Rust COHLE wrote: in the "One day, one idea" section, what do you think of the DELEKS brand?
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The only flaw of the geotech crusher, in my opinion, is the shrinking extraction chute.
This is no problem with branches without leaves.
On the other hand, as soon as there are quite large leaves (such as maple, plane tree, etc.), it tends to make a plug at the exit.
As with a sheet of paper which would block the extraction.
With practice we anticipate by alternating leaves and wood alone, to chase the leaves, but I admit that it is not great anyway.
I have a harpoon branch to unclog the chute without dismantling and without stopping the engine.
Moreover, between the Ahmed version and the electron version, geotech had the "good idea" to add a small bar at the exit of the extraction chute.
The idea is to improve safety to prevent your hand from slipping into the chute while the engine is running, but it jams even more on wide sheets.
Once this obstruction rod is cut, I find myself in the same configuration as Ahmed and it breathes better.
70mm, 100mm, 6.5CV, 7CV all this is subjective.
I go from 100mm but you have to hold back the branch and go there in spurts.
ditto for the 70mm.
You should not think that you are throwing a 70mm branch (especially if the wood is hard) and think that it will take care of itself.
It may jam when cutting, the clutch will smoke, especially if the blades are a little tired.
You have to manage the advance of the wood yourself on the large sections but I don't see this as a negative point, given the price of the chipper.
To avoid this inconvenience it would be necessary to put 15 to 20 times the price….
This whole category of crusher must react in the same way, since it is the same Chinese base.
To see if the model above would react better? (double power)
The two crushers that you present seem better than the geotech at the level of the extraction chute.
Ahmed had left to make one himself, a constant section, which in my opinion would be the best.
Well seen for the willow BRF, I had not thought of the "willow water" effect.
Willow degrades quite quickly but it grows quickly, resists pruning very well and is easily crushed.
For me the willow is ideal.
Personally, I wanted to quickly afforest bare land and I planted a lot of willows by cuttings. I watered the cuttings the first summer and then nothing.
Now even in dry areas in summer, trees are holding up.