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garden shredder: Bosch AXT 25TC
Since the subject of garden shredders has been current on the group, I
thought it would be worth a quick review of this new offer from Bosch. I bought the Bosch on recommendation from folks here, it seems a good value compared to the petrol ones and the construction appears very solid. The 23TC and 25TC use a "new" system where the cutting-mulching happens via a conic cutting turbine. It is purported to be a "3 in 1", mulching leaves, branchlets and large (up to 45 mm for the 25TC) hard branches. The yield is purported to be 230 kg/h -- obviously unattainable unless there were another machine feeding it -- but it does process long branches at a remarkable rate. We were feeding it 3 meter laurel branches which it swallowed with such alarming zeal that my children nicknamed it "The Orthodontist" (apparently a terrifying fellow). These came out the bottom nicely chopped up, even the leaves, and ready for mulch. My son cleared a huge amount of brambles which took several hours to put through but were reduced in size to perhaps 100 liters of waste. (I'm afraid to use this as mulch as I suspect some of the bits might root themselves.) Where it does less well is heavy wet leaves and springy branchlets. The boy also cleared some lime tree bases of suckers, all still with large leaves. These were quite slow to put through and sometimes the result wasn't perfect, with quite long pieces making it through and the leaves having a tendency to get stuck in the rotor. There were no clogs that a bit of reverse couldn't clear, but it did take a long time. The thing is also quite quiet, which is nice as I expected an enormous racket. Anyway I'd certainly recommend this machine for anyone who has a lot of branchy garden waste to process. -E |
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garden shredder: Bosch AXT 25TC
In message , Emery Davis
wrote Where it does less well is heavy wet leaves and springy branchlets. The boy also cleared some lime tree bases of suckers, all still with large leaves. These were quite slow to put through and sometimes the result wasn't perfect, with quite long pieces making it through and the leaves having a tendency to get stuck in the rotor. There were no clogs that a bit of reverse couldn't clear, but it did take a long time. The trick here is to save the bits that do go through easily and when you have a difficult load that is sticking feed one of these easy to feed bits through. This will drag the problem load through with it. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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garden shredder: Bosch AXT 25TC
On 10/31/2010 01:00 PM, Alan wrote:
In message , Emery Davis wrote Where it does less well is heavy wet leaves and springy branchlets. The boy also cleared some lime tree bases of suckers, all still with large leaves. These were quite slow to put through and sometimes the result wasn't perfect, with quite long pieces making it through and the leaves having a tendency to get stuck in the rotor. There were no clogs that a bit of reverse couldn't clear, but it did take a long time. The trick here is to save the bits that do go through easily and when you have a difficult load that is sticking feed one of these easy to feed bits through. This will drag the problem load through with it. Thanks for the tip. Worked it quite a bit more today, and actually did manage to jam it with a large, dry cotoneaster branch. Still did work a trick by and large. -E |
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garden shredder: Bosch AXT 25TC
"Emery Davis" wrote in message ... Since the subject of garden shredders has been current on the group, I thought it would be worth a quick review of this new offer from Bosch. I bought the Bosch on recommendation from folks here, it seems a good value compared to the petrol ones and the construction appears very solid. The 23TC and 25TC use a "new" system where the cutting-mulching happens via a conic cutting turbine. It is purported to be a "3 in 1", mulching leaves, branchlets and large (up to 45 mm for the 25TC) hard branches. The yield is purported to be 230 kg/h -- obviously unattainable unless there were another machine feeding it -- but it does process long branches at a remarkable rate. We were feeding it 3 meter laurel branches which it swallowed with such alarming zeal that my children nicknamed it "The Orthodontist" (apparently a terrifying fellow). These came out the bottom nicely chopped up, even the leaves, and ready for mulch. My son cleared a huge amount of brambles which took several hours to put through but were reduced in size to perhaps 100 liters of waste. (I'm afraid to use this as mulch as I suspect some of the bits might root themselves.) Where it does less well is heavy wet leaves and springy branchlets. The boy also cleared some lime tree bases of suckers, all still with large leaves. These were quite slow to put through and sometimes the result wasn't perfect, with quite long pieces making it through and the leaves having a tendency to get stuck in the rotor. There were no clogs that a bit of reverse couldn't clear, but it did take a long time. The thing is also quite quiet, which is nice as I expected an enormous racket. Anyway I'd certainly recommend this machine for anyone who has a lot of branchy garden waste to process. My shredder is very difficult about doing branches with lots of fresh leaves on/ it likes to do a broom handle with dead leaves and then it is perfect.. Tina |
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garden shredder: Bosch AXT 25TC
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:28:06 -0000, "Christina Websell" wrote: My shredder is very difficult about doing branches with lots of fresh leaves on/ it likes to do a broom handle with dead leaves and then it is perfect.. Tina Bad for witches? -- Yep. |
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