Chipper/Shredder for home use

[Undisputed]

Hi,

 

Firstly, I'm not a professional gardner/tree surgeon/landscaper. Just a hobbyist with a rather large garden.

 

Which brings me onto a problem I have: my Bosch electric chipper/shredder just isn't up to the job. I recently had a tree surgeon over and he let me use his professional one. What my crappy electric one would take a day processing was done in minutes.

 

Obviously I don't have the budget for a top of the range machine, but would like to invest in a decent petrol chipper/shredder.

 

My requirements are:

 

1. Must be able to both chip and shred

2. Able to take large branches (up to about 80mm)

3. Be able to process green waste

4. Not get jammed 

5. Ideally be able to pull through branches

6. Electric start if possible

 

I can stretch to a budget of about 1k max (ideally less).

 

The Forest master and the titan pro seem to get good reviews. Is there any other recommendations? The other brands I've looked at (e.g. Hyundai) seem to get mixed reviews.

 

Thanks.

Edited September 24, 2020 by Undisputed

[Stere]

Loads here dunno about quality think 80mm is ambitious on that bugdet.

 

 

Petrol Garden Shredders

WWW.AGRIEURO.CO.UK

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[Undisputed]

This one seems to tick most boxes: 

15 HP Electric Start Petrol Garden Chipper

WWW.TITAN-PRO.CO.UK

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Buy a fantastic electric start 15HP garden shredder - only from Titan Pro! No more...

 

 

Anyone have any experience of this one?

[nepia]

A 'chipper' for under £1k may chip a pencil but not much more.  How about contacting a couple of garden machinery dealerships and enquiring into used/recon'd machines.  If you're prepared to spend £1k perhaps you could find a decent secondhand machine that costs £2k new.

 

These are good; the prices new should guide you in your search as to what to expect for £X.

 

Here's a start for you  

Used Wood Chippers and Shredders at RT Machinery Ltd in Aylesbury, UK

RTMACHINERY.CO.UK

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RT Machinery is an independent ground care company based in Nether Winchendon, Aylesbury. Using our many years of...

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by nepia

[Dan Maynard]

Chip and shred maybe a tall order too, nearly everything that will do 80mm is chipping it as that's a big lump to shred. I think Eliet and Bugnot may be your brands.

You might be better off with two machines, cheap chipper for tree work and then a smaller shredder for hedge trimmings etc.

[Ty Korrigan]

Have a look at Agrieuro.

They ship generic Chinesium chippers all over Europe.

Their prices are really low in comparison to other resellers of similar machines rebranded.

  Regards

    Stuart