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Well here I was today chopping up a fallen tree and carting off all the debris (branches/leaves) to the dump when I started fantasising again about how good it would be if I could chip and shred all this material to place in my garden or chook pen first and then into the garden...
It would be so much easier to mulch my own green garden waste than carting all this wood to the green waste disposal area at the dump just for them to mulch up. However, when you start investigating the costs of a chipper it's a hard pill to swallow.
The Greenfield Piecemaker is often touted in Australia as a rippa machine which also does palm fronds and whilst I do have fronds I also have lots of hardwood to chip and apparently the Greenfields aren't the best for that. Here's an interesting article that isn't very supportive of the Greenfield Piecemaker primarily due to it's shaft driven mechanism.
In this article the guy alludes to the Hanza as the best chipper/mulcher but who can afford a Hanza C13 Mulcher? Are people serious! Ideal for home garden and acreage use... for who? Bill Gates? Here is a Hanza from the same guys who wrote the article.
So now I'm back on eBay search on mulcher and there are some startling deals (too good to be true maybe ) on high powered 20 hp belt driven mulchers, 90 mil branch feeder, electric start, the works for under $1000 delivered! Check out this Michigan Commercial Series Wood Chipper Mulcher has anyone used or heard of anyone that has got or used this type of chipper?
It might not do palm fronds but for this price I'd be happy to forgive it - as long as it worked and lasted as described
P.S Yes, I did think of hiring and I have hired chippers before but owning one would be so much better...
It would be so much easier to mulch my own green garden waste than carting all this wood to the green waste disposal area at the dump just for them to mulch up. However, when you start investigating the costs of a chipper it's a hard pill to swallow.
The Greenfield Piecemaker is often touted in Australia as a rippa machine which also does palm fronds and whilst I do have fronds I also have lots of hardwood to chip and apparently the Greenfields aren't the best for that. Here's an interesting article that isn't very supportive of the Greenfield Piecemaker primarily due to it's shaft driven mechanism.
In this article the guy alludes to the Hanza as the best chipper/mulcher but who can afford a Hanza C13 Mulcher? Are people serious! Ideal for home garden and acreage use... for who? Bill Gates? Here is a Hanza from the same guys who wrote the article.
So now I'm back on eBay search on mulcher and there are some startling deals (too good to be true maybe ) on high powered 20 hp belt driven mulchers, 90 mil branch feeder, electric start, the works for under $1000 delivered! Check out this Michigan Commercial Series Wood Chipper Mulcher has anyone used or heard of anyone that has got or used this type of chipper?
It might not do palm fronds but for this price I'd be happy to forgive it - as long as it worked and lasted as described
P.S Yes, I did think of hiring and I have hired chippers before but owning one would be so much better...
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