How much mulch will a chipper yield?

Use your high school math (if you can remember that far back :-))

Assume 1.5" average thickness, then volume is pi * 0.75^2 * 120 * 20 -->

HTH

Thanks for your reply. My wheelbarrow is 6 cubic feet. I figure I have at least as much untrimmed branches still attached that I could probably fill the wheelbarrow. Doesn't seem to cost effective to rent as they want $133 for gour hours at the local Home Depot. I can buy a lot more than 6 cubic feet of mulch for $100.

Peter

Wolf K wrote:

"Doesn't seem to cost effective to rent

Peter, I'd suggest checking out chipper rental at other locations if they are available in your area. Although many home chipper/shredders claim to be able to chop branches that are up to 2" thick, I've never met one that could. Most of them are very disappointing. But if you find one that's good, let the rest of us know.

Sparky.

Some cities will take your branhes and trade you chipped mulch I think. Call around some city offices starting with parks dept. or sanitation

Carl

I don't mean to be a party-pooper, but IMO taking other people's chipped branches is a very bad idea. One never knows what kind of diseases one is importing, and this mulch is typically fresh, meaning any virus that was in it is live.

If you have a wood fire you use in winter, cut the branches down in size and use them on the fire. Thats where 1/2 my prunings go.

rob

If you want to be able to chip 2" branches, get a chipper than claims to handle 3" or 4". I've got an old troybilt (when they were troybilt) Super Tomahawk (8hp, 4" spec'd) that does great.

If I was buying today, I'd probably start by looking at Bearcat's products. They seem most like my old Troybilt, and a lot better built than most on the market today.

AND, I always get a bumper crop of poison ivy....

rancher