When it comes to shredding wood, it is essential to use the dedicated equipment, a chipper. Shredding is breaking up into smaller pieces.
Chipping is beneficial after pruning, pruning or felling, or when it is used to deal with the pile of branches on your land that are many years old and you don't want to ship them.
It is therefore possible for us to intervene with our shredding service, either after techniques that we ourselves have applied to your trees or only for that desperately abandoned pile of branches. Either option usually leaves our clients with a most liberating feeling.
Saves time and space
In comparison, the mechanical operation with the one you would do manually makes you aware of the time savings. If you take a chainsaw or an arm oil saw, as they say, or even an axe, it goes without saying that the task will keep you busy for a long time. Then you'll load your truck, or the truck of someone you borrowed it from, and you'll have to go and unload your cargo at an authorized place, which you'll have had to locate beforehand.
No need to try to convince you that a shredder goes much faster. It's obvious. Using an external service gives you extra time to dispose of it as you wish. But that's not all: freeing yourself from a cumbersome pile accumulated over time or avoiding an extra pile of wood after work on your trees also frees you from the space they would otherwise occupy. It's also a safe arrangement because people can get hurt on pieces of wood that are left behind.
Avoid fungi and insects
It's true that Mother Nature is an excellent housewife and that she takes care of putrefying any dead wood. But she's not quick either. She takes a lot of time. Years, even. In the meantime, the fungi will have a field day and come to settle in your rotten patch. What do you want? Them, they like it. On the other hand, you can see that some of these mushrooms dare to spread a stench. Some others can also prove to be real poisons capable of poisoning children or pets that are a bit too snoopy. A lot of branches also means dampness and darkness. Either a comfortable lodge for vermin of all wings or hair. Skunks, raccoons, hedgehogs, porcupines, invading insects... Hold on: the procession is coming.
Enhancing
What do you need your tree mound for? No, it doesn't look trendy at all! Besides, doesn't it end up irritating you by seeing it year after year? One phone call, a shredding, and you're done! But it's true, you still get a pile of fragments. Only this time, there's nothing useless left in the pile. Indeed, shredding gives the wood a second use. But then, what can shavings from shredding be used for?
If they are wood from leafy trees, your compost will enjoy feeding on them and your flowerbeds will appreciate being sprinkled with them as mulch. However, the subject is more thorny when it comes to conifers. Conifers produce a more acidic wood. However, they discourage undesirable grasses.
For your information, in abundant quantities, scrap wood from thorn trees is also advantageous spread out on forest paths. However, at Emondage Beloeil, after pruning, trimming or felling, we hand your shredded debris back to you if that is your wish, or we leave with it and take it to other horizons if that is what you prefer.
Is renting a shredder and shredding yourself a good idea?
If the idea of renting has crossed your mind, you must know that the operation of a shredder is most dangerous. Serious injuries can result. If you are not familiar with its use, or worse, if this will be your first experience, we strongly advise you not to do the job yourself. Even to save money, it is not worth the risk.
In addition, there is a smaller but not insignificant corollary. You will have to install a transport ball to your vehicle if it doesn't already have one. A shredder requires it because of its weight and volume. Besides, will you only save as much as you think you're going to save? Renting the behemoth can cost you as much as a couple of hundred dollars a day.
Our staff, on the other hand, has been handling the pernicious device for a long time. So, for safety reasons, as well as practicality, we strongly recommend that you deal with a team experienced in handling the shredder. This is our case at Emondage Beloeil.
Call 579-600-1174 to contact us or send us the form you have filled out. It is located at the top of this page. We will be pleased to give you a free estimate.