Garden shredder

We are thinking of getting a shredder for the garden waste.
We have had a look around but there are so many to choose from.
Has anyone got one?
Any suggestions of which one to get ?

 

Hi Lyn, if you wait a few hours, PG will help you on this, He's the expert..

 

Hi, Electric or petrol?

If your wanting elcectric then the bosch machines are fine ( domestic use hedge clippings and woody prunings)

if you want petrol than Id sudgest one of the Elliet range, Elliet make the best petrol shredders imo.

 

The Bosh garden shredder (there are several but, in general) is on top of my want list together with a LARGE deep freezer. Of course I don´t HAVE one, but from what I have seen and read they are most decent you can get for home use.

 

Question:

I dead headed the roses yesterday. Relatively woody material, but nothing diseased. I've put them in my Weeding-bucket, but:

Can I realistically shred and compost them? I certainly would not want to be handling the compost results, next year, and suddenly come upon a thorn!!!

 

I always composted my rose pruning without shredding, they take time but in a year or so, if the compost is well managed, they just melt in with the rest. A shredder would make it faster.

 

With shredding, then no problem. Personally i tend to burn anything spicky as I dont like handaling it!

 

Coward :D

 

Is it like this one
Lynx 2200

 

It would be electric.
I have looked at many different ones, it's so confusing.
We looked at the Bosh but there are to many to choose from.:confused:

 

Hi Lyn. This is the one we have http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/n...efview=lister&ts=1217616348802&isSearch=false It seems to be able to handle most things with ease as long as you keep it sensible It has a screw cutter, which means you don`t have to stand there feeding it in (once it`s gripped, the screw action pulls it in) I would avoid those that use a disc cutter as they apparently are hard work, and not so effective. Cheers...freddy.

 

I have a Mountfield electric one that crushes the prunings and also pulls them through. I have fed branches up to 40mm with no problems it pulls them through and squahes and cuts into pieces.

Like Freddy I don't like the disc type it is hard work and clogs often but, saying that it chops the pruning smaller. The one I had of these was an Atco with a 2Kw motor sadly the motor gave up but it lasted a quiet a few years with a lot of work put through it.

Trevor

 

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Check this webside
I found it somewhere
http://www.gardenlines.co.uk/Default...DDERS+CHIPPERS
Good luck