disposal of tree limbs

[gwjd]

ran a huge pile of rotten stuff yesterday no problems but big 8-10 in chipper

 

[niemeyjt]

I call yesterday about renting a chipper for some limbs and brush thats been down for about a month. The guy at the rental place told me I waited to long and it would not be worth it for me to rent it. The woods been down to long. Is this true?

I find green stuff fresh off trees chips much more easily than drier stuff after a few months drying - although the resultant chips are much better for garden mulches if made from drier branches - and for fuel the chipped wood needs to be much drier still - like a year or two.

Perhaps the rental guys chipper was underpowered?

J

 

[om21braz]

Same story here JDRandyC, only you pay a recycler to take it via dumpster. etc around here - expensive. I've burned some and after reading about the Wallenstein/other chippers on here, they have about talked me into one. In the process of cutting all that can be used for firewood now.

 

[broncorm]

The rental place had a 4" gas and a 7" diesel. I was going to try another place, I still should just to see what they say.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

If you got some woods, small stuff will decompose pretty quick. I just keep on piling. my other burn pile, I burn about every 2 yrs or so. When my dad cleared a bunch of acres many years ago, it was pushed into piles at the bottom of the hill next to the treeline. It makes a great place for animals, blackberries grew great in it, and it all rotted eventually to the point you would now never know there was huge piles there. If you're a suburbanite, this probably won't work.