Garden shredder report
 

I asked about budget garden-shredders end-May and ended up getting one of
those that cut using a worm -type method. It is as quiet as a washing
machine and pulls the branches in on it own- once it gets a grip.I am sure
glad I didn't get the spinning blade type which you have continually to push
the branch into-and which are by all accounts very noisy.The shredder is a
graded-product(returned?)Bosch atx 2000 HP at £99 plus a £10p&p.Advertised
on E-bay with a 14 day returns policy and 12 months warranty- many graded
shredders were advertised there usually at £129 +p&p.I bought it by card
over the phone as a uk tel. number was in the ad. yesterday and it turned up
this afternoon.I am impressed how quiet it is and it does what it says on
the box, but it doesn't like too many soft leaves at once-I just shoved a
branch in which pulls the leaves through with it- and I've jammed it once-
just reverse the direction by switch and it spat out the branch.I think that
the manufacturers' probably all claim max. capacity but this was easily
shredding1 inch privet branches plus all the above leaves/branches on the
inch stem.

"spakker" wrote in message
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I asked about budget garden-shredders end-May and ended up getting one of
those that cut using a worm -type method. It is as quiet as a washing
machine and pulls the branches in on it own- once it gets a grip.I am sure
glad I didn't get the spinning blade type which you have continually to
push
the branch into-and which are by all accounts very noisy.The shredder is a
graded-product(returned?)Bosch atx 2000 HP at £99 plus a £10p&p.Advertised
on E-bay with a 14 day returns policy and 12 months warranty- many graded
shredders were advertised there usually at £129 +p&p.I bought it by card
over the phone as a uk tel. number was in the ad. yesterday and it turned
up
this afternoon.I am impressed how quiet it is and it does what it says on
the box, but it doesn't like too many soft leaves at once-I just shoved a
branch in which pulls the leaves through with it- and I've jammed it once-
just reverse the direction by switch and it spat out the branch.I think
that
the manufacturers' probably all claim max. capacity but this was easily
shredding1 inch privet branches plus all the above leaves/branches on the
inch stem.


I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder - seems to
be the best available, but what's it really like for soft material, e.g.
weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are pretty wet when shredded,
does this cause blockage?

J

In article ,
"Jeremy Goff" writes:
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| I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder - seems to
| be the best available, but what's it really like for soft material, e.g.
| weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are pretty wet when shredded,
| does this cause blockage?

Er, why do you want to shred those?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Jeremy Goff" writes:

I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder - seems to
be the best available, but what's it really like for soft material, e.g.
weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are pretty wet when shredded,
does this cause blockage?

I wouldn't bother shredding stuff like that, just bung it straight on
the heap as is. Daffodil leaves especially should be hardly worth
while picking up anyway.

My Bosch isn't too great on the softer stuff like hedge trimmings,
those get spread on the lawn and mowed.

Anthony

Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
"Jeremy Goff" writes:

I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder -
seems to be the best available, but what's it really like for
soft
material, e.g. weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are
pretty wet when shredded, does this cause blockage?

Er, why do you want to shred those?

Because some Del-Boy who wants to make money told him you have to
shred stuff before you compost it. If I ever get my hands on that
evil person, I'll stuff him down his own goddam shredder. Feet first.
Switching off at intervals till I get bored. I'll catch the blood and
dry it for use as a good natural fertiliser. The bone meal will be
very handy for preparing new beds. Sorry about the following breach
of Usenet etiquette, but I now have just got to flaming well
SHOUT!... ANYTHING YOU CAN CUT WITH A SPADE -- THAT'S A
***SPADE*** -- GOES ON THE COMPOST HEAP AS IT COMES. How do the
salesmen reckon nature did it before they invented shredders? A
shredder is for tough stuff, for motorway verges, for local
authorities, and for paper factories. DO NOT BE CONNED BY SPOTTY
YOUTHS INTO THINKING IT'S AN ORDINARY GARDEN TOOL. Woody material is
poor, bad, lousy, crappy, positively *useless* in a compost heap. You
want GREEN stuff, not cellulose. If you need a shredder, it's woody,
dudes. So make a pile over in some corner and forget about it for two
years, or burn it, give it to the dustmen, do anything you like with
it; but don't swell the coffers of the con-men by buying a machine to
help you slow down your compost heap with it.

But if he told you to shred daffodil leaves, you have my permission
to go and smash the sob's windows during a cold spell.

--
Mike.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Jeremy Goff" writes:
|
| I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder - seems
to
| be the best available, but what's it really like for soft material,
e.g.
| weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are pretty wet when
shredded,
| does this cause blockage?

Er, why do you want to shred those?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Actually if all soft stuff like daffodil leaves are shredded the compost is
produced much faster
I even run the huge leaves from my neighbours trees through my shredder
(its only a Champion 1600 ) as i find that way everything is turned to
compost fast rather than a layer of sticky leaves clinging together

Same goes for worm bins

Chop peelings etc and the worms deal with it all fast

Jeremy Goff wrote:

I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder - seems to
be the best available, but what's it really like for soft material, e.g.
weeds, daffodil leaves,

forgive my asking, but shouldn't daffodil leaves be busy soaking up the
sun and feeding the bulbs for next year?

In article ,
"Mike Lyle" writes:
| Nick Maclaren wrote:
| In article ,
| "Jeremy Goff" writes:
|
| I am now looking for a Bosch AXT 2000HP Silent Garden Shredder -
| seems to be the best available, but what's it really like for
| soft
| material, e.g. weeds, daffodil leaves, etc? These normally are
| pretty wet when shredded, does this cause blockage?
|
| Er, why do you want to shred those?
|
| Because some Del-Boy who wants to make money told him you have to
| shred stuff before you compost it. ...

That could well be so.

| Woody material is
| poor, bad, lousy, crappy, positively *useless* in a compost heap. You
| want GREEN stuff, not cellulose. ...

Now, there I disagree. It takes longer to rot down, and is broken
down by fungi rather than bacteria, but ends up making useful fibre.
It also helps with keeping the heap from compacting if you put a
lot of soggy stuff on.

I don't bother to shred it, so it takes a year or two to break down,
but that isn't a problem. If I can find a suitable quiet shredder,
cheap, I may start shredding it for extra speed - but it really
isn't necessary.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.