Shredder advice

Thinking about getting a shredder for my garden,I want one that will last,thinking petrol any advice would be great.

 

No one use a shredder?

 

Thanks,I've spent the last two weeks every day with a massive bonfire and thinking its the way to go.i have a 50 plus metre wall covered in ivy and need to lower it.

 

Unfortunately I have no lawn only patch of grass,my property is called Woodlands for a very good reason so the mower is out.
Spoke to the local garden tool place yesterday as I'm picking up my new pole hedge strimmers and they were trying to sell me a Eliet for £1500
eBay has some 15 hp ones Titan Pro for around £700,the best Electric are about the same but like you said JWK will they do the job?
I know its a lot of money but i have so much each year to cut and I'm trying to make life easier.

 

We've had a Bosch 1600HP electric model for 10 plus years with no problem. It occasionally blocks if I try to shred too much leafy material but it's easy to unblock by switching the motor to reverse for a few seconds. Also it's relatively quiet. Our previous one was a Black and Decker, blocked frequently, overheated regularly and needed earplugs to operate. Can't remember what the Bosch cost but it's no longer available anyway.

Ivy is a bit difficult to shred unless it has become really woody as it's so soft and flexible. If I don't have too much then I just pile the softer stuff up and chop it up with garden shears which works out quicker than trying to shred it. If I do shred any, then I mix it up with more dry woody material to reduce the chance of it blocking. If I have a lot then it just goes in the garden waste bin for recycling (life's too short to get over obsessive about these things).

On the positive side, I did a load of shredding (including some ivy) last week and piled it up in the leaf mould bin. Within a few days it was generating enough heat to operate a (very) small power station

 

Having a demo with a Eliet £1900, in about a week ,I shall post the results.

 

I have a Viking petrol shredder. Managed to get an all but new 1 for around £300 off Gumtree. It does a really good job and is easy to maneuver about the garden, however it is quite big so only really necessary if you are going to be doing lots of shredding. I needed something big to get rid of the thin branches and leaves from 3 large trees which blew down. Took a while but I ended up with a great pile of mulch, pretty well as good as bark chip so the shredder sort of paid for itself as I got enough mulching material to cover a huge area of flowerbeds. Still use it quite a bit to shred hedge/shrub clippings to make them compost quicker. I'd certainly recommend mine altho they are not exactly cheap to buy new.

 

Shredder demo tomorrow 10 am,can't wait I have a pile of ivy ready,ha ha,I shall let you know if its any good.

 

I've had the demo and order one will be here within two weeks I shall post the photos up.
My small shed arrives tomorrow so plenty to do.