but I put them down in the fall and they had all winter to decompose and by spring all was good to go.
Remember , if you are using wood chips as mulch they don’t have to be aged. They only affect nitrogen levels in the soil if they are mixed into it. They will naturally break down on top of the soil and build wonderful compost with no extra work from you. I love watching you guys constantly grow and learn.
I just bought a Dr Power shredder/chipper. Company said tentative ship date 6/13. This video really interest me
Great idea Mike. Make your own mulch! Good that you asked Lacie to help you put it together. Wow! Started on first pull. It does leaves and grass too? Fantastic. It is still time comsuming to do this but you get a useable product out of it other than ashes! That looks so much better than before. Leaf mulch is really good to use as mulch too! Nice new piece of equipment Mike and Lacie. Great video. Thanks.
I love how nothing goes to waste when you use a chipper.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Stay blessed 🌱🌿
What a great win, win that is. Good for you guys, smart decision.
A CHIPER CHIPPER !!!!! About time this tool you need so BAD !!!! you will love having one ! You land will look so good getting all the you cut down chipped up . I think its small 4 you but something in better than nothing and chippers are not (free or chip ) so a good place to start . Lacey i think it wood be a good time to go and order a new filter ,oil for the chipper Mike is going to rack up some hours fast on it so if you have all you need to do the service so win it need it you can just do it quickly ! Mikes not good at that thing Poke him with a sharp stick and keep him in line ! lol P.S. look at new blades to . have a good day .
great addition to the homestead!
I am so happy for you guys getting that new chipper
DR brand has been around for decades with a mostly solid reputation. Nice company to partner with.
Good to see youa'll chipping!
Omg so excited yall got a shredder !!
Excellent video and chipper/shredder review. I'm so glad I subscribed. You're a great guy with a beautiful family and you're building an awesome homestead. God bless.
Wow I'm surprised how well it works great for the garden 👍 y'all did a great job ❤️
Nice chipper we got a used chipper for 25 bucks best investment ever on the homestead thanks for sharing
Teamwork makes the dream work!
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Lol, I love the Tim the Tool Man's grunt when you opened the shredder.
Yall are such a joy to watch and learn from. Keep up the hard work you do!!!!
I have an older chipper/grinder that also has a vacuum set up built into the front of it plus a hose setup for sucking up fall leaves. The vacuum slot plugs up with leaves within a couple of minutes. The hose part works pretty well at sucking up leaves. I just make sure that I don't get too many at one time. Gives me a nice clean looking fall yard. The chipper will do any branch that will fit into the chute. I think about 3 " if it is straight. It it's curved or bent it may not fit through the bottom of the chute.
I’m so glad for you getting the chipper, it will help in so many ways around Farm.
My husband loved instruction manuals and proper tools. ( while he read and gathered tools I would have what ever nearly put together) lol, I was blessed with mechanical know how I guess. I would look at parts and soon have things going together while my wonderful hubby, would be worrying I was doing it wrong. However, as he would read aloud, I would be remarking, done. It was a great relationship. At least for my ego. Always loved these projects that seemed like puzzles to be worked.
Hi...... The Fit Farmer. Mike Dickson and Lacie nice to see you both, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐐🎥👍👍👍
I've got the DR POWER GRADER and I love it.
My husband has been wanting a chipper. That one is perfect,if we get one in the future I will use you as a reference. Good little machine.
I am 100% the same with instruction manuals! I only refer to them when I get stuck. Bummer for me, though, I AM the wife, and my husband is the same!
Laci, you are AWESOME and I KNOW that Mike TRULY appreciates you. The two of you are so encouraging. Peace and blessings on you all.
I'm 68 years old, and have yet to see a man read the manuals for things, only after it's put together wrong. 😅😅 That shreader will really help out on the farm!👍
You should look into using the stumps to grow maitake mushrooms.I can give you some tips if you want
Those were Cedar Trunks (Conifer family)...Maitake Mushrooms don't grow on Cedar....only hardwoods.
@@tannenbaumgirl3100 i know they grow on deciduous trees. Didnt know it was a cedar. But there are mushrooms that grow on conifers.
@@laura-leemurphyuta78 But not Maitake as you wrote. He did mention Cedar in the beginning of the video.
I realize that! I didn’t get to finish watching the video otherwise I would not have suggested maitake.
I love dr appliances. Had a mini bush hugger and it worked great. For clearing fence lines
I have an off-brand Chipper Shredder that doesn't do that well. Looks like the limb chipper went threw the limbs without alot of pushing or kick back. Thanks for the video.
Lacey, great job.
Love it! My husband and I are the exact opposite with instruction manuals. I just want to hurry up and get things out and together (extra parts? Not a big deal right??🤣😂) and he grabs the instruction manual and slowed me down and keeps me on track.
I have an old 18HP DR Chipper that I bought used, and I love it for what it is, but I wouldn't want to get anything smaller. The bed plate is adjustable and you can sharpen it back true as the edge gets rounded over. Keeping sharp knives and maintaining a proper gap between them and the bed plate is key to easy chipping, less jamming, and finer wood chips.
I also have a craftsman (mtd) 8hp chipper shredder similar to the DR you reviewed here. I see the DR is constructed much better by far than the standard MTD pattern, but this style chipper will still wear you out to make a useful size pile of chips. I would like to see if DR designed an adjustable bed plat on this model.
Spent my 20 years repairing aircraft in the Navy, then retired and spent 21 years in civil service repairing Submarines for the Navy. Reading the manuals is essential to competent safe repairs.
I was wondering, if you put the wood chips through again will it break them up even finer?? Your homestead looks better with every video. Love all the gardening too. Another great video. Thanks.
Please watch using gloves while putting wood in the chipper . My husband was doing a job one day and his glove got caught and he came close of using one of his fingers. They put it back on but it looks a lot different than it use to.
I liked this review! Thank you!
Take the tape off the cardboard boxes the chipper came in & put it under the mulch pile & compost it also.
CONGRATULATIONS, Mike & Lacie, for the newest addition to the Homestead. A great investment vs. purchasing mulch and time spent fetching it home. Being mobile means you can take it 'to' the pruned/harvested product and store it easier. Saves you physically and eliminates any possible fire hazard. Excellent overall time management and ecological treasure! /// May God bless and protect any of you from accidents. Amen. [HA! You summed all this in your closing remarks! One other thing...Another homesteader, Danny King at Deep South Homestead, warned those who watch his channel......Store-bought wood products are greatly polluted by chemicals DANGEROUS to the soil and animals. Because you are using your own trees for the source of mulch, etc., you KNOW what's in it, and use it freely on your property. So important for your health and all the growing things you tend]. : )
When you have a big job to do, keep back one of the larger branches to help push down the littler sticks. We use our machine alot, especially to shred leaves for the garden. Like you said, it makes such a nice mulch.
I grow bamboo, and when it gets to a certain age when we harvested we also use it as a woodchip for our garden along with our bamboo feels and also with our pigs in the backyard. The pigs help with the composting and the bamboo chips are so much better than wood chips at this current time
Cool Mike going old school.
I am addicted to my electric power tools.
Without electricity you are in!
Y'all did a great job demonstrating the chipper! I'm proud of you and happy you have a new, awesome tool!
😂 LOL You are just like my husband!
I love my chipper/shredder! In the Fall, when I rake up leaves, you run them through the shredder and they decompose faster and don't blow around as much in the srtong Winter winds. I read in the comments someone told you to prestage your limbs and I whole-heartedly concur with that. It will make the job so much better.
So glad you got a chipper and it does a great job. 💖
You needed that really bad. Neat to watch. 👍
Oh, you got a DR, nice.
Great piece of kit!
Love your chipper/shredder! Wish I lived closer to y'all. I would buy some of that valuable compost material from you. lol
nice little chipper.
You’re awesome!ty for video
Very cool! That will be so helpful! It's so great when you have the resources right there ready for you! Enjoy your videos!
That thing is awesome
ARE YOU STILL HAPPY WITH THE LOG SPLITTER YOU BOUGHT. I AM THINKING ABOUT GETTING ONE.
Good morning from Coastal Georgia!
Nice!!! You get to make your own wood mulch!!!
I had to laugh as just this morning my Hubby and I put a new homestead item together and I am the instruction manual interpreter. Giggling ;)
Instructions are legit!
congrats. makes want one EVEN more!
I was just thinking Mike, If you are in an area that is away from town If you do need a load of chips dropped off best people to call is the city Electrical company when they have to clean out from around power lines. If they know you want them yearly when they clear the clearings for maintenance purposes they will drop them off for you. Chip drop is online too they bring them for free.
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Mel was here
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That’s ASMR! What a great tool. The large ones terrify me but this would be doable for sure.
Thx for the tip about cedar and bugs.
you guys are doing great keep up the good work
Great thing money saved making your own chips
Congratulations on your chipper/shredder very cool making your own mulch ,very smart ,thanks for sharing guys.
So happy for you guys.
My personal goal is to have a 3 point hitch chipper for our eventual homestead.
I think Mr Mike is a magician ,,coz when i watch his first minute episode ,,i have to complete the episode,,but in fact he is a proffessional homesteader ,,also his wife is an amazing mam,,
I learned a lot ,,thanks Dickson's family🙏🖐️🌹
We just bought and began using a wood chipper. Wish we had done this years ago!! Lots of saplings growing to close together on our very rough land. But we are making progress
All kinds of jealous right now, mine hasn't been run in a long time so I'm having to learn it from the inside out, along with my tiller, slowly but surely 😂🤪😂 thanks for the inspiration to keep moving on things, gets frustrating, especially when there's so much you are wanting to do, my equipment hasn't been run since my grandfather was living here, I know a little about small engines but, oh well 🤪😂 I'll figure it out and feel better for figuring it out. Rock on you guys, your helping more people than you might realize 👍🌹👍 take care and God Bless 🌹❤️🌹
Mike you guys have a really great farm. I would like to meet you and Lacey and the kids. I don't live all that far from you. Have a great evening. 😀😀❤❤
I agree, you do your projects when you can do them! Try to move down your list. I bought the same unit a couple of months ago and the chipping chore keeps moving down my list. Hopefully I'll be using it soon, looks like fun and useful work.
Love how you guys work together❤️
Lacie is amazing at learning how to take command on just about any piece of equipment you give her!
I bought a chipper shredder two years ago and haven’t had a chance to use it. I’m looking forward to it now that we have goats, too.
Good job y’all.
You selling? Lol
Nope, Christina, not selling. Hoping it’ll stop raining soon and I can use it, too. 😁
You guys are so funny.
It's great to be able lean on each other for their strengths. Especially when you can have fun doing so! 😊
A few years back when the back to Eden gardening method came out, We gave it a go and thought the same as you about chipping our own wood. We have a chipper/shredder about 4-5 times bigger than yours that we use to grind our own feed, And that is about all it's good for. Unless you have nothing else to do but stand there and spend all of your time and gas or electricity as we swapped the gas engine for a 220 high-speed Delta table saw motor. Now we pile everything up in the winter and burn it right in one of the gardens
I've used them before and I'll pile up branches for over a year and shred them once I've got a big pile
You can use the limbs and debris in the bottom of raised beds which breaks it down and creates heat in the bed for a small micro culture
Awesome video!!!
Briggs & Stratton. Yes.
On our Craftsman pressure washer the Briggs & Stratton engine seized. We put oil in it and it pumped it out into the aircleaner (sponge) and then it seized. Sears told us we would have to buy another engine for it. It was within warranty. We let them keep it and bought another brand that does not have a Briggs & Stratton engine and it works just fine! I used to think they are good engines. Now I know better.
Now might you try a hugelkulture? Yay to wood chip mulch. You may need blood meal for iron absorption
Thank you for showing us that chipper!! I didn't realize how much we needed one until seeing this. We just might order one now.
Ill be sure to use your link in case its an affiliate link😊
You have some smart wife ♥️🙏🏻🌹
My husband works for a living doing tree work..he said never wear a hoodie with strings bc it will get snagged 😉
I get it about the instruction manual, I have the same problem, if I am alone i work through it but if I have a helper!
Awesomeness 👌
that chipper looks like a lot of fun. I love new machines. I have a new pressure washer that’s being delivered tomorrow with a disc on wheels. cannot wait to pressure wash everything in sight...lol
I hope your pressure washer lasts longer than our first one did. It was a Briggs and Stratton engine and we put oil in it but it pumped it out into the air cleaner and seized! Big disappointment! Sears said we had to replace the engine. We left it with them and got a Generac pressure washer that has been great. Good luck. Hope it works fine.
Great addition. Well done. Keep up the good work.
What a great tool for the homestead!!
Hey mike seasoned wood it tough on a chipper. Try some green wood for comparison. And I would like to see it shred some wet stuff like corn stalks or something like that. It’s an awesome tool for your homestead. Your compost game will be level up.
I'm sure you will see it in action again.
@@MikeTheFitFarmer ,
Mike , a bit of a warning for you. Dry seasoned construction lumber does not chip up worth a darn. For example , old pieces of 2 X 4 . Plus, it may damage your chipper. Either find a way to use the lumber or burn it. I usually can find a use for even small pieces of 2 X 4. Makes excellent bumper stops for the top doors on a chicken tractor. Oh and by the way , I would use that cardboard to place over grass and weeds to kill it off. I have just planted a new fruiting mulberry tree. I don't want grass and other weeds growing up close to the tree so I put two layers of cardboard around the tree on the ground for about two feet out from the tree all around it. Then a layer of wood chips over the cardboard ( about 2 to 4 inches of wood chips and finally a layer of weed cloth on top as the last layer.
The instructions should tell you about not trying to chip lumber.