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Default Shredding/chipping leylandii


"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On 23 Feb, 12:26, "Tim Downie"
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o Big bonfire. Pros- cheap. Cons - no good site handy for a bonfire.


Cost one of my neighbours his E-type Jag

_Don't_ burn Leylandii unless you know what you're doing, i.e. you've
burned it before and you have adequate space to do it in (several
times more than you think). Leylandii is chock-full of resins and
burns somewhere between ferociously and explosively. _Many_ people get
seriously surprised by how out of control a Leylandii bonfire can get.


I have had the whole of a galvanised steel fire bin glowing red-white
burning conifer bits.
They burn so well that you get a blast of red hot flame several feet in the
air and no smoke if you do it properly.