Chipper Wire fence through big chipper?

[Dadnatron]

Recently purchased a farm in KY. Lots of work to get it up on par.

I have recently begun removing combination barbed wire (single top) and old woven wire. The fence rows have been overgrown with various shrubs and small trees. I've pulled them along with old fence posts with my FANTASTIC DANUSER INTIMIDATOR. It is a fantastic tool for the job. I have several piles of the mess around my property and was initially going to haul it to the dump. But, I realize that the 'volume' is massive given the actual substance, secondary to the brush and wire holding everything apart. It would take me 100 loads to haul it all 'as is' but it could be hauled in only a few loads if it was 'chipped'. I can't separate 'MOST' of the wire from the brush, but I can do it approximately 50%. But the remaining would still have to run through the chipper.

My question is... and I recognize this is a likely 'NO'.

Is there a big chipper capable of taking this mess of wire, honey suckle, 2" elm, woven and barbed wire, and chipping it all up.

I know there are industrial recycling ones etc. But what I am looking for, is a rental which would be capable and appropriate, to run this mess through. The wire isn't very strong... but it is wire. The barbed wire is almost completely rusted through.

As unlikely as it might be, I'd like to find an alternative to the MANY MANY dump trailer trips this will take otherwise.

 

[JimRB]

If you wait until rainy and burn season you can reduce piles by a factor of 50. When I did fenceline cleanup I pulled the wire off first cutting around trees. But I only cleaned up 3/4 of a mile of overgrown and rusty fenceline. Only old wooden fenceposts went to the dump.

 

[smstonypoint]

How about burning the piles and then collecting (and hauling away) the wire after the burn?

Steve

 

[compact]

Possibly dig a pit and bury it with an excavator?

 

[Gunny]

Wait and burn it, then all you'll have to worry about is the wire. Mash the wire down and you can probably put it all in one dumpster

 

[kthompson]

If you have the ability to dig a good burn pit would do that, burn it and then cover the wire and any other items that would not burn. Dig it deeper than you think it needs to be by a good bit. There will be the wire and also the ashes to cover. Get it two or feet deep and in most places will never be an issue.

 

[vsteel]

The industrial recycle one you mentioned is the only kind of machine that can handle this. Even if the wire is easy to break, the standard chipper with knives on a flywheel will have the blades ruined in short order as metal hits metal.

 

[buickanddeere]

Wire wrapped around the shaft and the seals torn out of the bearings will discourage any further wire grinding.

 

[Thall303]

Wire is easily disposed of after a burn pile fire.

Just picked up some yesterday that was still warm to the touch.

 

[Dadnatron]

Thanks,

That makes sense, and as I stated, I didn't expect that it could be 'shredded'. But I wanted to ask before I simply assumed.

I think I will make a burn pile. If I piled this all up, you'd see it from your porch, no matter where you lived. I'll have to move it to the main burn pile area, then meter it into a fire over several days, I suspect.

Concerning burning, I have a good location for one and have a lot of 'fuel' already in it. When I move the 'fence row' piles, to the area, I suspect it would cover approximately 40x40 yds about 10-12ft high. That wouldn't even be all, just what I have already pulled. What 'size' fire would you make and whey would you burn? I am in the Lexington KY area and while I have lived 3 hours North since '98, I am not certain when the best time to burn would be in the Lex area.

So...

When would you burn?

How big would you make the initial pile?

How would you meter the rest of the mess into the pile? I'd hate to get a flaming bunch of crap stuck to my grapple, because wire was caught and I couldn't get it off. Would you simply make several small piles and burn them singly? At the same time, but separately? etc.