I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

On Friday, 5 August 2016 16:12:08 UTC+1, wrote:
I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

All depends on how much shredding you want to do.

harry wrote:
On Friday, 5 August 2016 16:12:08 UTC+1, wrote:

I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

All depends on how much shredding you want to do.


I gave up on shredders. I either used an old chop saw to cut
bundles up into 6 inch lengths, or for the softer shrub stuff, laid it
on the grass and ran the rotary mower over it, with the grass box
attached. Crude, but it works.

wrote:
I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

The crushing and cutting type shredders are far nicer to use and quiet
compared to the the flying flail type.
I have a 3hp electric bosch one no longer made but similar principle
machines are branded as "quiet" compared with "rapid" models to be
avoided IMHO.

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:32:58 +0100, Bob Minchin
wrote:

wrote:
I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

The crushing and cutting type shredders are far nicer to use and quiet
compared to the the flying flail type.
I have a 3hp electric bosch one no longer made but similar principle
machines are branded as "quiet" compared with "rapid" models to be
avoided IMHO.

I think the main issue with the crushers over the slicers is speed and
consequences (cost and inconvenience) when you get a stone or lump of
metal in there by mistake. ;-(

I have the 'Bosch AXT Rapid 2200' and the blades are under £20 (and
reversible) versus the crusher wheel at nearer £75+.

I'd like to try one of the crusher types though and either type has
gotta be quieter than the one I fixed and tested the other day (like
this):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEmLZbyBDOk

Certainly gets though the lighter stuff pretty quickly as you can see
at 40: and :50. ;-)

The hammer / flail action on the top brush chute is particularly
aggressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d66e3pplJ0E

Also chips up to 3.5" diameter.

Not what you want in your urban back garden on a Sunday afternoon
though.

Cheers, T i m

On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 08:11:57 -0700, terry.****crumbs wrote:

I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to
reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible
idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten
SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

I've had one of these for a few years
http://www.diy.com/departments/mac-a...ectric-garden-
shredder/698091_BQ.prd
It's been great.

It's the slower, quieter drum type of cutter, when I first switched it on
I wasn't convinced but it plainly relies on torque rather than speed and
has handled pretty much everything we've shoved in it.

Foliage can gum it up though.

On 8/5/2016 10:50 PM, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:32:58 +0100, Bob Minchin
wrote:

wrote:
I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.

The crushing and cutting type shredders are far nicer to use and quiet
compared to the the flying flail type.
I have a 3hp electric bosch one no longer made but similar principle
machines are branded as "quiet" compared with "rapid" models to be
avoided IMHO.

I think the main issue with the crushers over the slicers is speed and
consequences (cost and inconvenience) when you get a stone or lump of
metal in there by mistake. ;-(

I have the 'Bosch AXT Rapid 2200' and the blades are under £20 (and
reversible) versus the crusher wheel at nearer £75+.

I have one of these too. They certainly get through an amazing volume of
stuff quickly, if noisily. But I find the blades only last about half an
hour of intensive cutting, and I havn't been successful in re-sharpening
them (they are induction hardened and only have a thin hardened surface
layer).



I'd like to try one of the crusher types though

Me too, that's what I would probably buy if the ATX died and I still had
a regular need for heavy shredding. But the ATX is so fast and easy
provided you have fresh blades that I don't faff around, I replace them
as soon as they go off the boil.

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I have a lot of hedge and thin branch tree pruning waste that I need to reduce/dispose of throughout the year. A shredder seems to be a sensible idea.

Any views on a Makita UD2500? I am also considering a Wolf Garten SDE2800.

Thanks.

Terry.


A neighbour of mine asked me this question a couple of years ago,
so I posted to uk.rec.gardening.
They recommended a Bosch model which uses a rotating screw which
feeds and crunches branches up to 20mm dia.
My neighbour recently removed the bushes from his garden and gave
me the shredder!
Ran for a few hours on Saturday with minimal trouble. As others
have mentioned, too much green stuff and you need to hit reverse
briefly. But this was hailed as both robust and quiet by the
gardening fraternity.

Nothing to compare this to, but it seems a good piece of kit to me.

Phil
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