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    I have one of these. It rocks - for what I use it for.

    It really depends on what you are mulching. If you have a lot of palm fronds - these are awesome. Because they don't use a high-speed blade that fibrous palm stuff just wraps around and jams up the whole thing.
    I have seen expensive petrol munchers brought to a total standstill by a couple of dry old Golden Cane Fronds!
    Instead these cheapie have a "cog" that crushes stuff against a plate - so it kind of cuts stuff into chunks.

    Works great on palms. But is kinda crap on really hard stuff. But was nearly half that price when I got it. It's been working great for about 6 years.

    So - yeah. I have palms. This thing smashes all the fronds that fall and they fit in the green bin - don't use palms as a mulch they acidify the soil and nothing will grow!

    So - it depends. You got big palms?



    Quote Originally Posted by mudski View Post
    Hey Patrollers!
    I've been living in the new joint for over a week now and I have come to the conclusion that Im gonna need some sort of mulcher. We have two green wheelie bins that we can put out weekly. I easily filled both in five minutes. I reckon if i had a mulcher I could get a shipload more in. But looking at Bunnings and then on Fleabay the range is massive. Looking maybe at the Ozito one from Bunnings. My concern i it wont cut to the size they say. But then again, 40mm is a decent twig I suppose...
    https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-24...edder_p3380292

    So does anyone use one of these thing? If so what do you use?
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    Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
    Mum had a Rover mulcher, POS if you ask me did not like green waste or strappy foliage.
    Green waste is free to take to the tip isnt it??. I know mums council will even deliver mulch
    for free if you need it
    Green waste dumping aint free anymore. Hasnt been for a while around here. Our new Council want to charge me $94 for a heaped 7x5 trailer load! Yet they will accept free of charge

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    Quote Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2 View Post
    x2 Don't even contemplate the though of electric, spend more and get petrol power or spend even more and get diesel power like this one: https://www.machines4u.com.au/view/a...hipper/344171/

    Who much mulching / chipping do you see yourself doing??? weekly, fortnight, monthly????
    I'll be mulching weekly mate. We have two small wheelie bins for the green stuff that go out weekly. So I'll be making the most of them.
    Quote Originally Posted by Boinzo View Post
    I have one of these. It rocks - for what I use it for.

    It really depends on what you are mulching. If you have a lot of palm fronds - these are awesome. Because they don't use a high-speed blade that fibrous palm stuff just wraps around and jams up the whole thing.
    I have seen expensive petrol munchers brought to a total standstill by a couple of dry old Golden Cane Fronds!
    Instead these cheapie have a "cog" that crushes stuff against a plate - so it kind of cuts stuff into chunks.

    Works great on palms. But is kinda crap on really hard stuff. But was nearly half that price when I got it. It's been working great for about 6 years.

    So - yeah. I have palms. This thing smashes all the fronds that fall and they fit in the green bin - don't use palms as a mulch they acidify the soil and nothing will grow!

    So - it depends. You got big palms?
    Yeah no palms here mate. Thank god. Ugliest plant ever. Especially for down here where it just doesn't suit...We are on a 1700sqm block and a crap load of tree's and shrubs here that need a good trim.

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    Looks like I'm gonna have to hold off for now anyways. A funds crisis has just emerged. Off to the angry thread to vent....

    Thanks for the tips anyway guys.

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    I mulched a heap of trimmings & finished sweetcorn plants etc with an ancient 2 stroke Victa mower last year. Laid it all out on the ground & ran over it several times, & spread it back onto the vegie garden. It's all disappeared now, benefiting the soil. Probably not that much more work than using a mulcher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cuppa View Post
    I mulched a heap of trimmings & finished sweetcorn plants etc with an ancient 2 stroke Victa mower last year. Laid it all out on the ground & ran over it several times, & spread it back onto the vegie garden. It's all disappeared now, benefiting the soil. Probably not that much more work than using a mulcher.
    Haha! I like your style cuppa!

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    i rake up my hedge trimmings with my lawn mower. small stuff is fine don't try for sticks. holes in feet or doors are not fun.
    if its worth doin its worth over doin

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    I'm with cuppa here mark get a couple of compost bins going you a throwing out good food for your veggies mate
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    Quote Originally Posted by MB View Post
    Save your coin old mate Mark, trailer those twigs to AB's donk party and you'll sort em out on the bonnie :-)
    EDIT: Actually Cuppa's & Kimbo's advice is best Mark. Trailer those healthy vegies to the donk party so AB & Bob can burn them in their camp ovens with too much coals underneath trivets and no coals on top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mudski View Post
    I'll be mulching weekly mate. We have two small wheelie bins for the green stuff that go out weekly. So I'll be making the most of them.

    Yeah no palms here mate. Thank god. Ugliest plant ever. Especially for down here where it just doesn't suit...We are on a 1700sqm block and a crap load of tree's and shrubs here that need a good trim.
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