In article , Alan Gould
writes

Go for a petrol driven shredder with at least a 5 bhp engine. I have
been using a Viking 350 with a Briggs & Stratton 5hp engine for the past
3-4 years.


I've got a viking one and its brilliant, not quite so big as the petrol
one but does wood the thickness of broomsticks. Has a circular feed hole
so you can get branchy stuff such as hawthorn into the machine, it's
fairly quiet and it works, so far like a dream. On the basis of that I
got a viking/stihl hedgetrimmer a nice big one none of this faffing
about with a dinky one, not on 7 - 8 foot hawthorn! Even has an arm
sling thingy to brace your arm, it has a blade about 25"
I recommend that as well.

janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk