Staring at a winter’s worth of fallen branches and dreading another burn pile? Same here. We spent eight weeks putting seven 3-point hitch PTO wood chippers through real property work, from 3-inch maple suckers on a 25 HP Kubota to gnarly 6-inch oak limbs on a 55 HP John Deere, to find out which ones … Read more

The best downrigger for most anglers is the Cannon Uni-Troll 10 STX — a manual workhorse with a 2:1 retrieval ratio, 24-53 inch telescoping stainless boom, and a one-hand clutch that we used for everything from kokanee in 60 feet of water to king salmon at 90 feet on Lake Michigan. A downrigger is a … Read more

A telehandler is a multi-purpose lift machine with a single extendable boom that can lift, reach and place loads well beyond what a standard forklift can, typically 19 to 55+ feet of lift height and 5,000 to 12,000 lb capacity. If you have ever watched a single operator on a job site put pallets on … Read more

I have spent the last three months lifting trucks, SUVs, and sedans on ten different scissor lifts in my driveway and shop. The goal of this guide is simple: help you pick the best scissor lift for the way you actually work, whether that means quick oil changes in a low-ceiling garage or full undercarriage … Read more

If you maintain a food plot, vegetable garden, or small farm of even a quarter acre, you’ve probably stared at hard-packed soil and wondered whether a walk-behind tiller is ever going to cut it. Our team has been reviewing tractor attachments for years, and after spending the last three months comparing more than a dozen … Read more

After a tree comes down, the stump is what keeps you up at night. We spent the last three months comparing the best stump grinders you can actually order today, from a skid steer attachment in the budget tier all the way up to a commercial tow-behind workhorse. Eight models made the cut. Each was … Read more

If you have mature trees, a wooded lot, or a compost pile that needs browns, a wood chipper turns hours of hauling into a few minutes of feeding branches into a hopper. Our team has spent the past two seasons testing the 10 best wood chippers on the market, putting each through branches from one … Read more

If you have felled trees on your property and a stack of rough logs going nowhere, the best chainsaw mills turn that waste into usable lumber, beams, and slabs without the cost of a bandsaw mill. We spent weeks testing seven portable chainsaw mills on pine, oak, and cedar, then cross-referenced our results against Amazon … Read more

A band sawmill is a portable or stationary saw that uses a long, continuous steel blade looped around two wheels to cut logs into lumber, slabs, or beams with a thin kerf and high accuracy. We tested six top-rated Amazon models in real milling conditions, milling oak, cedar, and walnut, and talking to owners running … Read more

I have spent the better part of two decades hauling motorcycles to track days, rallies, and cross-country trips. Our team has loaded bikes onto everything from a Harbor Freight utility trailer with a DIY wheel chock to dedicated aluminum enclosed haulers, and we know exactly where the cheap options fail and where the premium ones … Read more