I had this for a number of years. It worked great when I lived in the suburbs on a large lot. I could shred leaves and small branches and compost all my yard debris. But when I moved to a 3 acre place it was way too small. I'd have to stand there all day feeding branches one by one into it. So I put it up for sale on CL and a guy showed up in a few hours and gave me some cash for it. All depends what you're trying to do.