What chipper for garden use ?

[gensetsteve]

I have an acre of ground around my house bordered by hedges of mixed rose hips hawthorn elder etc. Also a few hundred feet of conifers. I used to get a farm hedge flail in but now its too congested also the clean up took along time. I was thinking of a hydraulic feed 5in chipper for £2000 max. With my own chipper and a sturdy stihl hedge trimmer I am in control of how much comes off as well. What would you recommend? Thanks for your thoughts.

[log dog]

hi i would consider just hiring one in say once a year . if you get all the cutting done and get it stacked correctly then bring the chipper in worth thinking about:thumbup:

[Graham]

I wouldn't bother. If you're trimming once a year trying to get clippings through a chipper is more hassle than it's worth. Burn it.

[gensetsteve]

I tried burning in the past always seems to burn out in the middle. Whats the trick with green bushy stuff. I also seem to do a bit here and there as kit gets moved out.

[treefrog]

Speak to Chris from cutting edge he hires out kit. He as everything you could need from small gravity choppers to tracked monsters.

[Fat Boy Slimmed]

Tell you what Steve how do fancy doing a bit of bartering???

 

I will cut your hedges and get shot of the waste in exchange for kindling and log's!

 

Pm me if you like.

 

Stu

[GlobalNewark]

Agree with treefrog, go see Chris been with him today & sounds like he is on your doorstep. He has everything & is very reasonable & reliable, he also just purchased a small Bandit 4" chipper.

[samarb]

Have an entec 3.5" gravity coming up for sale if your interested as may be what you are looking for, done me well for years.

[Pumpy]

I have one of these Globe shredder/chippers which has a gravity shredder that takes everything from blackthorn hedge trimmings (<1" dia) to solid compost, to whole rootballs including the soil, it has a side chipper for anything over 1" dia up to about 3.5", it has two different size grills for choice of finished chip/shred size, 40mm and 20mm.

 

They're meant for nurseries so they can process their own waste into potting soils. I don't use mine much at all these days, it's much less faff piling it up in the field to compost down. They are expensive new, and rarely come up on evilbay, mine owes me £800.

[Goaty]

We did a job for brother in law who lives a long way from us. I have a bearcat 8inch pto chipper. We rang a local hire company for a similar self propelled machine, they got very mixed up and delivered a small petrol gravity thing, it could of been an elliot or similar name. It was painful after an hr we rang them and they took it back.

Moral of the story it was quicker to burn.

 

I wouldn't bother, if you pay £100 for someone to chip every year thats 20 years for 2k. Plus fuel wear and tear.

 

The secret to burning green is to burn it as you pile it.

Leave it on floor where its cut until a dry day with breeze right way, start fire with good dry stuff cardboard etc. scatter on lightly to pre dry it then keep it fed but don't choke it so its all water vapour. Rake outer stuff on now and then. If its a big heap lift and shake with a handler if you have one. Whilst you don't want it gappy with air neither do you want it airless.