Chipper Discharge Chute for Compact Mulcher Series – Convert your mulcher into a wood chipper
The standalone compact mulcher series is absolutely perfect for mulching and shredding all of your garden waste down to material that is less than 10mm. However, due to the wet nature of garden waste material, the mulcher requires a lower exit chute. The mulcher accessory kit includes an upper discharge chute which allows you to direct your wood chips into a wheelbarrow. The accessory also includes a blanking plate – this means that the chips no longer pass through the grated drum design and in turn produces wood chips that are larger than 10mm. These wood chips are perfect for decorative purposes.
When you’re finished chipping into a barrow and want to swap back to mulching, shredding or producing smaller chips you can simply swap the chutes back over. It’s the best of both worlds. Note that when the chipping discharge chute is attached – you can only chip wood branches or leafy branches (ratio wood approximately 80/20). If you wish to mulch green material or waste, simply swap back to the lower mulching chute.
Compatible with FM6DD-MUL & FM4DDE-MUL compact mulchers
Ah – so THAT’s where it fits – I have been looking for instructions as to how to fit it…
The chute is a very useful addition to help direct the chippings into a wheelbarrow. However, there still isn’t any installation instructions (despite being mentioned in lots of previous reviews) and it took me a few hours of trial and error (removing and replacing nuts/bolts) until I’d worked it out. It is the blanking plate that caused me the issues and eventually I had to use a hammer to ‘ease’ it into the correct shape to meet the bolt holes. Either a clear short set of instructions or an installation video is essential to help other purchasers with attaching the chute.
As below, but it really crunches through my pruned branches and produces useful chippings.
Poor value for money. Arrived with a small dent.
Not used yet, but tried fitting it (no instructions). Quite a tight fit, but should work okay