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  Gary RK September 20, 2015 at 11:50am

  I think if you've not had experience of any makes in the past, then go hunt down a few Hire shop examples and see how they deal with various types of woody green waste.

  At the smaller end of the market they struglle with anything hard, knarled, "unsual shapes" etc. At the larger end, their power and throats can overcome by pure brute force. Ones that have 'vertical' chutes are hard work when dealing with considerable waste. Go for something that has waist/chest height delivery chutes.

  Understand the running costs, especially new blades/resharpened blades.

  How will you load it into van/trailer - does it have a lot of 'prutuding parts' that will get damaged during transit. Can you load single handedly? What ramps might you need ? How easy is it unblock the chute/cutting area (ie is it a major job) ?. Will it fit thru a gate ?

  My experience was the Eliet range worked well, generating shreded output that could be re-used as mulch. It has a good engine (honda), shape (fitted across bulkhead) and was easy to look after. We've now gone to trailer chipper/shredders but still have an Eliet in the Unit that is used for hard to access sites/single crews.
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  Gavin Gray September 20, 2015 at 12:44pm

  hi mate

  its only the higher end of the market timerbwolf etc but i'm only cutting hedges and small trees so something under a grand would do me just to make things so much easier! so ive got a bit of expierance in clearing them out etc

  ive got ramps so getting it in and out the van is no problem, that one you posted looks great but just too far out my price range!

  thanks for the reply mate!
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  David Benson September 20, 2015 at 11:03pm

  I had the use of a small eliet I found it was a pain for green waste ok for woody stuff I found it quicker to put it strait in the trailer

  the one you are looking at (no experience) will need moving or the waste moving quit regular as the shoot is near the ground   as Gary says try hire one  first to test it out
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  matt evans September 21, 2015 at 6:16am

  I have a Greenmech cs 100, belter of a machine although dont expect the performance of a 6" roller fed chipper!

  Check out my FB page for a video: www.facebook.com/greenbeltgardens 

  What garry said is very correct!

  Cheers
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    Gavin Gray > matt evans September 23, 2015 at 7:02pm

    just commented on the video mate! looks like a decent wee machine

    thanks folks!
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  Richard Gadsby September 23, 2015 at 8:11pm

  Do you intend to use the remains for mulch or is it just to make waste smaller?
  If just to make smaller why not buy a trailer instead a grand would get you a nice trailer that could then be used for other things instead/as well.
  I nearly bought one but went down the trailer route, it's not perfect but what is?
  Just a different angle for you to look at. Cheers Richard
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    Gavin Gray > Richard Gadsby September 23, 2015 at 9:32pm

    thanks mate i did think of that but i dont have my trailer licence so i would need to be careful with weight allowances etc

    the chipper just gives the option for reducing the waste and then reuseing it for mulch if that option is available
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      Richard Gadsby > Gavin Gray September 23, 2015 at 10:02pm

      I'm old so I've got the trailer on my licence anyway
      Fair play mate you've got to do what suits you
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  Paul McNulty September 24, 2015 at 5:06pm

  I thought about this years ago and did exactly what Gary suggests. Having hired one for a weekend I gave up on the idea!
  
  One job was a load of dry stuff, but needed to get the chipper over the garden: a nightmare to move it, it was a similar size to Matt's I think, and the noise was a real issue. I'd have rather backed the trailer near enough and loaded the waste.
  
  Second one was a hedge cut, and it was absolutely useless on wet, green cuttings. Perhaps needed sharpening, but that's more work as well. Theft-magnet as well.
  
  An 8x4 trailer will carry an amazing amount of waste, so long as you've somewhere to keep it.
  
  I guess you get used to it, but that first video on Matt's site makes me cringe. Sticking my arm down the chute of one of those machines seems so much more dangerous than chucking the waste in a trailer!
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    matt evans > Paul McNulty September 25, 2015 at 7:39pm

    Its around 1.5m from top to blades, you get no where near the blades if you tried.
    
    
    I tow mine around with a garden tractor, need to go slow as its top heavy and could tip easy.
    
    Shrub cuttings take a while to process and need poked through with a stick.