Chipper/shredder

[shagster]

I'm looking for a chipper or shredder recommendation for a budget of about £1000. It needs to deal with lots of leylandii, and I don't want something that clogs up all the time, also I need to be able to store it in the garage, so I'm looking for more of an upright machine, or one that can be stored that way, if you know what I mean.

 

[StephenStephen]

You might want to look at how many hires of a chipper you'd get for £1000...

 

[shagster]

You might want to look at how many hires of a chipper you'd get for £1000...

But I want to buy Stephen, hence the question.

 

[lostinthelight]

Eliet may be out of your price range but are excellent machines and worth a look used. They work differently to other makes by splitting harder materials along the grain which requires less power.
Ive had the smaller one for over 10 years which has been great, anything too thick to go through it goes on the woodburners.

 

[JohnD]

You haven't said what size it needs to eat.

 

[StephenStephen]

But I want to buy Stephen, hence the question.

But you asked for any ideas, hence the answer...

 

[shagster]

But you asked for any ideas, hence the answer...

I thought people would understand the context, but I've edited the question, I'd just like ideas about models to look at.

 

[shagster]

You haven't said what size it needs to eat.

I'd say about 5cm max. From chippers I've used in the past I don't think these specs are always accurate. I've used a few in the past and some of them may get through their stated diameter, but with the revs turned up to max, feeding in very carefully etc... My main concern is clogging due to the high amount of green material in leylandii, not so much about the specific diameter.

 

[Burnerman]

I’d say a minimum of 6 hp petrol engine should give you a cutting diameter of around 50mm.
The American forest master looks ok, but replacement blade availability is a must.
Stihl are doing one that could be worth a look.....long warranty!
John

 

[shagster]

Eliet may be out of your price range but are excellent machines and worth a look used. They work differently to other makes by splitting harder materials along the grain which requires less power.
Ive had the smaller one for over 10 years which has been great, anything too thick to go through it goes on the woodburners.

You mean this one?

Eliet Maestro City Shredder

Briggs & Stratton XR750, 5.5HP 1.6 inch / 40mm max branch thickness 12 HS steel hardened-steel knives Ideal for domestic and professional users

www.justlawnmowers.co.uk

I'd stretch to that if it's rock solid.

 

[shagster]

I’d say a minimum of 6 hp petrol engine should give you a cutting diameter of around 50mm.
The American forest master looks ok, but replacement blade availability is a must.
Stihl are doing one that could be worth a look.....long warranty!
John

If you're talking about the UK Forest Master they are cheap but I'm not buying from them again, some people get on with them but I was less than impressed. I'm not sure what you mean by "American forest master", do you have a link? Stihl are rather plastic-looking affairs that look like they're not up to much, but without trying one out it's hard to tell. Warranties are good, agreed. But even their £1000 model says woody hedge trimmings, and that to me says it won't deal well with leylandii, however they expel downwards meaning in theory less likely to jam up, gravity doing it's thing.

 

[lostinthelight]

The issue with chipping Leylandii is as the branch is taken in its dragged in by the friction of cutting harder stems. When these have been chewed off there's a large volume of softer material stems that are too easily cut off before its dragged further in so the process stops .
The way around this is the get used the size that doesn't block it and trim accordingly....If you don't want to trim the only option is a machine with a wide input funnel