Shredder 'v' Chipper...

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello,

Who here uses a shredder instead of a chipper?

Here in Le Belle France shredders seem to dominate.

Most of the local councils have them tractor mounted pto driven.

Is there any advantage using one over another?

Regards

Ty

[Paul Smith]

Shredders can take stone and metal, they are heavy and expensive to repair maintain.

[openspaceman]

Shredders can take stone and metal, they are heavy and expensive to repair maintain.

 

And use more power and fuel.

[arbmark]

and its la belle france you nurtee beuy

[skyhuck]

Get two branches of roughly the same size, then get a sharp axe and a sledge hammer.

 

Using the axe chop one of the branches into small pieces.

 

Now take the other branch and using the hammer smash it into similar sized piece.

 

After doing this you will understand why chippers are faster and use much less energy (fuel) than shredders.

 

Chippers also tend to produce a more desirable mulch.

[treequip]

Chipper or shredder is about material to be processed

 

If there is a chance the material will be contaminated then the shredder is your weapon of choice, if it’s clean branches the chipper is the right choice.

[Ty Korrigan]

Cheers for that!

That may explain why shredders are so damn noisey:thumbdown:

Ty

[Ty Korrigan]

Ahh... nuts to French grammar:001_tt2:

I learned a new word today from my associate, 'Branleuse' the feminine of 'Branleur'.

Next time I am cut up cycling to work I shall use the feminine as its so much more bitchy:lol:

Ty

[andrew t]

We use a combi chipper shreder the shredder gets used a lot for thorny hedges and climbers great tools when doing clearence jobs

[PeteB]

Our French "wing" think that as the two biggest suppliers in France are predominately shredder builders, that is what everyone thinks that they should have.

 

You are all correct in that shredders absorb HP for the size of material compared to chippers and they they handle dirty material better than chippers do but are slower processing woody material than chippers. Perhaps they need educating properly.