the chipped mulch needs to compost in a pile for at least a year but it will break down and become a great addition to your soil. You can never add too much organic matter. I’ve never seen a homeowner version of a chipper that was worth much though. At this point in my life I’d be more likely to hire a local tree guy to bring his chipper and chip a pile of stuff that I piled up or fed to him. Doing that once a year would be a lot cheaper than just buying one outright and then having to maintain it.
Got a very small chipper for the sticks and twigs up to around 2 inches. Chips are good under the grapes and around the tomatoes and do eventually turn to dirt. You are talking about a BIG chipper tho!!!
The chipper that I'm looking at runs off my tractors PTO and is rated up to 100+ HP. With our dry summers and Fall we have a short time where I'm comfortable burning outside.
I haven’t looked at the ones which use the tractors PTO. They may be much better than the cheesy homeowners versions I’ve seen that get clogged by anything over 1” thick.
The best consumer chipper that I can find is a DR model. It had a lot of negative reviews, mostly about clogging issues. It was priced at $4700 which I thought was a little high and only had a 13 hp engine vs. 65 hp.
The pto chipper seems to be in a way better class than any of the residential chippers I’ve ever seen. Just the difference in HP shows the power difference. Being cheaper helps a lot too. I had a friend in the tree business that bought an older commercial chipper. It was only a couple grand but he was always tinkering with it to keep it running. Unless you like spending your free time being a mechanic I don’t recommend old equipment. His was a beast though and would shred just about anything. It wasn’t a slow feed machine, you would throw a limb into it and it would pull it in in less than one second. Dangerous beast. You didn’t want to get tangled on a branch or there would just be a red smear left in the pile of chips.
I do all of the preventive maintenance on my equipment myself, but I really have better things to do than repairing broken or worn out stuff. When we moved on to this property I bought all new equipment, tools and vehicles.
I’m a big do it your selfer, have been my whole life. Now though I’m realizing that I have an average number of healthy days left in life likely. I guess I’m just more conscious of how I want to spend those days now and working on things is lower on my list now. Even new equipment will need some maintenance occasionally, but the restoration or refurbishment of stuff doesn't appeal to me as a fun pastime.
if you are on a well your water is safe,,,I have a well water is not a worry
Only have to worry when the lines freeze or pump goes out.
Yes you are wrong,,,if you take a look at the area around Chernobyl, the nature is up and growing, wolves and deer and wild pigs abound...even if I KNEW that tomorrow would be bombed--I would start planting all my seeds I have left in my cellar in the hopes that if I don't get to eat their produce, SOMEONE would and be thankful for my pre-planned demise!!
Really liking all the herbs growing right outside the door ready for picking. I was getting scared its linux only . I run windows . But i see there is windows version too. thanx bro this will come in handy for sure. But it wont download when i click on windows version download link ....
My Wife says the same thing....Funny thing is I Am the One Planting It and Taking Care of It!
