Wood chipper

Rent or buy the biggest used one you can afford. Mine is 16 hp, wish it was twice that.

 

Hey skier was that place down in Stamford

 

Depending on what type of material you are chipping would change the recommendation. If doing lots of brushy stuff a larger infeed throat is necessary but not so much if just doing straighter branches.
Make sure it has a chipper knife for chipping branches. Optional screen sizes are nice for sizing the chipped material.

 

I think it was Milford or Orange; the rental place that is. But I’m not 100%

 

Resurrecting a dead thread. I broke out the chipper today for some cleanup long overdue and to make some mulch for the new raspberry bushes. They can make a pile of brush sure disappear fast!



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Looks like your swimming in chips!

 

I have 2 small chipper/grinders. Both are severely underpowered. One is a kemp and the other is a craftsman. The kemp is used for grinding compost/splitter scraps, and the craftsman is used for small branches around the yard. That's the limit. Anything more than an inch is a no-go, and forget chipping lilac. I keep the knives razor sharp, which is a pain, because you pretty much have to take the machine apart to do it.

We have started to use the wood scraps/shreds/branches in raised beds for the garden. It's a lot easier and you get food out of it.

 

Had ours out this morning. I had an area that had about 9 beech break in half when we got our heavy 30" storm last month. The wood is already in the stacks and now all the slash is cleaned up. While at it, we pulled any busted branches or small trees from the area. Some people think it's nuts to "clean" the woods but I love it when it's a nice grove and nothing on the ground or hanging broken from a tree...