Biggest Giveaway Ever! – Win a Powerful Troy-Bilt Shredder

• 2-Way Feed
• Steel Impeller

Additional Features

• 2-in-1 steel upright chipper shredder
• 3″ chipping capacity
• 10:1 debris reduction ratio
• Features 2 chromium steel chipper knives and 12 replaceable cast steel flails
• 5-bushel collection bag capacity
• 10″ x 4″ pneumatic tires
• 2-year limited warranty
• 250cc* Briggs & Stratton OHV engine

I welcome all of my readers to enter  this giveaway. Since this is a valuable item Here are the rules, which I ask you kindly to follow. 

Now, about the Shredder.

I had my doubts about the strength of the chipper portion of this device, so I asked some of the techs who were with us in Arizona when we tested many of these products ( secretly on the side, as in…OK, if you were going to get only one of these great products, which one would you get? And most shared that this shredder was just about the most awesome thing going to people who seriously garden.

Heavy steel, easy start, lots of safety features and forgive me when I say that this machine has balls. Serious ones. It’s heavy, tough, and no home shredder comes close to what this beast can do.

Now, this shredder is seriously strong, and I admit that it is overkill for much of my bedding uses, but we do have alot of garden clean up where this device gets some heavy workouts on. This year we finally found a way to destroy the Miscanthus florid us stalks, which are like bamboo. Ten foot canes of grass – devoured in one minute. 

I started with a 3″ diameter linden branch – no problem, It was destroyed within a minute with no fuss or stalling. Amazing.

We get lots of pine needles from our many white pines, and we would normally rake and bag them, moving them to the compost piles out back in the woods, but now we can shred them into pine duff, small, bits of 1/2 needles that will break down quickly, and still look good when placed around the plants. Maple leaves and Birch tree leaves will be shredded next week, and finally the oaks and ask. All of these will be piled on top of last years leaves in the compost pile, and the shredded leaved will be added as a thick, yummy mulch around all of my hellebores.

Every detail about this Chipper Shredder is impressive, and believe me, as a product designer, I can clearly see where some manufacturers back off or take shortcuts, but with Tory Bilt products, you get the sort of consumer who becomes a fan – you know, they start their own blogs on where to get parts if needed, they brag about that they have done with their machine, and they share notes and stories. Yeah, these are the geeks, but once your brand has them, it’s hard to do something that won’t be noticed Small engine dudes are serious too. And the they nothing about calling out fakes or poor engineering.

This Troy Bilt Shredder is heavy, yet it is designed to roll easily. It starts with a sold pull and one quickly knows by the sound that this is a seriously strong machine. Sure, use safty equipment, we suggest good ear protection, gloves and protective eye ware. Naturally, follow manufacturers directions on running the device properly, and read your manufactures directions as in – never stick you hand too deeply into a shredder – duh. It may be Halloween, but that would be one gag that might not get the result you want.

The leaf bag is well made, not shoddy or weak, it cinches, and holds almost an entire wheel barrow of shred. You can use it without the bag too.

Beautiful shredded  leaves and pine needles, ready for the compost bin in the greenhouse, and the rest being brought to the large compost piles on the edge of our woodland.

This is exactly what I want as much for my acid loving native plants like blueberries, and Mayflowers. But maple leaves and shredded beech leaves will be making it to the greenhouse for special Chinese ground orchids like Pleione. Ash and Birch leaves will be shredded and layer about the ephemeral beds. A nice, soft, nutricious and proper mulch that will not only improve the soil, it with create the perfect conditions for rare native and imported woodland plants to thrive in soil that will eventually mimic that found in the wild.

My secret is revealed. Healthy Epigaea repens requires a true woodland condition with an annual application of duff. Just like in the wild, but with a litter shred, it breaks down easier.

Good Luck Everyone! Please be sure to enter, and I will be selecting the winner next Friday night at 9:00 PM using a randomizer, which I will post here.