So have been considering options.
Basically, we hope to be moving at the beginning of next year and the back garden, (approximately 13metres wide by 35-40 metres long), is in two sections. Outside the back door there is a nice lawned area roughly to half way down. The rear section is marked by a couple of trees on each side which we hope to use to create an archway through to a veg plot/workshop(s) area.
However, this area is badly overgrown with lots of bushes, weeds, mounds of old grass cuttings, potholes, broken bricks/paving slabs etc. To the right is a low height, (approx 3'-6" high), hedge which is about 6'-8' across to the fence. On the left side it is just a large mess of brambles, out of control bushes, tall thistles, weeds and goodness knows what underneath. To get it cleared, i.e ripped out and taken away but no preparation to the groundwork, (so all the bricks and rubble would be left and nothing levelled), we were told we wouldn't get any change out of £5k and probably be more.
So, as I will probably be fully retired by the end of the year, I am contemplating doing the clearing by myself. I'm looking to shred as much of the material, (greenery), as possible with the potential of using it afterwards to spread around the veg plots as mulch or even dig into the ground when we start levelling it. I can look into this nearer the time.
Sorry for the long-winded explanation.
The point is, I've been looking at shredders that will take thick material and have come across this one. Anyone got any views if this seems a good one and if the price seems reasonable?
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Basically, we hope to be moving at the beginning of next year and the back garden, (approximately 13metres wide by 35-40 metres long), is in two sections. Outside the back door there is a nice lawned area roughly to half way down. The rear section is marked by a couple of trees on each side which we hope to use to create an archway through to a veg plot/workshop(s) area.
However, this area is badly overgrown with lots of bushes, weeds, mounds of old grass cuttings, potholes, broken bricks/paving slabs etc. To the right is a low height, (approx 3'-6" high), hedge which is about 6'-8' across to the fence. On the left side it is just a large mess of brambles, out of control bushes, tall thistles, weeds and goodness knows what underneath. To get it cleared, i.e ripped out and taken away but no preparation to the groundwork, (so all the bricks and rubble would be left and nothing levelled), we were told we wouldn't get any change out of £5k and probably be more.
So, as I will probably be fully retired by the end of the year, I am contemplating doing the clearing by myself. I'm looking to shred as much of the material, (greenery), as possible with the potential of using it afterwards to spread around the veg plots as mulch or even dig into the ground when we start levelling it. I can look into this nearer the time.
Sorry for the long-winded explanation.
The point is, I've been looking at shredders that will take thick material and have come across this one. Anyone got any views if this seems a good one and if the price seems reasonable?
The Handy THPDS65 208cc Petrol Drum Chipper Shredder - Screwfix
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