Chipper Hire in Reading, Berkshire
Wood chipper hire in Reading for branches, hedge cuttings and clearance. Coppard supplies tracked and towable chippers across Berkshire, for gardens, tree work and grounds maintenance. Call 0118 979 2828 with the thickest branch, the route in and where the chip ends up.
Two things really pick the machine: the fattest branch you will feed it and whether it can reach the material at all. Around Reading that second point often wins, because a chipper that eats anything is no use stuck on a driveway with a locked side gate between it and the garden. Have the biggest branch, the tightest access and the chip’s destination ready.
The Route to the Work Often Decides It
Feed capacity is only half the question; getting the machine to the branches is the other half, and on a Reading job the gate, the path and the ground usually decide it. A tracked chipper walks itself across a lawn or an estate to reach material spread about; a towable one is quicker where a vehicle brings it to a driveway or a road edge and the branches come to it.
The Coppard chipper range carries both, so measure the narrow points, the slopes and the turning room before you choose. A machine that would chew through everything is wasted if it cannot pass the side return, and a tracked unit that reaches the back garden may be the only real option even if it is slower on a thick limb.
Feed It on the Thickest Branch, Not the Average
A pile of hedge trimmings can read as light work and still hide a few stout limbs that set the machine you need. Work out the largest realistic branch, and whether the wood is straight, forked, wet or full of side-shoots, because a knotty, awkward branch bogs a chipper down long before it reaches its stated maximum diameter.
If the heavy timber is only a small share of the job, it can pay to set it aside for another method rather than hire up for the whole lot. Give the Reading Tool Rental Service a genuine top branch size instead of a lot of branches, and the tracked or towable choice is made on something real.
Lay the Work Out Around Feed and Discharge
The day flows when branches come to the hopper from one side and the chip leaves without crossing that line. Set the machine so the operator has a clear working zone, limbs can go in butt-first where that helps, and the chute throws to the collection point. Never let the chip heap build up so close it blocks the machine or has to be shifted mid-job.
On a larger Reading clearance, run three stacks: branches ready to chip, timber too big for the machine, and anything that should not go through it at all. That order cuts double-handling, keeps the feed clear, and makes it plain whether the chipper is keeping up with the saw.
Keep Wire, Stone and Soil Out of It
A chipper is for clean wood, not mixed garden or site waste. Wire, nails, stones and root balls thick with soil can wreck the blades or fling material back out, and old boundary hedging is the classic trap because fencing wire hides right inside it. Give suspect branches a look before they go in.
Handle root balls and soil-caked timber another way, and agree who watches the feed so nothing unsuitable goes in while the operator is fixed on the machine. A clean feed protects the chipper, makes better chip and avoids the stoppages that eat a hire booked around a tree crew’s day.
Tell Reading the Branch Size, Access and Output
The chip can be useful landscaping material, but only if there is somewhere for it, so decide whether it stays for paths or mulch, is loaded off, or goes into a trailer. Give the depot the top branch size, the access width, a rough volume and the chip’s destination.
Coppard supplies tracked and towable chippers for work across Reading and the Thames Valley. Call 0118 979 2828 before the saws start, so the chipping and the chip disposal are planned as one rather than sorted out halfway through.
Frequently Asked Questions - Chipper Hire in Reading, Berkshire
How do you match the right chipper to my job?
From the largest branch you expect, the width of the tightest way in, the rough volume and where the chip goes. A heap can look like light trimmings and still hold a few thick limbs that set the machine, so the top branch counts for more than the average. With those the Reading team can point you at a machine that keeps pace with the cutting without being oversized, or too wide to reach the garden in the first place.
Tracked or towable?
It comes down to access and where the work is. A tracked chipper drives itself off hard ground to reach material spread across a Reading garden or estate; a towable one is efficient where a vehicle gets it to the chipping point and it can sit by a road or drive. Check the gate width, the slopes, the soft ground and the turning room before choosing, because on most jobs the route in decides it before feed size does.
What must never go in?
Metal, wire, stone, heavily soiled roots and anything non-woody. Old hedges and boundary material want a careful look, since fencing wire hides among the branches, and root balls can hold enough soil and stone to damage the blades. Set up a clean feed pile and sort the unsuitable material out before you start, rather than relying on the operator to catch every contaminant while the machine is running.
Can I keep and reuse the chip?
Often, where the chip suits the use and the project allows it, for paths, landscaping or mulch, or loaded off for removal. Decide the destination before you set the chipper, so the chute points at the right pile, trailer or bin. Sorting the output route first avoids double-handling and stops a growing chip heap blocking the feed or the access around the machine on a tight Reading plot.
What UK rules apply to hired chippers at work?
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, known as PUWER, require equipment to be suitable, kept in order and used by people given the right information, instruction and training. The text is at PUWER 1998 legislation on legislation.gov.uk. Follow the maker’s instructions for the exact chipper supplied, particularly the feed procedure, the guarding and the emergency controls.
Need chipper hire in Reading?
Tell us the thickest branch, the access width, the rough volume and where the chip goes. Call Coppard on 0118 979 2828.
