My brother in law got a DR 3pt chipper years ago. It worked nice for what it was, well built, chipped fine.
It was just too small, too much fussing around. We spent more time running a chainsaw to cut the branches down small enough to fit through the throat and get them physically pushed into the chipper, to keep going.
We used it twice. Since then, pile the branches, and use the loader and forks to throw the branches in a ravine. It goes -much- faster.
In discussions on these things in the past, it seems if it doesn't have feed rolls to grab and pull the branches in, it is just a toy and most folks get frustrated with them. Even if well made, the 4 inch or so sized chippers aren't really a good fit for what a person with a tractor wants to accomplish. (No matter how well built a one bottom plow is, if you are looking at a 240 acre field, you just aren't going to be real excited about doing the job......)
I'm not familiar with the chippers you mention, perhaps they are bigger, perhaps they are these smaller ones. It's your judgement, they do work as advertised, and are good machines for what they are; just end up playing around so very long to make a small pile of chips...... I got worn out running the chain saw to make the branches small enough to fit in the throat.
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