Thread: How much mulch will a chipper yield?
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Old 05-09-2006, 09:17 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default How much mulch will a chipper yield?
wrote:
I'm looking to buy/rent a chipper to go through my pile of dead
branches I've collected this year. I'd say I have 20 10-foot untrimmed
branches up to 2 inches thick to feed the monster. How much mulch will
that yield (ballpark)? Will it fill a wheelbarrow?

Thanks,

Peter


Use your high school math (if you can remember that far back :-))

Assume 1.5" average thickness, then volume is pi * 0.75^2 * 120 * 20 --
4239 cubic inches, not counting the untrimmed bits. A cubic foot is 1728
cubic inches. So you have at least 2-1/2 cubic feet before chipping.
Chipping will easily double volume because of air entrainment. How big
is your wheelbarrow?

HTH



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