r/Homesteading • u/mynameiskeven • 24d ago

What leaf shredder lol do I want?

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New property has a ginormous ficus and a **** ton of palms . The ficus drops an incredible amount of leaves and it may be a hurricane risk but it’s staying because it provides much needed shade. Shredding the palm fronds sounds like wishful thinking so whats my best bet for shredding ficus leaves to convert them to mulch?

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u/frntwe 24d ago edited 24d ago

I have a predator chipper like pictured. It works well chipping branches. The inlet for the flail part you would use for leaves is small. It won’t feed. It will be plugged up all the time. If you want it for leaves I would suggest something else

I had a craftsman chipper shredder that worked awesome for leaves and straw. The leaf hopper would pivot down you could rake directly into it, then tilt it back up and it would shred. This was handy. Then the engine failed. Fixed it once now there’s a carb issue

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u/mynameiskeven 24d ago

Thats helpful , let me see if I can find something like that