Ren

Thanks guys, that’s kind of what I thought… will cut back to stumps and infill.

Hey there folks. After some advice please. At the top of a field, I have what was once a hedge but hasn’t been maintained for years. It is now a bunch of tall hazels and hollies sparsely spread in a bank. Around five metres tall! I got a cheap truck body for storage in the field, needed to cut the overgrown hedge back to allow crane to get truck box in. Time was very short! That’s now completed. I cut the trees at about 4-5’ above the bank. I want to manage this so it returns to being a hedge and screens the field from view. This is only one section…. have about 100 metres to bring back under management. I should have asked this question before cutting anything…. I figure any additional cutting could be done right about now if needed. I’m wondering if I should have cut lower to encourage bushy growth? Do you have any sage advice for encouraging a hedge!? Many thanks!

Thanks folks. It seems there are various factors driving the shitness. Hireshop guys said they’d come and look at the material I’m trying to process, as they think I’m using the wrong stuff… but never showed. Timberwolf themselves have looked at the same pictures I posted here and concluded the same things as you guys. It’s a cheap and cheerful shop - 13/75 is £70 for a week including delivery - they’re friendly people too, and they seem to genuinely believe what they’re telling me! The other stuff I’ve rented has been fine…. all very strange. I’ll just chalk this one up on the experience board in my sceptic tank.

Tempting! Middle of town and the wood is all green…suppose there are a few cold nights on the horizon, mind. Thanks again for all your support guys. The hire people clearly aren’t online much if they think the internet isn’ta good source of information.

Another update. Hire shop says there’s nout wrong with the chipper or the blade. They think online forums are not a reliable source of info. It’s probably user error - stuff I’m trying to process is too thin. Not going to charge. They’ll come and have a look, but as an alternative think the BFO towable Timberwolf which has rollers. Attached an image of the sort of brush I’m trying to process. Are they correct?

Update - found the problem! Other than the blade being “f u c k e d”, the tab which pushes the safety switch down when the cover to the wheel is closed is deformed…. this means is shuts off intermittently due to vibration - if it starts at all. To use the chipper I have to push branches in, placing my arm in the chute and my face in harm’s way. No bueno!

Thanks all for input… appreciated i rent quite a few things from these guys so have no issues starting the Hondas and getting up to speed. Oil level is fine… Had the thing at max and material was just bouncing off the blades. At least it’s not me!

I’ve got it started again and it ran for a few minutes before shutting down…. perhaps it’s shutting down due to over torque? I think a reputable place - they’re all very nice! I suppose I’ll be asking them to sort something better out…. here’s a picture of output… not overly chipped.

Here’s a pic of the blades…

Thanks - did that. Machine doesn’t start after auto shutdown!

Hey folks. I’ve rented this chipper and I think it’s in poor condition. Branches or anything will just sit in the chute and not be drawn in like the videos of the machine in operation I can see online. Not putting anything ridiculous in there. I’ve noticed I can increase the throttle significantly by moving the actuator and not the control - engine pitch goes up and branches get eaten… great, but the machine shut itself down…. I’m concerned that i might damage the machine doing this. Obviously the hire guys aren’t at work. Anyone out there who knows this machine who could give advice!? edit: ‘actuator’ in blue, pulling out to the right increases revs a lot. Control (throttle) in green cheers, ren

Thank you all, great suggestions. Trying to get in touch with as many people as I can to source as much as possible. I shall contact the jodpur people. There are loads of applications for use on our site, which has been pasture for years, from improving soil, making compost/mulch, to building animal habitat. Going to be planting up 2 acres of new woodland too... managed to find grants and free trees for this purpose.

We're around Carmarthen!

Thanks - showing some naivety here clearly.... might be my experience in more urban settings - where there is less demand and costs to dispose. I should probably update the tipping advert to offer some cash for the tips!

Hi all, Just wondering if any of you have suggestions on ways of getting biomass onto a site? We're going to need a fair bit for our (as yet unnamed) orgasmicish growing project in south Wales. We have added it as a tip site on the very useful directory here - but I thought it worth asking for general advice on other sources of large amounts of wood/chippings/anything that can be had cheap or free. TIA!