Shredder setup, with pruned material stacked to make it easier for the operators.
Credit: Lazy Gardens | ©Lazy Gardens
Given a steady supply of fuel, a chipper/shredder should be able to chip and shred from dawn to dusk and into the night, with a few pauses to refill the gas tank. Your ability to keep material flowing into the blades will be the limit on how much pruning debris and yard waste you can run through the machine. These tips can help you turn a large residential lot of baby pine tree fire hazards into mulch in a weekend's work, or turn a 20-foot palo verde tree into a pile of mulch and some firewood in a day.
Don't accumulate big piles of pruned material you plan to shred "someday". The best place for things you plan to prune and shred "someday" is on the tree, not piled in your back yard. Take pruned material straight to the shredder and get rid of it.
I'm assuming you are using a gas-powered 8- to 10- horsepower chipper/shredder that can shred a 3-inch diameter branch. If your shredder has smaller capacity, some of these tips might not work for you.
Keep you and your helpers working steadily with these tips:
Don't accumulate big piles of pruned material you plan to shred "someday". The best place for things you plan to prune and shred "someday" is on the tree, not piled in your back yard. Take pruned material straight to the shredder and get rid of it.
I'm assuming you are using a gas-powered 8- to 10- horsepower chipper/shredder that can shred a 3-inch diameter branch. If your shredder has smaller capacity, some of these tips might not work for you.
Keep you and your helpers working steadily with these tips:
- Here's how to survive a day of heavy yard work.
- Stay organized and stay safe.
- Someone should have 9-1-1 on speed dial.
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