Hyundai HYC1500E-2 Wood Chipper

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gcc2007

4 жыл бұрын

Review of Hyundai HYCH1500E-2 electric start wood chipper

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@donalfalvey145 Жыл бұрын

Hi Graeme I bought one of these largely based on this review (I hope you're on commission). I haven't actually fired it up yet. Just to update on the assembly. You had lots of issues with fit. Hyundai might have listened as there were no issues with my machine and there was plenty of tolerance in the fit for the wheel assembly and the towbar/stand assembly. I'm looking forward to using it in anger

@christopherpayne5476 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to review this machine, it was very helpful. Thanks.

@HPPUK Жыл бұрын

Really glad to hear that you're happy with the product overall!

@bigbadpod 3 жыл бұрын

Got mine yesterday Graham, first test run today, well impressed. Battery cover was a bit of a faff to put together, but other than that quite easy. Not keen on the blade bolts, reckon they'll be a swine to remove but I'll worry about that when the time comes. Got it off the back of this review, btw, so cheers 👍

@graemeclark8922 3 жыл бұрын

Blade bolts I discovered the way to undo them is with a firm sharp twist rather than gradual pressure.

@edwardjoslin905 4 жыл бұрын

I have same chipper and have used it quite a lot now (probably 15 hours of use in total). It is worth noting that items should be relatively straight when feeding them as I have had a couple of occasions where the material has folded over. I previously had an MTD rotary chipper that was next to useless whereas this is so much better and also a lot quicker. I find mixing brush with straighter lengths of branches helps keep the feeding chute clear. I have placed some larger 80mm branches though it and worth noting to listen to the engine revs as these could stall it if they have a lot of foliage on them, just keep hold of the beaches and let the engine recover before feeding it further. It is big and heavy and having the lowball is a bonus as makes for easy moving but worth noting this is not for road use. Took about 2 hours to build as single man operation but would recommend 2 people and would be lot quicker. It does not come with engine oil but just use a good quality 10 30w oil and change frequently. If you are thinking of buying one then this is great value and the next size up machine would be £2.5k upwards. I would recommend as a good investment.

@moisesreid283 3 жыл бұрын

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@laynesawyer1640 3 жыл бұрын

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@geraintthewelder 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful review. Many thanks.

@markbifferos2765 9 ай бұрын

Audio was a bit messed up towards the end (background noise), but otherwise this review is absolutely brilliant. I love the detail about delivery and assembly, really professional job you've done here. Shame it was something of a one-off video otherwise you'd have a subscriber 👍

@graemeclark8922 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, I only did it because at that time there were no other reviews! If I find more products like that I’ll do another !

@markbrailsford7502 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video very helpful

@SloggieBear 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful thank you

@graemeclark8922 4 жыл бұрын

Further experience has shown that even when hot you need choke or half choke for start. This can immediately be removed once started. When removing blades for sharpening a quick “jerk” on the spanner is more effective at undoing the nuts than steady pressure. Once I discovered this, removing the nuts was quick and easy!

@rayanator105 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know because I did work experience with Big Mals Property Services in Auckland,New Zealand and we had a Morbark Beever m8d with a v-twin petrol engine and it wouldn't start without choke even when it was hot. I think it's just the heat vaporizing the fuel and causing a vapor lock.

@graemeclark8922 4 жыл бұрын

I have been using the machine for a few weeks now and have put a lot of material through it. Still very happy with the performance. Starting issues described in the video have not recurred and we get an easy start every time. The only other issue is that we found the plastic strip guard over the mouth of the feed chute gets quite brittle in cold weather and as a result we managed to break some of the strips. But to be honest they dont do much anyway as when feed in material they are pushed clear out of the way anyway!

@rattlin9194 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this vid. It helped me in choosing mine last Christmas. One question though. The handbook talks about adjusting the blade clearance for finer cuts but gives no instruction on actually how 😐. Just taken 1 blade off but no possible way that it can budge in the slightest once attached

@gcc2007 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never bothered but the adjustment is not the blade on the drum but one on bottom side of feed chute - not actual chute but where it fits on main body. I think it’s several small hex key bolts Basically it determines how thick a slice each blade cuts off the wood. Hardwood should have smaller slices As I say I have never needed to adjust it but I don’t put anything other than relatively fresh cut wood through it.

@rattlin9194 2 жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 thanks for that. I've looked at those but can't for the life of me see what difference they'd make 😂 will have a look tonight though. I'm actually putting together my own review video as like you I found not a lot, when looking to buy. Hope you don't mind if I stick a link up in here when it's ready ?

@rolandllewellin4509 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your detailed report. We have taken on board your comments and will be checking all machines before despatch to ensure assembly is as hassle-free as possible. Roland Llewellin, Genpower Ltd. UK Distributor for Hyundai Power Products.

@nickcoppard5335 3 жыл бұрын

Where is my chipper or money you can't have both that is theft

@chrishi55 2 жыл бұрын

Mine got delivered yesterday put it together all by myself with no problems what so ever Video going on KZfaq soon

@landcruiser801 4 жыл бұрын

Great review, im considering this machine and your r review helped alot.

@ghostwheelinshadow 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this superb, thoughtful review. Very helpful indeed

@donalfalvey145 Жыл бұрын

Hi Graeme Do you have any issues with hopper flap folding down and not staying in place?

@simoncross3933 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I fired mine up for the first time today, it seems to work well. I note you mentioned starting issues. I couldn't restart mine after the initial start up. I tried the choke in various positions: on, half on and also off, just the clicking sound of the starter. It started raining so I packed up for the day and we will try again tomorrow. What were the starting issues you had and how did you overcome them? ps. I noticed you are based in Malvern, we are too! Regards, Simon.

@gcc2007 4 жыл бұрын

Simon, you’re welcome to pop over and look at mine (socially distanced!) if that helps but yours sounds like a starter MOTOR issue or solenoid. Mine would turn over but not start, yours just clicks. Also could be low battery voltage. Why not try charging battery off the machine (check voltage though, is it 6v or 12v?)

@scalewarmachines 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful - was looking at the Hyundai machines and this was a very useful review. Still happy with the machine? Any new discoveries or comments?

@gcc2007 2 жыл бұрын

Still happy. I think there may be more options now, at this price range, than there was when I bought it so check out others too. Biggest grip is that blades a are a bot of a faff to change so as a suit you dont change them perhaps as often as you should!

@SevernBeach 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Quick question how do you clear jams ? I currently use a hammer version shredder and got to drop the chute. Is the Hyundai easy to unjam ?

@gcc2007 3 жыл бұрын

Serious jam then you have to unbolt the feed chute which is a pain, yes. But there is a small cap covering the drumaxle which quickly unbolts and then you can put a spanner on the nut and turn the drum (backwards) and nine times out of ten a bit of wiggling forwards and backwards will dislodge the bit of wood that is jamming it. Top tip is who you have finished shredding allow the machine to run long enough that all the small remaining chips (that bounce around in the feed chute) get fed through

@antoalvarez91 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a similar chipper under another brand name in the u.s anymore vids on this

@NigelFairhurst 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for informative video. Are you still happy with it? any other issues or niggles? Has the cutterblock jammed with small branches and have you had to take either chute off to unblock it?

@graemeclark8922 3 жыл бұрын

I still think I’d be hard pressed to find something better for the price. The key is to make sure every little piece has gone through before shutting down (at full speed small pieces bounce off the cutter block sometimes so I usually throttle back to get last few bits through) as otherwise as you suggest the small pieces can prevent the block turning when next starting. If that happens you don’t have to remove chute just unscrew cover over the drum axle and it can be turned back easily with a spanner to allow small bits to drop through. Sometimes you can rotate drum with a sharpened long stick poking down the chute! Now I’ve worked out what needs to be done the only time I get a jam is if I run out of fuel!

@NigelFairhurst 3 жыл бұрын

@@graemeclark8922 Thank you. I have learnt a lot from this video and the comments. I like the timelapse on your other video which I also did when building a pond.

@venkiteshnanju4196 2 жыл бұрын

Is it available in kerala ; India. What is the max. Dia. If the tree branches that we can input in the chipper

@gmcolbourne4924 3 жыл бұрын

Great review, really helpful. Is it too heavy to wheel around a garden by hand? Thanks

@gcc2007 3 жыл бұрын

The feed chute has two cut outs on either side that act like handles. If you grab these and push down (it is quite well balanced) the tow bar lifts off the ground and it’s easily wheeled around unless you have a steep hill or rough ground (I got a wheel stuck in a rabbit hole!)

@gmcolbourne4924 3 жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 thanks that’s really good to know. I thought I was going to have to go for the model down (7070-2) which does not get good reviews. Have you put leylandii branches through it at all? I understand some of the bigger shredders can’t cope with it and can only do brown waste? Thanks

@gcc2007 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmcolbourne4924 anything green and leafy comes out green and leafy! It’s a chipper not a shredder so the business end is rather like an electric hand plane, a drum with two blades in it. Tough stuff gets sliced, soft stuff just gets pushed through. As a general rule anything more than 50mm diameter I keep for firewood but we’ve put conifer branches through bigger than that. I think my biggest gripe is that there is a lip at the bottom of the feed chute where it attaches to the main body. Small bits of branch easily get caught on this and I spend some time and effort having to shove stuff down the chute which really would otherwise auto feed. Obviously really bushy stiff will need shoving anyway as the “pull through” isn’t strong enough to compress it all through the chute. I keep a large (75mm x 1000mm) wooden pole next to me to help encourage feeding when necessary!

@gmcolbourne4924 3 жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 ah thanks good to know - back to the drawing board then as I need it to be able to do lleylandii branches as well. Our arborist has a heavy duty one which he just throws everything in and it all comes out the other end shredded into tiny bits.

@graemeclark8922 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmcolbourne4924 it doesn’t mulch the leaves but nothing is much smaller than about 25mm square. We’ve put the chippings on paths and round the base of trees etc and any green stuff decays very quickly. I’m not at home or I’d post a photo. Sorry

@tourerbing764 2 жыл бұрын

I was planning on getting this machine, Wonder if I can send my wife through it, 🤔

@nickcoppard5335 Жыл бұрын

Set the blades as per handbook you should have no trouble

@davidwillard7334 3 жыл бұрын

It's a Wonder ! The Engine ! Was Assembled ! Otherwise ! It looks like Hyundai ! Trying there Darndest !! To Sell !! A Funny !! Looking CAR !! indeed !!! That ! Spits ! Toy ! Branches !! Out ! Of it !!

@rosemaryallan3158 3 жыл бұрын

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@hanumantraojagtap4820 2 жыл бұрын

Per hour output capacity Price Petrol or electric this machine

@graemeclark8922 2 жыл бұрын

No idea, will vary - Google it, petrol

@rattlin9194 2 жыл бұрын

@@graemeclark8922 you were far politer than I would have been 😌

@ianmackie1059 3 жыл бұрын

Your comments re-assemble, the reason for the tight fit is due to punching press defection and or weld deflection. Once lined up with the relevant chassis components everything is then in line with the design specification. These defections are very common on any pressed and or welded steel component manufacture, which given a little thought would become obvious and not worthy of so much criticism.

@graemeclark8922 3 жыл бұрын

It most certainly IS worthy of criticism when it takes a 2 ton jack to move the parts enough for the item to fit. You profess to know about production engineering but seem not to have heard of tolerances? the obvious way to manufacture this item is to make the weld first and THEN affix a jig and drill the holes. They will then align. If you drill (or punch) holes first and then weld then yes you will get deflection. Another simple answer is to use M8 bolts but drill 10mm holes - its the friction that prevents movement not the bolts themselves! As a qualified engineer I have seen many many items that are fabricated by welding and this is probably teh worst example of quality control I have ever seen.

@tanglewood777 4 жыл бұрын

nice pencil sharpener

@graemeclark8922 4 жыл бұрын

Ah well, if I earned the salary of an arborist and used it as much, I’d have bought a bigger one!

@nickcoppard5335 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it would sharpen a pencil . .maybe a butterfly mincer

@gcc2007 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickcoppard5335 operator error maybe :-)

@nickcoppard5335 4 жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 no gave it every chance .not as described was told it's a heavy duty professional machine . It is not . According to the handbook 10 minutes use 20 minutes rest . . . Lucky to get 10 mins without a jam .as a semi retired farmer/engineer . No not operator terror.

@gcc2007 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickcoppard5335 interesting, I've run mine continuously (obviously not feeding it continuously) for maybe 40 minutes at a time without any issues at all. Then a 5 minute rest and off again, all day long. I'm also (was) an engineer. So bearing in mind the issues I had with assembly on mine I think its a quality control issue. I wouldnt describe it as a heavy duty professional machine though. Either a very light duty professional machine or a heavy duty domestic machine. But the point is, in making this review (and not carrying a torch fir Hyundai in any way) I hoped to help people looking to choose this price range of machine. Any I have yet to see anyone suggesting an alternative that is better for the price. Anyone who thinks ANY sort of electric machine comes close is living on the same planet (Planet fantasy) as Donald Trump :-)

@chrishi55 2 жыл бұрын

You said you had trouble putting it together, you said things didn’t line up! I think you probably bent The side plates trying to get it off the lorry.

@gcc2007 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, youve been a quality controller at the Hyundai factory have you? It came on a pallet, so nothing was bent. I'm not an idiot, I can see if its bent. It was badly welded together in the factory. You didnt need a micrometer to measure it. it was bad enough thatyou could measure with a tape measure!

@atrax7023 Жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 Sometimes you do get wonky and bent parts and problems with the QC on the imported stuff. Being in the US i ordered a Yardbeast 3514 wood chipper hopefully no problems with it fingers crossed. Excellent video.

@timwade1389 8 ай бұрын

Chinese badged machine

@edwindude9893 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video it shows Hyundai chippers are crap.

@gcc2007 4 жыл бұрын

Edwin. Obviously (I hope) I don’t work for Hyundai so have no agenda! Crap compared to what? A £70000 chipper, yes. But why not make your criticism constructive and help others by suggesting an alternative at a similar price That does a better job? It was the lack of any such reviews that prompted me to do this (first ever review) and I Only wish someone like you had done one earlier to help me find a better value model

@rosemaryallan3158 3 жыл бұрын

I certainly don't think it shows that at all, in fact this video has been the final step in my decision making process - doesn't seem to struggle at all, on a par with most of the other wee gravity fed chippers on the market for a fraction of the cost. Screw you, greenmech and timberwolf I say! I've used all sorts of chippers in the past, from 5" timberwolf to whole tree grab-fed jobs, but now I sing to the Wee Chipper Club tune of shed it, stuff it and burn them logs! (Ps Graham, it better be good, I'm just away to order one...😁)

@graemeclark8922 3 жыл бұрын

I’m still happy with mine. It’s not a Timberwolf and doesn’t pretend to be. I get the impression a few people commenting here have a gripe with Hyundai and will diss any product of theirs wherever they find it. Bottom line remains: I challenge anyone to find something better FOR THAT PRICE. No point telling me my Vauxhall Astra is crap compared to your Ferrari!

@kurmis999 Жыл бұрын

Complete garbage, already filled up return/refund. Main resone if you shredding something like 1cm diameter branch's, bledes only cuts abaout half way and keep trying to wrap araund drum and jam. Or just rips all leaves off and spits stick at full length at over end and most of the times stays in discharge shut

@gcc2007 Жыл бұрын

I have no trouble whatsoever with branches of that size, so it sounds like there is something wrong with your set up - maybe they installed the blades upside down or something like that? Obviously sending it back is a must, but I dont think you can rubbish the product as a whole based only on one unfortunate experience. However I am the first to agree that their quality control needs improving - given the problems assembling mine.

@kurmis999 Жыл бұрын

@@gcc2007 so aparantly cutting plate need to be adjusted, which is one of the worst disigne choices. Normally cutting plate and blades is fixed in one position and is not adjustable. Secunde problem to much free space above rotating drum where blade atacked. Every time you push twisted branches it get stuck and blades dont catch them. 3ed welding quality is disaster, not a single full length weld.