Wood Chippers and Garden Mulcher Shredders

With the focus on recycling rather than creating waste Wood Chippers and Garden Shredders come in a range of sizes that can turn garden waste into useful mulch. Mulchers can also be very useful in reducing the size of tree pruning’s and autumn leaves to make for speedy composting.

Coming in both petrol and electric forms as well as a range of sizes to suit different garden needs they vary in price from a few hundred dollars upwards. Retail suppliers of can be found in all states, or products can be found for sale online.

The difference between Wood Chippers and Mulchers or Shredders..

• Wood Chippers use sharp blades to chop larger pieces of wood, such as branches into wood chips. The size of the chips depends on the machine.
  
• Mulchers or Shredders us flails, which are like blades on a wheel that rotates, they break down, leaves, smaller trigs and soft green growth into a finer mulch.

You can buy one or the other or a combination Chipper/Mulcher

What are Combination Chipper Shredders

The combination chipper/shredders have two separate input areas instead of one, and these are for different materials,

The first of these is usually a larger bins or hopper for the smaller softer material which feeds onto the flails.

The second often a chute or tube allows you to feed larger branches onto the chipping blade.

So which is the best Chipper/Mulcher/Shredder

If you are only wanting to chop up leaves and small material then a Mulcher or Shredder will do the job.
Electric ones for smaller areas, petrol/gasoline for larger areas.

If you are looking at chipping branches as well as mulching, then a combination chipper mulched is ideal.

What to look for In A Chipper or Shredder

A Chipper that will take the size branches you need to break down. Usually, for home chippers this to a diameter of around 3 inches.

Again, petrol/gasoline types are generally more powerful and also more mobile, not requiring leads. However they are also more expensive.

Look for reliable band names, preferably made in the country you live in

Why Mulch or Chip Garden waste before Composting?

By reducing the size of garden waste you will speed up the composting process, smaller pieces of organic waste mean a larger surface area and much faster decomposition. If you are using a compost bin you will find that breaking waste down as finely as possible is recommended by manufactures.

What Size Garden Chipper or Shredder Do You Need?

A quick review of garden chippers and mulcher shredders might say that bigger is usually stronger and quicker, but not necessarily better or more convenient.

So before you buy a new Mulcher or Chipper take a walk around the garden and evaluate what materials you will be putting into your new machine and also how muck and how often.

If you are looking at a very small garden with mainly leaves than a small blower vac with a mulching function will do the job, remember that these machines will not chip branches and have limited capacity,.

If you have a bigger garden with lots of shrubs and trees that need to be pruned then you are looking at something a little more robust.

Heavy duty garden Mulchers and Wood Chippers are usually rated on power as well as the diameter of the branch that they will take, this is a good guide to what you need. Some machines have bigger hoppers than others, some have different feeding mechanisms and outputs, all of these points need to be considered when buying a mulcher or chipper. Nearly all models come on wheels, and as you will need to move the machine around the garden for different chipping and mulching jobs, ease of movement is important.

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