In article , Daddy
junk@?.? writes
Rather than letting the local council take away all my cuttings / prunings
etc. and then buying the same stuff back from them ready made into compost,
I have decided that it is time to invest in a shredder and make more use of
the two compost bins I have.

However, I am slightly worried after finding one or two reviews which warned
about some shredders not being up to the job (branches jamming at half the
maximum
diameter, smaller stuff falling through and having to be fished out again,
greenery
& weeds jamming the shredder etc.).

The majority of my stuff will be small(ish) prunings and leafy material
(including weeds etc.) with the odd larger pruning up to 30mm

I wouldn't try shredding weeds, just put them straight on the compost
heap. You'll have problems with the 30mm stuff, but up to half an inch
should be fine, and worth doing, because this stuff is a pest in the
compost heap.

It takes about as long to shred a load as it does to prune it in the
first place - be aware of this extra workload!

I'm looking to spend up to about £250 but it must reliably be able to shred
anything from a leaf up to a 30mm diameter branch without without jamming
and without the stuff just dropping through. Does not necessarily have to
be one of the quiet models.

Quiet is a relative term as far as shredders are concerned. For your own
sake as well as that of people 6 houses away, consider a quiet model!


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Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm