Overton Day #5

Tidying that bloke's garden again... However I got to have a go on the wood chipper which did break the monotony. Much more fun to drag branches that other people have had to cart around and throw them into the big massive grindy teeth and watch them get ripped to a pulp. I was quite surprised by the size of the lumps these things can mash up; they're pretty bloody powerful. The only annoying thing is that the grab the branches and pull them in. As you put the thick end in first that means you get lots of little spiky branches whipping around behind you which can really cut you up and bruise you if you're not quick enough to get out of the way...

The wood chipper did get clogged up a few times though, which meant we ended up with a massive backlog of brush to pulp up. Ironically this probably made the place a much bigger fire hazard as we had basically moved a forest 50 foot to the right and piled it up in nice easy to burn piles. But the owner of the land found a car he forgot he had after we'd cleared the place out a bit so he didn't mind too much.