Would you share your research on chippers? How big in diameter can a branch be that yours can handle? Also does it have to be dry or can it be freshly pruned? What are its limitations? What can it not handle? Can it be left outside if covered by a tarp?
This chipper we have handles branches up to 2.5" in diameter, and the shredder hopper handles things under 1/2" diameter. We let the green biomass dry down for a day before shredding it or else it gums up the system. Oh, and don't feed a succulent into that thing, it just becomes glue. We find that feeding items in cut-end first makes things go more smoothly, and I prefer to feed things in a little at a time. The hopper prefers that over dumping a bunch of stuff in all at once. We keep ours covered with a tarp (actually a cover made by the manufacturer of the machine - worth every penny - since tarps wear out over time) and we keep it outdoors year round here in sunny SoCal. If you get serious weather though, it's worth storing indoors.
I shred my non-glossy mail to compost.
That's a great addition. Just make sure to remove clear plastic windows on mailers before shredding. We catch those all the time in the compost bin.
@@Gardenerd yes I do trash the plastic windows
Would you share your research on chippers? How big in diameter can a branch be that yours can handle? Also does it have to be dry or can it be freshly pruned? What are its limitations? What can it not handle? Can it be left outside if covered by a tarp?
This chipper we have handles branches up to 2.5" in diameter, and the shredder hopper handles things under 1/2" diameter. We let the green biomass dry down for a day before shredding it or else it gums up the system. Oh, and don't feed a succulent into that thing, it just becomes glue. We find that feeding items in cut-end first makes things go more smoothly, and I prefer to feed things in a little at a time. The hopper prefers that over dumping a bunch of stuff in all at once. We keep ours covered with a tarp (actually a cover made by the manufacturer of the machine - worth every penny - since tarps wear out over time) and we keep it outdoors year round here in sunny SoCal. If you get serious weather though, it's worth storing indoors.
@@Gardenerd Thanks!