Charlie Pridham wrote:
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I am looking for a garden shredder and answers to an earlier post were
pointing me in the direction of the Bosch quiet shredders. I am looking
at the AXT2000 HP, which has the spiral cutting system, rather than the
much more powerful AXT2200 HP, which is probably a bit over the top for
my needs.

I have used the cheap noisy type of shredder in the past and am not keen
to repeat the experience, but before I commit to one of these quiet
shredders, I would welcome advice on whether they are really suitable
for the waste from my medium sized garden.

I have a few trees and it is clear that these shredders have no problem
with prunings from those. I understand that soft herbaceous stuff does
not need shredding, but I tend to have a lot of shrub prunings and
tougher herbaceous stuff to dispose of.

The shrubs include stuff like Buddleja, Lavatera, Forsythia, Dogwood,
Elder etc.

The tougher herbaceous stuff that takes a long time to rot down includes
Leucanthemum (Ox-eye Daisy)and Lupin stems.

Has anybody any experience of using these shredders with this type of waste?

TIA

Steve

Everything goes through ours but we tend to wait until we have woody
stuff before attempting anything soft then feed alternate sorts of waste
using a nice woody stick if it starts to clog. waiting until
autumn/winter and of course everythings goes through no problem, its just
actual weeds we dont put through.
I had one and found it fine. The only problem was that I have a lot of
hedging, the trimmings need shredding. Doing it with the Bosch took
forever. I now have a petrol shredder, its throughput is great, just
throw the cuttings into its maw and away it goes.