To care for a large garden the owner needs to have a lot of all kinds of adaptations and assemblies. Among them, a special place is occupied by a garden chopper, or a shredder. It can easily grind vegetative debris, grind weeds , young shoots, branches and roots in a shallow substrate, which will find its application in the future.
Types of garden shredders
There are two main types of garden shredders available:
- crumbling and cutting with a gasoline or electric motor;
- sawing and shredding.
If you need to clean a small garden area in the vicinity of residential buildings, it is better to use an electric garden shredder for branches, grass and debris. This device produces a slight noise during operation, which does not interfere with the rest and work of people.
Using an electric grinder with a cutting mechanism, it is possible to crush and grind branches and branches up to 35 cm thick. The device with the grinding function will help to process various soft waste and turn them into mulch . There are also combined devices with two holes for loading, in which both functions are combined: grinding and cutting. Such a shredder sorts the received plant waste, depending on its size.
For working away from electrical networks, it is convenient to use a stationary, but stationary, garden gasoline shredder. An invaluable assistant will be such a chopper for working in orchards, parks, plantations of vineyards.
In large parks and gardens you can find a wheel chopper, a vacuum cleaner, which will help to remove from the lawn, in addition to foliage and branches, also various household garbage.
Rating of garden shredders
For sale, there are many different models of garden shredders: how to choose among them the best?
- The compact electric garden chopper Viking GE 250 is well- deservedly popular. Due to the wide receiving funnel in such a device it is possible to grind even very branched parts of trees. In addition to branches, it is possible to grind both leaves and soft stems of plants in a chopper. In the unit, the safety measures are also considered: a spontaneous start is excluded, since it is switched on via a start relay. With the receiver funnel removed, it can not be turned on.
- Budget version of the garden chopper - AL-KO Easy Crush MH 2800 . To make it cheaper, it is made of plastic, but all the working parts are made of aluminum and steel. There is a special bin in the device for collecting crushed raw materials. The best ratio of quality and price. It grinds fresh branches, grass and foliage well.
- For large volumes of work, the best shredder is the Wolf-Garten SDL 2500 . He is unpretentious at work, easily recycles branches up to 40 mm in diameter, but is not intended for processing grass and soft stems. There is also a protection against overheating and jamming.
- The most omnivorous, reliable and lasting is the garden shredder Oleo-Mac SH210E produced in Italy. This unit is equipped with a wide and long neck with a large receiving funnel. The case is made of steel. Can be used for grinding and hard branches, and grass, and soft plant stems. The price compared to the previous versions is quite high.
- Among the gasoline garden shredders one of the best is the multifunction device MTD ROVER 464 Q. With its help you can perform many works in the garden. It not only crushes branches with a diameter of up to 75 mm, but still collects and utilizes leaves and other small waste. There is also a special bunker in which you can rake leaves directly from the ground.