Best Wood Chipper For Making Mulch [My Top 4 Picks]

 

Are you looking for the best wood chipper for making mulch?

Well you’ve come to the right place because that’s exactly what I’ll be going over in this post.

These wood chippers will help create the best mulch possible. Mulch that will help improve moisture, improve fertility and the health of the soil, and reduce weed growth. Enhancing the visual appeal of the area.

SuperHandy Mini – Best Overall

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• Shreds up to 3 inches thick
• Gas powered
• 86.8lbs

Powerful engine

This wood chipper has plenty of power to shred through twigs, small branches, and leaves to create mulch.

It has a 212cc gas powered engine and can shred anything up to 3 inches in diameter, which is great if you have small branches you want to turn into mulch.

This wood chipper has a wide collar for you to guide branches, twigs, and leaves into the blades. It also helps keep you and your clothing far away from the blades.

This wood chipper doesn’t come with a collection bin. It has an adjustable exit chute so you can direct where your mulch lands, but this will create a pile of mulch.

You’ll then have to manually spread the mulch into an even layer in your garden.

Portable

If you are mulching in a backyard, an acreage, or as a landscaper, having a wood chipper that you can move to where you want the mulch to go to is crucial.

While at 86.8 lbs this isn’t the lightest wood chipper, it has a few features that makes it easy to transport.

It has large wheels and a convenient handle on its collar, so you can pull it by hand and reposition around the yard.

However, if you have a large lot and pulling the wood chipper by hand is inconvenient, SuperHandy offers a tow bar kit that can be purchased separately.

With this tow bar kit, you can hook up this wood chipper to an ATV or small tractor for easy transport.

Whatever the size of your mulching job, this wood chipper has the portability features to handle it.

Sun Joe CJ602E

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• Shred up to 1.5 inches thick
• Electric powered engine
• Weighs 26.2lbs

Lightweight

This is the lightest wood chipper on our list, weighing only 26.2 lbs. For its size, it has an impressive 15 amp electric motor that can shred twigs and small branches up to 1.5 inches thick. 

However, because it is such a compact design, this wood chipper doesn’t come with a collection bin. This means you’ll need to position your wood chipper where you want the mulch pile to be.

If you have a pile of twigs and brush in one part of your yard, and your garden patch in another, this may be a bit inconvenient.

Portable (near an outlet)

This SunJoe model has 6 inch wheels, so it’s easy to move around the yard to wherever you want your mulch to go. However, it is an electric wood chipper which means that it needs to be plugged into an electrical outlet.

Your wood chipper can only move as far as the extension cord will allow it. For a backyard, this won’t be too much of a problem. However, if you have a large lot or acreage, this may be more of a limitation.

As an electric wood chipper, this model is quieter than gas powered ones, so you won’t disturb your neighbors while creating mulch for your garden.

Budget-friendly

If you’re looking for a small wood chipper designed for residential use at a price that won’t break the bank, this is a fantastic model.

It’s not the most powerful wood chipper out there, but if you’re just looking at cleaning up twigs, leaves, and brush to create mulch for your garden, this will do a great job.

However, it’s not designed to be very powerful, so you’ll need to splurge on a more expensive wood chipper if you have more heavy duty tasks in mind.

Luckily, its price doesn’t compromise safety. It has an automatic motor shutoff if you open up the wood chipper, so you’ll be able to avoid dangerous accidents.

GreatCircleUSA Mini 

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• Shreds up to 2.5 inches thick
• Gas powered
• 80lbs

Powerful Gas Engine

A 196cc engine is what powers this wood chipper. With that much power, it can rip through twigs and even small branches up to 2.5 inches in diameter.

Plus, it has a wide feeding chute so you can load up yard debris to be quickly shredded into mulch. If you have a large lot or acreage with a lot of debris to clean, this speed and power will come in handy.

Portability

At 80 lbs, this is a bit heavier than some of the models on this list. However, with 13 inch wheels and a handle on the collar, it’s not difficult to move around a yard. 

If you have an acreage and lugging this wood chipper around by hand isn’t feasible, you can purchase a tow bar separately.

This lets you attach your wood chipper to an ATV or small tractor to easily transport longer distances.

This model doesn’t come with a collection bag though, so your wood chipper will just create a pile of mulch by its exit chute.

If the location of your twigs and branches is different than where you want the mulch to go, this can be a bit of a nuisance.

Sun Joe CJ603E

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• Shreds up to 1.73 inches thick
• Electric powered
• 38.6lbs

Collection Bin

For mulching, having a collection bin is incredibly convenient. You can move your wood chipper to all your piles of twigs or brush around your yard, and conveniently shred them where they lay.

Then, you can take the collection bin over to your garden to spread your freshly made mulch. 

This wood chipper is also very portable, as it’s only 38.6 lbs. It has 7 inch wheels so it’s easy to reposition around your yard to shred debris that is spread out over your backyard.

This model’s collection bin and portability alone make it a fantastic choice for mulching.

Electric Motor

This wood chipper model has a powerful 15 amp electric motor that shreds anything under 1.7 inches in diameter. If you’re looking to create mulch out of leaves, twigs, and brush, this model can quickly shred through those jobs.

While an electric motor is great for residential use because it’s quiet and doesn’t have fumes, you’ll need to be close to an electrical outlet. If you need a really powerful wood chipper to shred branches or have an acreage, then you may want to look at a gas-powered model.

Conclusion

The best wood chipper for making mulch is the SuperHandy Mini. It will shred branches up to 3 inches thick and shred leaves thanks to its 212cc gas powered engine. It weighs 86.8lbs/39.3kg and has wheels to help with transportation.

Hope you found what you were looking for in this guide.

Happy chipping!

– Adam