We used it a soon as we got home to grind up bird feed that had large kernals of corn it it! Worked great! Also used it or little branches from our Sycamore tree. Our tree drops LOTS of small branches all the time. Love It and it will get lots of use!
I bought this primarily to make my own mulch and I'm glad I did. It's frighteningly powerful but it does require some effort to push the branches into it. I had hoped that it would do most of the work pulling in the branches. Just be careful pushing in the branches because it has some very powerful kickback.
I'm giving it 5 stars even though I haven't used it yet. It's well made and exceeded my expectations. I'm looking forward to get shredding and chipping
Perfect for what I want it for. Easy to move around yard. Works well up to about 1.5 inch branches and turns them into perfect small wood chips that I use in my compost pile.
Assembly instructions could be better, but you'll figure it out.