Yes Carl, after the trees came down I used a hand pruner to lop off anything under 3/4 inch. That all went on those brush piles for charcoal and everything over 3/4 inch got cut up for the Tracker to eat. I have a small PTO chipper for my tractor and that would work OK too but I think this works better because the air can get around the twigs better for a faster and more complete burn.