Garden shredders

[gerant]

Has anybody had any experience with garden shredders? Do they work well?

I'm thinking of 'Black & Decker' with 35mm capacity.

Any comments or advice appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

gerant

[Andy Hewitt]

gerant <ger...@lasalle44.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Has anybody had any experience with garden shredders? Do they work well?
>
> I'm thinking of 'Black & Decker' with 35mm capacity.
>
> Any comments or advice appreciated.

My father in law had one, and gave it back, it was rubbish. IMHO most of
the low range B & D and Bosch stuff is crap. I got a Power Devil drill
at a fraction of the price that seems as well made.

The shop he bought the shreder from no longer sells them, as they were
having too many being returned.

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[Kevin Vickers]

The uk.rec.gardening newsgroup often has posts about shredders.
See the shredder FAQ at http://www.nugget.demon.co.uk/MetaFAQ/shredder.html.
Also, go to http://groups.google.com/ and select 'Advanced Groups Search',
then do a search on the word shredder in 'uk.rec.gardening ' to see a
selection of old posts on the topic.

For what it's worth, here is a copy of a post I made to uk.rec.gardening in
May:

We bought a Champion LH2000 Quiet Shredder two months ago - it was one of
the best buys in a recent Which report.
It's only available from Focus Do It All and is expensive at £250, but works
brilliantly!
It is better for woody prunings than soft stuff, but if the teeth clog with
mush it is easy to scrape them clear with a stick - no dismantling involved.
The first job we used it on was a load of partially composted (unshredded)
leylandii clippings. By interspersing thicker stems with the softer stuff we
reduced clogging to an acceptable level.
The way it quietly chomps through branches up to 40mm is so satisfying that
it is tempting to over-prune just for the fun of it.
The shreddings are coarser than those produced by 'noisy' shredders at
approx 25mm long, so will take longer to compost, but thicker stuff gets
crushed as well as cut - which increases the area available for bacterial
activity.

Regards,

Kevin

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