Chipper shredder

I'm not sure you need one like Chris has got.. "to shred small waste, flower cuttings, weeds, hedge clippings and the odd rose stem”. We've always wanted something decent for our daily maintenance jobs that we can just pop out the van for the odd shrub etc.

There are very few independent / unbiased reviews of smaller shredders on the net and as you will possibly need to pay more for one than any other piece of equipment you'll want to choose well.

This is a glowing review of the 5.5hp Makita but I wasn't sure I trusted it, partly as fredshed.co.uk reckons “its not as effective” as the electric Bosch shredder!. I can't find any other info about this anywhere – not even on Makita's web-site

- here's an informative review I found of the Eliet Minor (currently £1750)

I'd keep an eye on e-bay for a while longer and see what comes up, check 'completed listings' to gauge turn around... I've been reluctant to buy second hand - until this morning – we took the day off so's I could force / snipe this clean looking Eliet Major at the last minute - it went for £1200

(what I've always wanted.. next to a Jo Beau)... while I was waiting I found this video and I changed my mind again

Is this a promotion video or showing reasons not to buy?

We have this machine. On the plus side it can be taken into rear gardens and is relatively cheap compared with the comparable sized machines with a shoot. Reduces waste to about 25% so fewer visits to tip.

Negatives: As can be seen, its slow with the steel grill used here, to speed up we replaced it with a cage(£60odd), but will not chip up so small. Drops straight onto ground for you to pick up. Small hopper so wont take awkward shapes(as shown). A 40mm branch at right angles will jam virtually every time.

Been useful, but find it hard to justify the time taken chipping, collecting etc. Looking at replacing with next step up, would like to access rear gardens

Replies

Chris Auld May 7, 2011 at 9:52pm

Greenmech CS100, brilliant little machine, has saved me a fortune in dumping fees.
Andrew Evans May 7, 2011 at 10:02pm

Im guessing it would be a litle bit over buget for me to be honest, looks great though! my budget is £500 MAX!
Chris Auld May 7, 2011 at 10:10pm

Theres no point buying a chipper at £500, you need one with at least a 4" capacity otherwise your just wasting your time. If you cant afford a bigger model then your better off just hiring them out until you can. The CS100 is around £4500 but its a good investment in the long run.
Andrew Evans May 7, 2011 at 10:13pm

Better start saving then! Its more the shredding action im interested, the small stuff more than large banches!
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Gary RK May 7, 2011 at 11:49pm

Go look at the Eliet Pro Shredder range .

Search LJN - there's a lot on this subject, here's starter:

http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/camon-c80?commentId=2074886%3AComment%3A123039

http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/2074886:Topic:11847
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Phil Voice May 8, 2011 at 8:01am

Andrew

Why not talk to LJN member Martin of GreenMech? or Lucy Dalrymple or Arbor Eater

More shredder info on LJN here too:

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=en-GB&q=Eliet+Pro+site%3Alandsca...
Andrew Evans May 8, 2011 at 5:46pm

Thanks all for your response! It has made me think wherther or not investing in a shredder would be worth it and if i am going to invest i would have to spend a bit more for a decent more powerful make/model like the cs100!
pete May 9, 2011 at 11:18pm

I'm not sure you need one like Chris has got.. "to shred small waste, flower cuttings, weeds, hedge clippings and the odd rose stem”. We've always wanted something decent for our daily maintenance jobs that we can just pop out the van for the odd shrub etc.

There are very few independent / unbiased reviews of smaller shredders on the net and as you will possibly need to pay more for one than any other piece of equipment you'll want to choose well.

This is a glowing review of the 5.5hp Makita but I wasn't sure I trusted it, partly as fredshed.co.uk reckons “its not as effective” as the electric Bosch shredder!. I can't find any other info about this anywhere – not even on Makita's web-site

- here's an informative review I found of the Eliet Minor (currently £1750)

I'd keep an eye on e-bay for a while longer and see what comes up, check 'completed listings' to gauge turn around... I've been reluctant to buy second hand - until this morning – we took the day off so's I could force / snipe this clean looking Eliet Major at the last minute - it went for £1200

(what I've always wanted.. next to a Jo Beau)... while I was waiting I found this video and I changed my mind again
Colin Hunt May 10, 2011 at 6:43am

Is this a promotion video or showing reasons not to buy?

We have this machine. On the plus side it can be taken into rear gardens and is relatively cheap compared with the comparable sized machines with a shoot. Reduces waste to about 25% so fewer visits to tip.

Negatives: As can be seen, its slow with the steel grill used here, to speed up we replaced it with a cage(£60odd), but will not chip up so small. Drops straight onto ground for you to pick up. Small hopper so wont take awkward shapes(as shown). A 40mm branch at right angles will jam virtually every time.

Been useful, but find it hard to justify the time taken chipping, collecting etc. Looking at replacing with next step up, would like to access rear gardens