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A wood shredder or wood chipper (also called chipper or shredder) is a mechanical device for shredding residual wood. Wood shredders are used to shred bulky, large-volume wood waste and reduce its volume. A wood chipper uses powerful electric or combustion engines or tractors to drive knife systems or grinders. When an object is fed into the wood shredder, it is broken down into small pieces by grinding, crushing, tearing,
smashing or cutting. The result is called shredded material, chips or wood chips.

Wood cuttings from trees, shrubs, hedge trimmings and other bulky garden waste are shredded by the garden chipper or wood chipper into small, quickly compostable pieces. Chipped branches, tree bark and twigs are often used to cover beds in winter as frost protection or to slow weed growth. The less green material the material contains, the better it is suited for this purpose.

The advantages of a tractor wood chipper

• Reduce waste: Wood chippers shred branches, twigs and other garden waste, reducing the volume by up to 75%. This saves a lot of space during disposal and makes further processing easier.
• Sustainable: With a chipper, you can turn green cuttings into useful mulch. This is excellent for soil coverage and as a natural fertilizer.
• Time-saving: Instead of shredding branches by hand, the chipper does the job in minutes. This is a huge advantage especially with larger amounts of branches.
• Easy operation: Modern models have intuitive controls and are easy to handle even for beginners. Extensive safety features also minimize the risk of injuries.
• Versatile applications: Whether in the private garden or for professional use and tree felling work – chippers are versatile and available in different sizes and power classes at Victory!

Which wood chipper wood shredder do you need

Garden chippers come in various designs and power levels, which are used depending on the type and amount of cuttings. The drive is usually via electric motors or gasoline engines (for mobile use), only large machines needed for heavy-duty tree felling work are driven by connection to the PTO of tractors. There is basically no limit to the branch diameter. The thicker the cuttings, the more powerful the motors must be. You can find wood chippers with gasoline engines here.

Small garden chippers are designed rather for the range up to 4.5 cm branch thickness, so they are not suitable for tree felling work. However, Victory garden chippers can also replace large wood shredders depending on motor power, as they can quickly process wood diameters up to 10 cm and more with their powerful gasoline engines.

Wood chippers with hydraulic feed rollers and high discharge

For professional use, wood shredders and wood chippers are often called brush chippers, whose hydraulically driven feed rollers can automatically pull in the fed cuttings and are equipped with a emergency stop bar.

Wood chippers with stronger drives usually have a high discharge, where the chipped material is thrown out in a high arc so that it can, for example, fall directly onto a trailer or be spread on a bed.
Blockages or jams can be cleared either by reversing the rotation direction – this only works with a wood shredder with hydraulic feed rollers, or more laboriously by opening the housing. The stronger the suction created by the rotating knife drum or disc in the wood shredder, the fewer blockages can form in the wood chipper. Wood arms and moist waste can more easily cause blockages at the discharge opening. Therefore, fir or thuja branches should be stored for 2 or 3 weeks after cutting so that most of the moisture can escape.

Powerful wood chippers with PTO drive for processing logs

Wood shredders with active feed have a correspondingly longer feed hopper. Modern professional wood shredders with self-feed like the Victory BX-72 or BX-102 have emergency stop bars that shut off the drive and block the cutting mechanism as soon as pressure is applied to the edge of the hopper. The dangers to be prevented with self-feed models usually consist of bulky branches, thorns or spikes catching on work gloves or clothing and then exerting a surprisingly fast pull towards the cutting mechanism.

Wood shredders like the Victory BX-52 do not have an active feed mechanism, but the branch material is cut between 36 and 66 times per second depending on PTO speed. Due to this extremely high cutting speed, a feed force is generated that powerfully pulls in most branches. Only larger branch forks require additional pressure from the operator.
When you buy a Victory garden chipper with gasoline engine, a roller cutting mechanism is used. This independently pulls in the branches and cuts them against a counter blade. During self-feed, further waste can already be collected and fed to the chipper.

Using wood chippers correctly - tips

• Wear protective clothing: Always use gloves, safety glasses and hearing protection to prevent injuries.
• Set up the wood shredder stably: Place the device on a level, stable surface so that it cannot tip over during operation.
• Feed the material slowly: Carefully feed branches and twigs to avoid blockages caused by the material.
• Keep hands away: Use tools like pushers or rods to push the material into the feed opening.
• Proper maintenance: Regularly check knives, rollers and other components to ensure everything works safely and smoothly.
• Manufacturer instructions: Always follow the operating manual, especially regarding maximum branch thickness and permissible material!

Buy wood chippers wood shredders for tractors from Victory Tractor

Hydraulic wood chippers are ideal for tree felling work where fast processing of large amounts of branches is required and several people work together. Powerful chippers like the Victory BX-52RS, Victory BX-72RS or Victory BX-102RS have feed hydraulics and the branch material is cut up to 65 times per second depending on PTO speed. This is an absolute top value for wood chippers for tractors. This extremely high cutting speed generates a feed force that powerfully pulls in most branches and also throws them shredded out again by the generated airflow. Larger branch forks require the help of the hydraulic feed rollers or must be cut open for larger branch forks.