On 15/06/2017 18:49, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:12:29 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

My ancient Bosch "quiet" shredder (ATX 2000 HP) has reached the end of
its useful life, its helix is getting blunt, and pricey to replace for a
machine that is not really up to the current demands. (it never did
green or lush stuff well, preferring woody things - it was slow to feed,
and you spent lots of time unclogging it!) Add to that its pathological
desire to fall over and attempt to twist your wrist off as you try to
wheel it about, and I think its fair to say I have run out of love for it.

Anyone tried anything decent?

Electric or petrol. Would be nice if it could shred tree prunings
without clogging (ideally up to 3", but 2" to 2.5" would possibly do).

I went down the same route recently. My Bosch AXT 2000 HP had seized,
and as I'd had it a while, it's helix was getting worn and was no
longer cutting cleanly and ICBA to strip it down to free it up, having
already replaced the helix a few years ago.

Yup same with mine, I replaced the helix once, but that was back in the
days when I might want to shred the cuttings from a couple of trees and
shrubs. Now when confronted with cuttings from twenty trees, it seems a
bit less adequate!

I got a Bosch AXT25 TC, which has a rotating cage of cutting blades,
and am very pleased with it. I'm not sure it would take the size of
branches you mention, although they claim up to 40mm, but it certainly
copes well with most garden shrub branches. I believe it will also
handle green stuff, but I don't see the point and just put that
straight onto the compost heap; it all rots down without needing to be
shredded.

I think its not so much the ability to shred green stuff on its own that
matters much, but the ability to take a freshly cut branch say and not
choke on the lush green stuff once it has done with the woody bit.

The only thing I don't like about it is the built-in collector; I
prefer a large rubber trug under the outlet so you can see how full
it's getting, which you can't immediately see on the ATX25TC. But it
won't run without the collector in place, so I intend to locate the
offending microswitch and...er...remedy the situation WIGART!

Yup I saw that in its spec sheet... nanny knows best ;-)


http://tinyurl.com/y7ewxpls

You may get other recommendations on uk.rec.gardening.

Ta.


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Cheers,

John.

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