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- Jan 12, 2010
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I want to get rid of limbs. I've always just burned them but im sick of waiting for good conditions and having to baby sit it all day.Do you need the mulch or just trying to get rid of small limbs?
I've entertained picking a used one up more than once, just to make my own mulch.I had a Troybilt and it worked fine. I sold it last fall. I always found it very time consuming. You had to prep the limbs/sticks just so before firing it up or it was running more than eating. Mine only had about a 2-3" side hole for branches. Mulching leaves or twigs down the top chute was easy but the larger branches through the side hole took awhile. Green wood was much easier on the hands than dry for feeding the side hole too.
Glad it's gone.
This was my experience as well. Bought a Troybuilt used for $175. The plan was to make our own mulch. It sat way more than it was used and we learned that the efficiency of the chipper was such that you had to feed it a massive volume of branches and leaves to get a small output of mulch. Sold it for $300. Now the OG happily feeds her firepit with branches and leaves.I had a Troybilt and it worked fine. I sold it last fall. I always found it very time consuming. You had to prep the limbs/sticks just so before firing it up or it was running more than eating. Mine only had about a 2-3" side hole for branches. Mulching leaves or twigs down the top chute was easy but the larger branches through the side hole took awhile. Green wood was much easier on the hands than dry for feeding the side hole too.
Glad it's gone.
I would be the guy to put a torch tom the pile.....get a lawn chair......monitor the "Big" camp fire.I've entertained picking a used one up more than once, just to make my own mulch.
Thanks for the education EyeCarry!
I'll torch the brush pile, after we get some rain later this week.
And the whole mulch thing is not a slam dunk either.
I put green mulch down around a beautiful Serbian spruce and it killed it, arborist said it depleted the nitrogen to compost starving the tree. So the OP will still have to store the mulch until it is ready or apply fertilizer (which defeats the idea of mulch).
Real men have a burn pile...
Great fire!View attachment 129763
I have a burn pile. I dont want to do this method anymore. I want to be able to walk out on any day that i have time and dispose of brush despite rain, wind, burn bans, etc. I dont want to use the mulch for anything. It would just be tossed in the woods.
If you put it in the woods and leave it alone, it will turn I to soil on its own. All that's required is some patience. Birds and rabbits will make good use of it too.View attachment 129763
I have a burn pile. I dont want to do this method anymore. I want to be able to walk out on any day that i have time and dispose of brush despite rain, wind, burn bans, etc. I dont want to use the mulch for anything. It would just be tossed in the woods.