Subject: [Homestead] Chipper shredder with optional screens
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:48:44 -0500
You always need compost for your garden---normally it can only be made
in sufficient volume by shredding roadside leaves or chipping tree
limbs---either from chemically untreated areas. You also need several
grinding screens and a bar-discharge chute to produce the size of
chipped or ground material you want. You need a 1/4" screen for potting
soil, and like any compost will have to mix in nitrogen material like
green grass with carbonaceous material (small-diameter dry organic
material) in a one-to-thirty ratio to make the composting bacteria
happy. Keep the compost pile fairly wet and turn it often. A nine
horsepower engine is adequate. I had a WW Grinder once, and a Kemp
---neither would chip limbs, only grind stuff like wet, stringy stalks
from my banana grove and regrind wood chips. I threw away the five
horsepower engine on the WW, put on a eight hosepower which worked
well, and suffered a world-wide wait for a five horsepower Kemp to
regrind chips I got from a road crew.
Best ones currently available are MacKissics---mercilessly expensive at
about $1800 including freight, plus expensive screen options. E-bay
might provide some cost relief. They aren't common enough to find in
estate auctions, at least cities the size of Roanoke. I'd go for a nine
hp. engine with a cast-iron cylinder liner.
Powerful 9 hp Chipper Shredder with dependable, easy-to-start Briggs &
Stratton engine. 2-wheeled "wheelbarrow" design allows simple transport
without the use of tractors or motorized equipment. Simply lift and push
your chipper to the work site. Top chute contains 24 free-swinging
hammers to pulverize branches up to 1 inch thick more than 50,000 times
per minute. The side chute opening chews larger branches from 3.5 to 4
inches thick at a rate of 10 feet per minute.
This unit is popular with professional landscape contractors and estate
owners who require frequent debris removal.
Includes a *FREE* safety kit with heavy-duty gloves, and eye & hearing
protectors. ( A $49 Value )
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<http://store1.yimg.com/I/dolphinope_1827_7266035>*Optional Bagging
Kit*padA great accessory that keeps clean-ups easy, eliminating raking.
Automatically collects material as it's shredded.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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<http://store1.yimg.com/I/dolphinope_1827_7134330>*Optional 1/4"
Screen*padGood for producing potting soil, grinding shells and poultry
feed, and pulverizing stones. Manufactured of high-tensile steel.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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<http://store1.yimg.com/I/dolphinope_1827_7051525>*Optional 1/2"
Screen*padGood for producing potting soil, grinding shells and poultry
feed, an pulverizing stones. Manufactured of high-tensile steel.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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<http://store1.yimg.com/I/dolphinope_1827_7217135>*Optional 3/4"
Screen*padGood for potting soil, grinding shells and poultry feed, and
pulverizing stones. Manufactured of high-tensile steel.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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<http://store1.yimg.com/I/dolphinope_1827_7301140>*Optional Oblong Bar
Screen*pad3" x 1-1/2" oblong openings. Handles wet and soggy organics.
Manufactured of high-tensile steel.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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*Optional Rectangular Bar Screen*pad1-3/8" x 7-1/8" rectangular
openings. Handles wet of soggy organics. Manufactured of high-tensile steel.
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*Availability:* Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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