Shredding tall ornamental grasses in PTO chipper or take to landfill

[TractorDale]

I've a lot of 8' tall ornamental grasses on my property that every Spring I have to cut and then dispose of. This year out of curiosity I've run some through my PTO chipper/New Holland TC29 and it comes out decently shredded.

My question- am I subjecting my tractor to unnecessary wear and tear ( PTO speed 2500 RPM) for something that I could just take to the local landfill? Would the grass for some reason dull my chipper blades- it's dry and brittle.

Thanks for any opinions.

Dale

 

[NoTrespassing]

You can't burn it?

 

[TractorDale]

You can't burn it?

I've thought about doing that but don't want to worry my neighbors with plumes of smoke and sparks.

 

[KennyG]

Your chipper should never even know you put grass through it since it's so flimsy. I put mine in my compost pile with the leaves from the previous fall and a year later it's gone.

 

[5030]

One of the landholder I run hay has the same deal. I just run my shredder over it. No big deal.

 

[ericm979]

The wear on the tractor and chipper are minimal, especially if they are well maintained.

 

[mikester]

Your chipper should never even know you put grass through it since it's so flimsy. I put mine in my compost pile with the leaves from the previous fall and a year later it's gone.

I find long skinny flimsy stuff like willow doesn't chip, just gets wrapped around the flywheel and plugs up the outlet.

I cut the tall grasses by hand and put them in a compost pile every spring.