Garden chipper.

[woody paul]

Got asked by a customer about chipper for garden brash, anyone know which best to go for, as not used any got no idea myself. 

Would be hedge cutting, shrub prunings and odd limb. 

[richyrich]

Rock Machinery 13hp venom. £1700 so maybe too much expense for domestic...

[Conor Wright]

Hedge trimmings are a pain to push through a gravity fed chipper. Might be as well off with a little Eliet shredder for that kind of stuff. Branches, yeah the chipper will be better but if it's mostly clippings I'd look at a the Eliet 

[openspaceman]

18 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

Hedge trimmings are a pain to push through a gravity fed chipper. Might be as well off with a little Eliet shredder for that kind of stuff. Branches, yeah the chipper will be better but if it's mostly clippings I'd look at a the Eliet 

As long as it is just trimmings and no wood over 12mm  a collecting lawnmower with sharp blades compacts it well

[Dan Maynard]

One of my customers has a little Hyundai 6hp thing and reckoned it was really good last year for shrubs etc. Got it out this year though and it won't start.

[Conor Wright]

9 hours ago, openspaceman said:

As long as it is just trimmings and no wood over 12mm  a collecting lawnmower with sharp blades compacts it well

True. I often use the iseki sxg19 ride on to lift laurel clippings, does a decent job and the high tip means no barrowing into the trailer. Useless on conifer clippings though. 

Never used a walk behind for it, most of my jobs would be a bit bulky for that. 

Personally I don't see the advantage to chipping annual clippings. They compost in a season or two anyway. The mower is just a labour and time saver to me!

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Conor Wright said:

Useless on conifer clippings though. 

My little freebie garden mowers are 16" and set low they do a fair job on conifer . Even better with a HiLift blade but the most bulk reduction is with holly.

 

I have a vague plan to modify one to vacuum slivers off a stump grinder.