Chippers/shredders??

[james dilley]

I know I will need one with Power I have branches up to 2" that will need chipped. A Electric model would burn out I do beleive to fast..A gas unit is what I would need it seems like. Any thoughts on A budget priced one, That I could use to chip the debris from An acre of mesquite??? Give ideas Any brand better than another??

[suburbanite]

I only have a little electric one that goes up to 1.5 inch diameter branches.

Have you looked into renting one? The big guys are about $900 to buy, but you can rent them for a few $10's per day.

[WisJim]

I have owned a couple of "household" sized gas-engined chippers, 5 or 6 hp, and they couldn't do the job on stuff over an inch or so, not for hours on end. Neither could a larger Troy-bilt that was supposed to handle bigger branches. (We borrowed it from a neighbor.) What works for us is to rent a bigger unit that we haul home behind the pickup, has a 2 cylinger Wisconsin engine, and will chip up stuff to 4 inches or so, and do it all day long. Took 3 or 4 of us to keep it busy, 2 feeding, one unloading the trailer or truck full of chips, and one pulling brush closer to it. It had a feed roller so once you stuck the end of a branch in it, it just pulled it in and chipped it up. It cost us almost $200 to rent it for 8 hours, I think. Next time I will be better organized and rent it for 4 hours, I think.

[EDDIE BUCK]

If you have a tractor, you might find one that mounts on tractor at farm sales at a pretty good price, just a thought.

[Tricky Grama]

I bought a troy-built one a couple years ago that was supposed to do 3" branches. Well, maybe it would after about an hour of shoving! It did pretty good on smaller ones but took HOURS!

Patty

PS-only used it once..