Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously
had, it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The
petrol one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it
is a slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my
daughter. So what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog
shredder? The petrol ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to
be en electric one.

Broadback wrote in news:k8nk2i$hhn$1@dont-
email.me:

Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously
had, it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The
petrol one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it
is a slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my
daughter. So what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog
shredder? The petrol ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to
be en electric one.


The chap who sub-contracts to the company I work for uses one similar to
this on small jobs. Both Makita with the same specs.

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Baz

On 23/11/2012 10:44, Broadback wrote:
Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously
had, it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The
petrol one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it
is a slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my
daughter. So what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog
shredder? The petrol ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to
be en electric one.

There are shredders and there are shredders, you say you bought a petrol
one. What make?

On 24/11/2012 17:42, David Hill wrote:
On 23/11/2012 10:44, Broadback wrote:
Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously
had, it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The
petrol one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it
is a slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my
daughter. So what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog
shredder? The petrol ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to
be en electric one.

There are shredders and there are shredders, you say you bought a petrol
one. What make?
It is called The Mighty Mac, it shreds well but in very prone to
clogging, especially leaves, which is supposed to deal with.

On 25/11/2012 11:10, Broadback wrote:
On 24/11/2012 17:42, David Hill wrote:
On 23/11/2012 10:44, Broadback wrote:
Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously
had, it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The
petrol one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it
is a slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my
daughter. So what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog
shredder? The petrol ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to
be en electric one.

There are shredders and there are shredders, you say you bought a petrol
one. What make?
It is called The Mighty Mac, it shreds well but in very prone to
clogging, especially leaves, which is supposed to deal with.


It's not one I know, I looked at a few before I bought mine A Viking by
Stihl, they don't do my one any longer.
I just wonder if you are pushing in to much at a time or forcing it in
to fast.

On 25/11/2012 12:19, David Hill wrote:


It's not one I know, I looked at a few before I bought mine A Viking by
Stihl, they don't do my one any longer.
I just wonder if you are pushing in to much at a time or forcing it in
to fast.

I don't think so David, there is an item called a bar screen in the
throat just before the bag. It is here that the jams always happen, I
have tried removing this item, which has to be removed to unjam the
machine, that stops it from jamming but the shredding is then rather
coarse. The other problem is that to shred larger branches they have to
be fed into a special opening, but you have to push it in at all times,
as a result you are always left with about a foot of shredded stick.

In article , David Hill
writes
It's not one I know, I looked at a few before I bought mine A Viking by
Stihl, they don't do my one any longer.
I just wonder if you are pushing in to much at a time or forcing it in
to fast.


I also have a Viking one David. They still do do them and they have
round openings which means you can get twiggy stuffy in rather than
those awful rectangular openings which only take straight stuff. Mine
works quite well and takes up to broomstick thickness.
--
Janet Tweedy

On 27/11/2012 17:24, Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , David Hill
writes
It's not one I know, I looked at a few before I bought mine A Viking
by Stihl, they don't do my one any longer.
I just wonder if you are pushing in to much at a time or forcing it in
to fast.


I also have a Viking one David. They still do do them and they have
round openings which means you can get twiggy stuffy in rather than
those awful rectangular openings which only take straight stuff. Mine
works quite well and takes up to broomstick thickness.

I thought they had changed the design since I bought mine.

In article , David Hill
writes
I thought they had changed the design since I bought mine.


Oh maybe, I bought mine about 6 years ago
--
Janet Tweedy

"Broadback" wrote in message
...
Having a lot of hedge cuttings and leaves to dispose of I purchased a
petrol shredder to replace the electric (Bosch) one that I previously had,
it was a long laborious job to shred all the hedge trimmings. The petrol
one works and shreds very well, however it continuously clogs, it is a
slow job to clear. Regretfully I gave the electric one to my daughter. So
what is the recommendation for a good, hard to clog shredder? The petrol
ones are very expensive so I guess it will have to be en electric one.

I have a JCB electric shredder. It's good with anything up to broomstick
size but it needs to be dry. It won't do green or it clogs. I just pile up
the cuttings and let them dry out then it copes fine. It will do them all
day, but not green.
Tina