Mowing, chipping, shredding, etc. - all in one.

[Reg]

I was casually browsing around Sears yesterday and noticed one of those combination lawn mowers/chipper/shredder/bagger things.

It really LOOKED LIKE a lawn mower with a chute added to the top of the deck and an exhaust hose out the side to a bag - OK, thats what it IS.

So, on a larger scale; Has anyone here cut a hole in the top of a brush hog deck and put a chute on it ?
How did it work out ?
DO you still have enough fingers to type with ?
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I know I've seen the thread on lowering a brush hog slowly onto a pile of brush to chip it, was just wondering about the chute. I'm only interested in SMALL quantities, the Jinma chipper would NOT be a good investment for me.

 

[vallyfarm]

Brush Hog blades pivot. They are made to fold in if they hit something too big. The vibrations of using that would be huge. Think of the insides of a chipper/shreader...the shreader has swinging hammer blades for the small stuff, but if you put too large an item in there it'll bog doun or plug.

 

[Tom_H]

That thing at Sears reminds me of snake oil: advertised as able to do a hundred things, but actually able to do none.

Yea, I have run over small piles of twigs or leaves and with the brush hog and chopped them up to some degree, but to be honest, I don't see it being very effective, efficient, or consistent.