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would a mulching blade on a decent strimmer be any good
I don't think that would work. I would like a shredder that I can put material in, which shreds/chips quickly. Advantage of the Bosch is that it self feeds. I just don't know if it is up to the task. I am still interested in the viking/stihl, but, there are very few reviews.
I cleared big areas of bramble with a muncher blades and it chops up the bramble to nothing. To be honest i could clear an area that size easily in a day and probably less. As others have said a shredder won’t do that good a job.
I would think trying to get a tangled mess of brambles into a shredder would be a nightmare and take forever. Might be better off attacking it with a long reach hedgecutter.
Hello James
i bought the Bosch AXT 25 TC Quiet Shredder in 2014 from Amazon after a recommendation from a fellow Hort college student who swore buy it for his clearance jobs he was doing. I think I probably wasted the money as I have not used it as much £382.99 eeeek
yes it’s quiet and quite happily whirls away but one thing I noticed was how unstable it was in position and awkward to transport. The back wheels on mine are very close together so wobbly when pulling and pushing over rough ground to move along jobs, the other end is slightly wider around the collection box with the tubular steel legs. When stored with the top of the unit stored in the collection box it’s quiet heavy and even more awkward to move. I had used a mcCulloch shredder before that was much more stable due to the wider leg position and sat nicely on slightly sloping ground
It does tend to pull the stuff down the chute well due to the turbine cone but it is slower with the thicker stuff
i don’t use mine that often, have not for the past year for jobs as I tend to think it’s easier to bag waste though I have found it useful on my own apple trees over the winter and makes a nice chippings. Yes it is good at reducing the volume of waste by comparison of cutting into a bag or bin
From the ones I've seen, these "small" electric shredders are all extremely slow and only intended for light domestic use............... you'll be there forever trying to feed that lot through and possibly end up wrecking the thing....... and tearing your hair out. Can't you have a small bonfire in the middle of this wasteland? If you can't, them maybe hiring a decent petrol one might be the solution. Personally, I'd never take on a horrendous job like that.........there's usually plenty of "decent" work out there. I've done smaller areas and they're a nightmare.
Grazon pro, if it fit with the field of use.......don't want to be repeating the job in a couple of years.
then in order of preference, a tractor and topper, a rough cut mower, or a strimmer with a brushcutting blade if I really had to.
Strangely a long reach hedge cutter - with a bit of care can be good in this situation. It lets you cut in several directions and break the tangles up.
My first words to the customer would be "thats winter work" - as said above there is plenty of easier work
A shredder would not be on my equipment list for this job - clensing with fire might be.
I use a Bear Cat a fair bit. I take the filters off the end so it doesn't clog up, and put the material though twice if it needs it. I also use a willow rod to push the material though from the top. It takes a little getting used too but not too bad. I also use a wooden tree post support if it get jammed up if the willow isn't big enough to put it though.Hope this helps
The stihl mulching blade for the larger clearing strimmers is brilliant it munches throught anything and chops it quite small. You then just rake and bag, much quicker than shredding.
Can you not rake the brambles in to a thin pile and then run a mower over it?
I use an old john deere petrol mower and it seems to work fine
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