Troy-Bilt 10 HP Wood Chipper / Shredder

As anyone knows who lives around trees, lawn clean-up is about more than just leaf-removal. Especially after fall hurricanes and winter ice storms, which can leave your yard strewn with branches. If you have a large property, owning a wood chipper makes life a lot easier. Turn those branches into wood-chip mulch! But when you need to chip up a branch, you don't want to be handed the short end of the stick when it comes to horsepower! This 10 HP wood chipper gives you the power you need.

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You're committed to recycling those raked leaves, right? But storms have shaken large tree branches loose, and they're mingled in with the leaves. How can you recycle these branches? You need a wood chipper! Of course, wood chippers double as leaf shredders, so that you can also turn those leaves into compost faster. In addition, feeding garden plants into shredders after the harvest, before adding them to the compost pile, hastens decomposition. Wood chippers are versatile; once you have one, you'll be spoiled. But what features do you look for when purchasing wood chippers? Durability and power head the list. This Troy-Bilt wood chipper / shredder has both these features. It's got tough steel blades to grind up all that coarse debris, and it's powered by a 10 horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine. You can feel confident as you feed branches up to 3 inches in diameter into the hopper or chipper chute. If you're shredding leaves that will need to be hauled somewhere, save yourself an extra step by simply hooking up the 5-bushel collection bag. Troy-Bilt also makes cheaper wood chippers / leaf shredders with a 6.5 HP engine. My advice is not to waste your money on wood chippers with less than 10 HP. Wood chipping is tough work for a piece of equipment; this is not an area of grounds maintenance where you want to make compromises on power! Troy-Bilt does, however, also make a 5.5 HP chipper / shredder / vacuum useful for fall leaf removal. Check for availability.