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From: goutal@decvax.UUCP (Kenneth G. "Kenn" Goutal)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: wood chipper
Message-ID: <112@decvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 01:22:53 EST
Article-I.D.: decvax.112
Posted: Mon Nov  5 01:22:53 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Nov-84 04:04:08 EST
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I bought my house some six years ago.
There is a lot of dead wood that I have to deal with for two reasons:
1.  There were a lot of dead trees that had not been attended to
    by the previous owner, which trees have fallen down or dropped branches;
2.  There are several of a certain kind of tree on the property
    that just plain generate a lot of dead branches.
I'm no expert, but I don't think this is a sign of disease in them,
just part of their growth pattern.  In any case...
I have a lot of dead would around, some of it old,
and more coming down all the time.

I finally decided that what I needed to do was get a wood chipper
to grind up all this stuff into mulch or simply compact chips.
Problem:  I called the local rental place (Taylor), and they discerned
what I wanted it for, and told me they wouldn't rent it to me
because old wood would *break* the blades faster than I could spit.
Or that if they *did* rent it to me, I'd have to pay for all the blades.
Sounds bogus to me.  Seems like green would would pose a greater threat.
Besides, if chippers get destroyed trying to grind up old wood,
how other people (e.g. tree surgeons) dispose of old branches?
Doesn't seem realistic just to say "Don't let branches get old".

Comments?

-- Kenn (...decvax!)goutal