Chipper or Shredder? Watch this First! Hansa vs GTM vs Eliet vs Lumag

What's the difference between a chipper and a shredder? Which one do you need? In this video, we answer that very question.
Hansa
Established in 1981, Hansa Products are specialists in the design and manufacture of high quality chipping and shredding equipment. We are always looking for new ways to create a better chipping experience and our goal is to produce products that help you to ‘hansform’ your landscape like us - working faster, better and safer than ever before.
www.hansaproducts.com/gb/
GTM
The GTM Professional range of compact and powerful wood chippers are designed to offer a portable option to chipping branches and crops - perfect for tree care, landscaping, forestry and garden maintenance.
Efficient, effective and safe to operate due to their chipping system - a rotor with 2 blades, one counter blade and ejection through a large discharge. The system pulls branches up to 12cm thick into the machine, chips them and ejects clean cut wood chips time after time. The chipped material is ideal to use as mulch or compost.
www.gtmchippers.co.uk/
Eliet Machines
An Eliet Shredder can almost be regarded as the generic name for garden and green waste shredders as Eliet are innovators in the concept of mobile garden shredders. Taking the shredder into the garden and working with the natural weakness of the wood means Eliet shredders require less power than conventional chipper type machines and are also easily transportable.
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Lumag
The Lumag brand is known throughout Europe for high quality and affordable price. We offer a variety of petrol Wood Chippers for domestic and professional use. - www.lumag-gb.co.uk/machinery/...
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[@meruliouslacrimens5154]

Great to see proper testing of these type of machines. I only have an electrical domestic shredder, but it takes care of my hedge trimmings, which i put back under the hedges the cuttings came from to long term release and feed. Full circle, no recycling of garden rubbish into trash bin here. It all goes into the shredder then under the hedge or into the compost bin.

[@colinmiles1052]

Thank you. I shall watch again before making a purchase. Will let you know the outcome.

[@chrismaughan7975]

At last a comparison vid! Nice one 👍🏻

[@JillBretherton]

Such a great demo. i have just cut about 6 years yew growth from an unruly hedge and have it all to dispose of. Since I use a lot of bark chipping in my garden I wondered if it was more cost effective to get a chipper than take it to the green waste and buy chipping in. The one that keeps stalling would drive me mad so this was a fab test. Thanks.

[@alcopley7684]

I've got the Eliet, positives are like you said it's great for compost and will handle green wet material so good for gardeners, negatives are it's very top heavy and can be difficult to get on a trailer or van, it can't really handle old hard wood and you still need to push feed the load in, sharpening the 20 blades is a big pain.

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks for the feedback Al. Really appreciate it 👍🏼

[@t.h.o.r.]

Awesome comparison video! Ive had a slightly older C6 Hansa for 7 years and I thrash it. so easy to unblock, stores easily, you can remove the blades without any dissasembly. when I kill it- Ill just rebuild it and carry on - so easy to service- Im in NZ by the way

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

Something very therapeutic about chipping! Looks like you had fun! 😀 Didn’t try shoving any people through this time 🤣

[@carl8035]

I have the eliet for green stuff. Nice wide shute so easy to feed. And i have the cobra for thick wood. Great machine….just need to learn how to use it. When you do, you dont knock the safety bar anywhere near as much. These 2 machines are the perfect combination for me. Good video

[@russellpetrie119]

thanks for the demo

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you Russell 🤩

[@josephmccole4132]

Good video. I've used a smaller Eliot domestic shredder and it wasn't bad. You get what you pay for. 4/5k is a lot for my small business

[@belapuskas6110]

I forgott! The video was great.

[@Jordan.E]

Been waiting for this video 😀 I'm definitely leaning towards the eliet for the shredding & composting purposes, anything too thick I'd just log up anyway

[@MachineryNation]

Awesome Thanks Jordan. I had been waiting for it for ages too! Haha.

[@glenanderson6910]

I've got the hansa C13 chipper, and it's a beast for around the property, the trade off is it's 185kg/400lb. I have only stalled it once on a hard 80mm/3 1/4" diameter tree that was 4.0m/13' long, the Hansa self feeds very well, but with very long, thick trees it takes the momentum out of the flywheel, best practice is to cut thick branches to about 1500mm/5ft long.

[@willtricks9432]

Good review of that level of machine, I have an older Eliet without the fan which works well with different material but is not a chipper but does stuff chippers can't do. not used the other machine but the GTM seemed to perform better but is bigger. Engine make and HP does make a difference. I have a Welder, Generator, Rotavator, Chipper and Shredder, all Hondas and have no complaints. Cheers

[@morejelloplease]

I'm from the USA and I enjoy watching your videos, we just get hit with a really bad ice storm here in Texas and I lost about 2 acres worth the trees, there are no chippers available for several months so I am back looking for another residential/entry level commercial chipper for my property. I've owned and operated a few chippers in the past and I made review videos on them, unfortunately even $5000 USD chippers are no more than paper weights as soon as a knife comes loose or a pulley brakes , lots of bad welding and other manufacturing defects prevent me from purchasing another chipper. I would love to do a real world review if I can find a chipper that will live up to my standards, then I would proudly represent it and maybe even sell them but as for now it looks like I'm going to have to rent a Vermeer to get the job done. Any chipper manufacturers reading this that want to reach out to me you're more than welcome but be warned, I tell it like it is lol.

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

Nice machines James and a great review on the 4 machines, i have a Crytec and am really pleased with it 👍

[@MachineryNation]

Nice Nev! Is it similar to the Lumag?

[@tinkeringtaylor3053]

@@MachineryNation its more like the Hansa but i tow it around the garden on the garden tractor and also the car if i get work for it

[@0Haldor0]

Thank you for the brilliant comparrison! I would love to hear your oppinion on the ceccato tritone one, especially the 400V version, any chance you take a look at it?

[@richardzenzola652]

Great videos. Could you do a comparison on flywheel vs drum. Pros and cons

[@heterogeneityrocks1]

With all the bush around here i can use one. A chipper i think. Cheers bud as always stay safe.

[@EmiAgriDiY]

Great job 👍 👍 👍

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you Emi, I hope your channel is doing well 👍🏼

[@mreggbird]

The hansa really impressed me actually, I like the traditional fly wheel on it. The gtm looks more capable, but I’m not a big fan of ‘roller’ chippers.

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you for your feedback 👍🏼

[@paulhortnagel2858]

great presentation

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you 🤩

[@jameswilkins7757]

I run a elite shredder the pro ideal for small branches and hedge cuttings of any kind and other garden cutting and seems to work better when blades are dull

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

I'm really pleased with my greenmech cs100 especially after seeing how these ones coped with the conifer. Nice review 👍 and good job on the stalls😅

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks Nathan. How is the GreenMech for accessing a blockage?

[@Spurace]

Yes the greenmech will knock spots off all of those machines, but changing the blades is an absolute ball-ache

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@@MachineryNation never had a blockage in the shoot, sometimes a piece is left in hopper and on restart it'll block the drum from turning but you lay it back and give it a shake and off it goes. It's not a 5 min job to take apart tho if ever needed👍

[@LewisgardenservicesLtd]

@@Spurace I usually take mine to the shop for blades change as have heard the same thing, cheers mate👍

[@em4703]

I love that aspen fuel. So clean burning, the smoke doesn't even smell like ICE engine exhaust. Never going back to pump gas for handheld tools, worth every extra penny.

[@Simlatio]

I own a Hansa C3E, and with some care and control feeding I've managed to feed whole palm trees with up to 100mm trunks through it. Even on this tiny electric entry model chipper that I've subjected to torture testing levels of abuse, it still chips like the day I bought it. This demo and my own experience lets me know upgrading to another Hansa is the right move.

[@peterr7530]

Hi. How does your chipper go with fibrous stuff like Palm logs and fronds or Yakka stems and branches? Got quite a few of those around my block which need continuous cleaning up and most chippers don't do well with the fibrous stuff.

[@Simlatio]

​@@peterr7530 In all honesty I don't think any chipper does very well with the fibrous, stringy stuff. Having said that though, I primarily mince palm logs and fronds, and I find a helpful technique prevents the blade seizing most of the time. The trick is to mince only green palm logs, but I find dry and green palm fronds aren't any trouble. I crush down the palm frond ends with my feet so they will fit into the narrowest part of the chute near the blade and I always push them down with the part that contacts the tree first, as this is the toughest part and allows a back and forth motion to allow you to not overload the blade and prevent stringing. With green palm logs I feed it with the fronds still attached, this is important for me to be able to mince the stringy log fully with something to hold onto. I feed the base closest to the ground in and I gently tough the blade with a bouncing and rapid, but not too forceful in and out motion to slowly chip at the palm log. After a couple of seconds you will inevitably develop a sloping diagonal cut on the base of the palm log, you then rotate the whole palm tree 90 - 180 degrees and repeat, with your goal to chip the log down slowly, only letting the small electric engine bite as much as it can handle, while keeping the area being cut as small as possible which is achieved by the rotation of the log. Stringy branches are only a problem if the string is long enough to wrapped around the spindle the blade spins on, if you had a piece of string and cut it into 1/4 inch pieces, it would never bind the spindle and it's what you are trying to emulate here as you feed and rotate the palm logs. The machine is only rated to 40mm green branches, but with care and admittedly some physical strength, you can gently feed a 100mm palm log through. Almost 100% of my jams occur when I attempt to feed the dried, left over bases of the fruiting portions of the palms. I saw the flowers off when they start to appear to prevent bats from feeding on my palms, I simply don't like creatures that carry lyssavirus and hendra virus to want be above the living space of where we sit at night during gatherings, which leads to a dried arm length portion of the fruiting body to fall off the palm tree. With these I simply do the dangerous thing and feed it by hand, pushing it as far in as I safety can using the same in and out chipping motion to prevent stringing and I cut my losses and turf the piece left of that I am still holding onto. Sometimes I lose my grip when I get greedy and hold it by my finger tips to reach as far in the machine as I can to chip it as much as possible, dropping it into the machine and this is where it can shred to rope and wrap around the spindle, where you will need to take two bolts off to remove the chute to access the blade and unwind the rope in the opposite direction and using a pair of pliers to tear it out. I am unfamiliar with yucca and if it's leaves behave like the stalks of palms you might be in trouble. I would say trying to feed it in like you would a palm tree, base of the plan first so the most tender part is at the top might allow you to get away with it, but as I said the plant is not native or common in my part of the world, so I have no experience with it. Besides this, I rarely have any problems and for what the product is it has ground me piles of compost from an annoying waste product it's not designed for, well beyond it's specifications and price range. You have to be happy for getting more than what you paid for with any product. Don't leave it in the rain though, my father is a small engines mechanic and he is baffled how many people leave these things outside to rust in the rain and wonder why they don't work after a year of buying one. Give it the basic respectful treatment, feed dry palm fronds in last to dry it out before putting away, give it a hit with inox mx3 around the business parts and it's almost unbreakable. Haven't had to repair mine yet. I hope this helps mate. 👍

[@BristolGardenGuy]

Cheers 👍🏼

[@scottferguson9978]

I have the exact same model of elite and after 2 seasons of solid use the blades still don’t need sharpened and it makes great compost as mentioned so that would be my choice out of all of them.

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you for the feedback Scott 👍🏼

[@user-hp2dn2md6i]

Nice machines...

[@jed2055]

Good comparison if only to show me how different chippers handle different woods. Well I guess that was the brief but what I mean is the Hansa is a grabber but too long branches will slow down the flywheel and it loses power/stalls. Two of the others reduce chance of stalling by not being so greedy but then you have to force feed them a bit more. I thought the Chinese cheapy held its ground but I like the Hansa as it seemed the most trouble-free throughout the demonstration. That's a happy coincidence as I bought a Hansa C7 today on impulse. It weighs in at 93Kg and was a struggle for my son and I to lift out of the vehicle. Haven't tried it yet as was too late but by watching your video (and others) I now know to feed shorter pieces into it to help keep the flywheel revs and less stress all round. Bogging down any motor as a regular occurrence is not wise so thank you for showing me what NOT to do 🙂

[@adamthompson6619]

Yeah one thing that wasn't really paid too much explicit attention to is the self feed. To my mind the Hansa has the best self feed by a fair amount, at the risk of, as you say, being greedy. The chinese unit has poor self feed, the drum unit so-so. If you are feeding appropriately sized loads in, a good self feed makes bigger jobs a lot less painful. I find it pretty tiring having to stuff the load into the chute into a chipper that tends to bounce the material back at you.

[@THETATTOOGARDENER83]

I like the orange GTM ❤

[@kingkongz88]

Thank you so much. Im in New Zealand and a lot of brands are unavailable here. So many well reviewed chippers are out of reach. I was wondering how the Hansa would perform since thats NZ made. Nice to see it does well. Now to choose a model for size. May get a shredder too. Great video.

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@discoverykai1547]

Good video

[@GTMProfessional]

Love your video!👍👍 You forgot to mention that every GTM chipper comes with rotor deblocking tool 😀! That way there's no need to get the input or output off, you can use the deblocking tool!

[@MachineryNation]

Nice! We did not know this. At least we didn’t need it haha! 😂

[@GTMProfessional]

@@MachineryNation 😂😂

[@johnnieS-sh6mv]

@GTMprofessional I have a GTS 600 and I never received an unblocking tool but to be honest the machine is great and I've never really needed one :)

[@GTMProfessional]

​@@johnnieS-sh6mv The GTS600 indeed doesn't come with a deblocking tool! The deblocking tool is only standard with our GTS900, GTS1300 and GTS1800 models. But we're very glad to hear you never really needed one!

[@user-jn9rj7hm6u]

i work w/ the Viking chipper & shredder both in 1 gasoline powered model. just its transmition belt sometimes breaks due to branches rests blocking its knives disc if i'm not able to stop the engine inmediately. better introducing branches just 1 by 1 although its manual suggests it would be possible w/ various at 1 time.

[@frankbrown2121]

Great video , but which is better for small diameter bamboo , a chipper or a shredder

[@losttheplot26]

The eliet prof 4 is a chipper/shredder can cope with more leafy material. The other three are drum chippers more suitable for thicker branches will clog up with too much green material.

[@jasongardener3425]

The gtm and hansa, would definitely be my choice, but different people have different needs. Interesting line up and video,👍

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks Jason. Yeah it was a good mixture of different style and size machines. I think the moral of the story is buy the biggest one you can afford 👍🏼

[@leoncaly4290]

I have a Hansa C13. I noticed you blocked the unit the same way I did when I first used mine. The unit can’t expel material fast enough when you point the chute nozzle downwards, as it occludes the path too much. Once opened up it never blocks. I’m in Australia and mine processed hard eucalyptus Timbers. Hasn’t skipped a beat.

[@MachineryNation]

That’s for the tip Leon. It is a shame it does that as not great when wanting to chip into a wheel barrow.

[@peterr7530]

Hi. How does your chipper go with fibrous stuff like Palm logs and fronds or Yakka stems and branches? Got quite a few of those around my block which need continuous cleaning up and most chippers don't do well with the fibrous stuff.

[@ianshand6094]

​@@peterr7530Hey Peter. The Hansa chippers are designed to handle fibrous material like Yakkas, Cabbage Tree, Palm, Flax etc, and typically have no problem with it. It would've been interesting to see how each of these chippers handled fibrous material, as many chippers get bogged down with it.

[@stugt]

I own a Hansa c7 brilliant machine ,the feed hole is small so I have to push material down with 2x4 timber if your putting a lot of product through it, solid bit of kit, will last a lifetime, highly recommend Hansa products. I have used a Eliet on a conifer tree and you have to go very slow feeding it or it will stall, and if you feed a big branch through it it will get pulled in and stall so you have to hold the branch to slowly feed it which vibrates your hands badly, the bigger Eliet machines are probably better.

[@brendanholden4340]

great video James, but you you didn't say how much each machine cost

[@sc0or]

Thanks God we have our own eyes and ears to judge Lumag ))

[@MachineryNation]

For sure!

[@derrasenmaher9730]

I like the Hansa and the GTM. Eliet is also a good one, but I thought that it is more powerful and faster but it was not.

[@huwbishop6995]

I've got the Hyundai hych1500e2. Most impressive chipper on Leylandi I've seen in it's size. Like the Lumag you have to disconnect the safety button, it's just too sensitive. Try them against the Camon and they are a big improvement.

[@DJC995]

Hi James Nice One all look good machines Think I've said before used to use a elite major at work that did not have the spout just dropped on the ground worst thing was filling with petrol tank not in the best position Thanks again

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks Darran, yes they still make that machine but not so common now, I completely agree, it is awkward. Luckily they also make one with the tank on top now.

[@DJC995]

@@MachineryNation Thanks for the reply I Keep looking at getting my own small chipper/ shredder Thanks again

[@himawariuzumaki1320]

eliet all the way. not be able to shred bigger branches is reasonable, and the output and performance is excellent.

[@Bidenlost2020]

We have an Eliet! It's a beast, but when run at full speed, it self destructs, oops!

[@takethatlaciocyoimbackagai8900]

What type of machine would you recommend to use to transform into compostable material a huge pile of raspberry canes & branches (green or dry) ? Cheers

[@sgt_plague7746]

That lumag is shocking with that safety bar jeez. I’ve hired the Eliet a couple times, works great for Laurel, or small leylandii. But it’s only 55mm which isn’t much. Would be interesting to see the next class of chippers.. the next size up Hanza c13, the haecksler or however you spell it, maybe next size up Eliet?

[@MachineryNation]

Yeah it was frustrating, but can easily be modified. Hope fully the manufacturer will change this after seeing the video 👍🏼 love that idea, stay tuned! 🤩

[@allybabaist]

I have one all you do is disconnected the switch. brilliant cheaper for the cost

[@thomasapol1770]

We got a Jansen GTS-1500E and it really benefits from the large mouth it has. eats trough 3m long, 10cm thick sticks like it's nothing. Only downside is when your trying to chip green stuf, then it will get block up in the exit but you have an easy acces to open it up again.

[@nathanwinnington5910]

Could you review the crytec terminator. It’s road towable and seem like a ok entry level chipper

[@JohnKrakatoa]

i have the Victory tractor one, similar to the GTM but a bit bigger and it loves thicker wood (up to 15cm if you feed slowly), not so good for tiny little twig branches (the go through in longer pieces if you don't feed something thicker with them at the same time), and it handles conifers better then these did, great little machine ! From China too probably , bought through Germany directly from the "manufacturer" :D It has the emergency stop metal bar around the infeed chute like the Lumag, I never mounted it to prevent it from shutting off with every big branch :D

[@MachineryNation]

That’s the trouble with safety bars, unless you can work with them, people will remove them so there is no safety bar. Thanks John 👍🏼

[@JohnKrakatoa]

@@MachineryNation yeah, but it has a emergency off button at the base you can shut off with your foot quickly so at least something... And I plan to add another button to the switch that was activated by the bar

[@7eis]

Gravity fed drum chippers don't deal with dead branches very well. If you drop in some fresh branching after they'll help keep the dead ones against the drum so they won't bounce around in the chute all day. Same is true for 'sticks' ie. stuff with no bounciness to them.

[@timwade1389]

It's a good review of All these machines which are badged Chinese chippers and come under lots of different names , and can be purchased direct from China at less half the price, even with shipping and duty/VAT

[@MachineryNation]

They are not all Chinese machines.

[@markusr1308]

What type of shredder/chipper is best for hardwood (manzanita)?

[@bumpkinrocks]

Very good comparison there 👍 I looked for comparison videos last year as needed a chipper, this would've been the perfect video! I ended up getting a Chinese machine similar to the GTM but scaled down abit, only bought for 1 job with poor access and it paid for itself on that job really. Might give it a bigger engine soon as think it will improve it further and comes in really handy.

[@MachineryNation]

Thank you for your feedback, really appreciate it 👍🏼

[@bobbelsekwol]

By adjustment of the red bar stop device, do you mean take it off. LOL. My shredder (earthquake?) has been adjusted like that. Yes I can't sell it because it'll take the hand off a less competent person but I know what it'll shred and what it'll chip. Had it for 20yrs and apart a bit of welding it's great at what it does. I do look at new shredders and think, mmmmm. Great vid of different machines and their capabilities.

[@niallwildwoode7373]

I'd love to know how well the shredder works with straw and newspaper.

[@heroofguitar25]

Dropped a like just for the shot of 4 wheel barrels in a wheel barrel

[@MachineryNation]

Really? Thanks mate.. I swear it’s easier to be positive, but for some reason people choose the negative life. I could pick you up on your spelling, but…. 😉

[@marccadec6978]

Timberwolf and Greenmech both make small chippers like these.

[@atticbrowser9698]

Great video. Thanks. Which of the Hansa models was that please?

[@MachineryNation]

This was the C7 👍🏼

[@atticbrowser9698]

Thanks!

[@mkshffr4936]

So my takeaway is to make bedding for the animals get a shredder.

[@beauvella32]

hansa is impressive for such a Small engine the flywheel seems faster and easier to unblock the other one the safety rail can be removed and still have the bar on the bottom, the drums like that are a huge pain to unblock they can seize up real good

[@Sardit]

I own another clone of the China made one, it is really easy to rewire them to ignore that safety bar, understand that basically the switch earths out the ignition and you can figure the rest out. There are even very handy automotive plugs used in the wiring to aid in this process. Mine runs like a dream, don't overfeed it and don't try to chop touch dry wood, it'll block on that, but you can easily fold open the feed shoot, and underneath move a massive section of steel blade to unclog the drum, no need to actually take anything apart, the outfeed is more of a pain, especially if you have some muscles in your forearm, its 4 bolts and you gotta lift the whole thing off, tbh that is my only complaint of this model, otherwise i think it outperforms pretty much all of the competition. Owh and to deal with the kicking heavy branches up and down, just follow a piece like that with a branch with decent amount of foliage and feed that foliage one in reverse, leaves first, it'll hold down the piece that wants to go flying and the chipper will just eat both of them.

[@carl8035]

Iam thinking of using a cutting disk to take that handle off the cobra by the way!!

[@grumpydad23]

Has anybody tried the lumag 15hp pro ? I’m torn between the lumag and Timberwolf 13hp.

[@willyfindlay4398]

Do you know if there is such a thing as a three phase electric shredder on the market ? Thank you for explaining the difference between chippers and Shredders.

[@MachineryNation]

Not that I’m aware of, maybe in the paper shredding world but not as a wood chipper 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Han_YT]

I think the Lumag is also available with a 380V engine

[@becmccarthy]

Eliet do their shredder with an electric motor rather than petrol motor option. (Might only be the minor 4S and not the Major 4S that has the electric option, but think they may offer both)

[@Saxondog]

Masters of the Greenyverse.. Shredder & Krang.😅

[@hfraat25]

I have a gtm very good machine. No longer required now for sale.

[@billyd9205]

I would put my old mtd 475 7.5hp up against any of them 3 happily..this review tells me everything I need to know .. stick with the chipper /shredder double chute deals privit ..one thing I never seen any of them tackle..

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks Billy, interesting feedback 👍🏼

[@edwindude9893]

The GTM chipper is good I used the 1300 but the lack of rotation on the funnel let’s it down and it’s sales.

[@andremeinke6836]

Maybe you can test some other chippers. Hansa c13 vs jansen gts 1500 vs fbc cip 8 vs timberwolf tw13

[@MachineryNation]

Good plan, I will put the wheels in motion 👍🏼

[@andremeinke6836]

@@MachineryNation top

[@tecnaman9097]

Unless you have very long arms , the Hansa blades can't be reached from the normal standing position. I don't know about the other machines on test, but I wouldn't buy one that allowed my hand anywhere near the blades when feeding the branches. I've had an early model C7 for over 10 years and only had a few minor issues with it. Best to cut the long stuff over 35-40mm into shorter pieces as it tends to bog down when the edge goes off the blades. Overall a sturdy robust machine. Replacement blades in Australia are $160 and you can usually get about 3 sharpens out of them if there not too knocked around.

[@sherynmuir-qo5qr]

Does it do bamboo

[@Big_Johns]

Nice video James, by chance would you recommend the shredder or a chipper for disposing of a spouse..... asking for a friend. 🤣

[@MachineryNation]

😂😂😂 bigger the better 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Big_Johns]

Thanks 🤣🤣

[@freddieslaughter1107]

The shredder is by far the best

[@redstarchrille]

Mmmmm Chips 🤤🤤

[@DJ-SPARKY-REACH-ON-AIR]

Very good video but you forgot to do something putting a mannequin in them and to see if they will be shredded or different objects you can put in there that will be a great video

[@MachineryNation]

Haha funny you should say that Sparky, I’ve got a wad of cash not doing much 😂😂

[@didierhugo9308]

eliet pour moi est le meilleur

[@darrensmith9407]

All i wanna know is, which one of these machines converts tree branches into a flurry of £100 notes

[@MachineryNation]

They all do.. that’s why Tree Surgeons are so wealthy 😂

[@noelcahill6707]

Lads ye need to get tractor pto chippers now

[@MachineryNation]

Sounds like a plan for a future video 🤩

[@johnnykay8261]

Hansa for me C16 is the go

[@stuartreadman118]

The Elliot is better with hedge cuttings, horses on coarses

[@MachineryNation]

Yeah much better with free waste and leafs, thanks Stuart 👍🏼

[@rustycoones9452]

Those last two seemed to suck compared to the others. Didn’t feed nearly as well

[@egtarbforestry8415]

Hansa all day long bought the C16 and that thing got flogged daily

[@jasperedwards2713]

belgium brand is very good but expensive but from that video it clogs up it does not want to go through faster like the others

[@MachineryNation]

Thanks Jasper. Appreciate the feedback 👍🏼

[@scottcurrier8115]

How about I just publicly, shame them in Court. Is that too harsh ? Asking for a friend 😂

[@MachineryNation]

Not sure we get what you mean Scott?

[@genesmay6589]

Do it dry..they can not handle wet wood as well.

[@josem2468]

I want a MULCHER. lol

[@MachineryNation]

I want a miniature train track around my garden 😂

[@jasperedwards2713]

well you must no green wood cuts bigger dry wood cuts thinner i wasnt impress with eliet or lumag i would use a remet rebaki,24pl or arpal

[@andreinarangel6227]

You need to use a DR

[@belapuskas6110]

In the last few years I had more then 20 garden shredder machines. Two was died yesterday and before yesterday. This shredder i was buy in LIDL, one in OBI, two or three in METRO. They are hobby category. Usuly I can use its two and half month. After they go aut of order. I think its not so economical. I bougt one petrol engin HECHT. Half industrial . It was shooting his knife to me and the parts of machine day by day was feel down from the construction. The service sad I was in mistake, becouse no good wood I wanted catting and shredder. But not. Manuals of HECHT wrote: 10 cm wood can cut and shredder the machine. I try only unde then 2,5cm , bicouse the bigger I need to fireplace ( kasan). What kinde shradder or chippper can I buy, becouse in This video more of them shredder has similar matery, Then HECHT. I think this thin iron is not so trustable. Do You know some product what is enough hard to backyards and long life with some low price?

[@gregwilson6306]

They all seem to have small motors

[@valkyrie4679]

Who needs A wood chipper for branches? Let's see actual trees.

[@joncochipper4071]

Very useful video, check out our chippers, they won't let you down

[@MachineryNation]

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[@user-es3uo5dq1h]

Obviously health and safety is not a concern around these dangerous machines. Several times his arms, not just his hands, were inside the feeder chute. As people will copy the actions in this video, there is a possibility of serious or fatal accidents. I am sure the manufacturers will want to avoid bad publicity

[@sullivns1]

Hi as a owner of a Hanza unit you have no problem of getting your hands cut as the chute is longer than your full arm lenght, plus you tend to keep tyour arms out of the chute so you dont get your arms beaten up by the sticks moving around inside the chute.

[@peterr7530]

Ahhh! There is always one that thinks everyone has no common sense and needs to be nursed through life.

[@barrytipton1179]

A lot under 40 mm of the stuff u chipped my Bosch 230v silent shredder could have managed the Bosch axt

[@MachineryNation]

You must have one that works haha 👍🏼

[@barrytipton1179]

@@MachineryNation I had the einhell some idiot left it out over winter forget cover it he looks like me

[@MachineryNation]

@@barrytipton1179 😂😂😂

[@barrytipton1179]

@@MachineryNation just read your reply with specks on have you tried one

[@MachineryNation]

@@barrytipton1179 yeah, unfortunately. I wasn’t impressed if I’m honest. I have never found a domestic shredder worth selling yet lol. Anything that comes with a push stick should be questioned 😂

[@JamesBond-wy6sb]

Their all a bit crap really. Too many annoying safety features which only results in frustrated user doing something silly like sticking their head down the Shute. Got myself a £500 forest master. I took a spanner and angle grinder to as soon as it arrived just to make it usable!

[@MachineryNation]

How is the forest master since you took the grinder to it? I’m not sure about the direct drive off the engine with them? Seen a few through the workshop.

[@JamesBond-wy6sb]

@Machinery Nation All good so far. I'm Head Gardener on a estate in Herefordshire and we needed something that would fit in the hard to access places. Probably won't last long but it is amazing how much stuff we've chipped with it and still chipping! We had the bigger eliet, £9k, on demo and didn't think it was any better tbh. The only one I've used that really impressed was a Forst tr8 ,admittedly in a different league!

[@andrewadam9544]

very dissaponted with them all, those were hardly big sticks !

[@RocketPipeTV]

Looks like they are all basically garbage, the GTM being kind of Galway usable.

[@pluffer96]

People think they are doing there borders good by putting wood chip on them, but what they don't realise is, that until the wood chips rots down, it robs your borders nitrogen.

[@MachineryNation]

Bang on Peter. It’s better to pile it up for 6 months and then use it 👍🏼

[@kims1213]

It only robs nitrogen when mixed in the ground. Not when you put it on top. Don't believe me? Check out the back to eden garden. 😉

[@niallwildwoode7373]

Sadly too many people comment with authority, when they've only half the facts. Green trimmings of 40mm dia and less is 'ramial growth', and is the absolute best at increasing mycorrhizal growth thus boosting perennial plant health. But it MUST be laid on the soil surface only, and not incorporated. Any timber that's larger has no benefit to the soil unless composted over a couple of years or so with high nitrogen plant waste. That's the best woodchip to use for paths if not composted.

[@wileymitchell4438]

Their

[@neenee8194]

Put it on top to get them fungi going and keep our the weeds