How I built a home-made mulcher

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In this video I show you how i built a little mulcher with an old strimmer engine and a washing machine drum. It worked out pretty well but make sure you watch till the end because i did end up making a few little changes.
I do want to get an electric one I can run off of our solar eventually but for now this will do the job. The fuel we are saving by using the kebtek electric shears to clear land instead of our strimmer is now allocated to this mulcher so at least we are not using more fuel than before.

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[thewheallons]

A great use of "stuff" that you were hoarding!!!
Much better than having to burn everything.
Look forward to your next build

[johnpierce]

Need to get some pallets and make some compost bin out there on the terraces and fill it up For future compost for your garden each terrace needs to have a bench so you can sit down and enjoy look over your land and also to take a break your compost bins Will gives you free Compost in a couple years .That was a brilliant idea you had for that Mulch machine and You gave me a good idea you clever guy 👏👏👏👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

[keepinitfarmy]

The cycle powered washing machine attempt was awesome. I love the use of the "rubbish". I know so many people my age that simply throw away so many nice things. Always appreciate a resourceful and frugal mind. Great job!

[ruthconstantino]

Luke, you are so resourceful! Genius. AMAZING how much you got mulched!

[daffs]

Wow you are so clever your thought process is like my husbands 😁

[carolemattina]

Wwwaaaawww well done 👏 👍👍👍you've got some imagination! Awesome job with the bushes afterwards...you're land will be clean up in no time 👍👍👍

[jazzswinglish]

What a great use of old stuff. Not sure if it is necessary or would work but how about fitting some sort of blades around the drum to give a finer mulch.

[rgarizonahomestead]

nice build thanks for sharing and have a great day

[FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife]

I cant believe how well it worked!
I had a tinker with the new engine for Luke and it is now Race Tuned 😂😂
I have subscribed to help the Algorithm 😊

[YoureNowOnTV]

Interesting. If you made the throttle like a pedal you could power it up when needed instead of running it flat chat. It would use less fuel I guess too. My Line trimmer hates being run 100% without resting it.

[dirkbelmans]

Hey Luke…. Insane machine… 😉 just count your fingers at the end of the day using it… if you still count 10 fingers… you're good to go for the next day… 😊 and also looks like a nice ice crusher for cocktails… just dropping some tips… ;-)

[TheHuntermj]

If you attach a piece of tube that goes down to just before the blades you should be able to mulch the sticks too!

[pollyjazz]

Genius! Love your new diy mulcher! I also love turning junk into useful things. All that mulch is going to be great for your veg garden. 💕 😘

[michelehernandez]

Fantastic job!! what a great idea. Are you going to do all the bushes like the stems? Maybe there is a way to get it all kinda in one place and not having it blow all over.. Just wondering if there is another way to keep it all in one space

[porcientoorganico]

Well done, what have you done to reduce Noise. And what does it Work with sugar Cane vagase.

[portugal]

I've got a 5 litre v8 spare if u want to stick that on it!?🤣

[cameltube-vkel]

I came here looking for way to make a mulch keeper\rotate-er thingy thinking about mulch-bladed-shredder-thingy he he. NOW I definitely am not tossing the machine out! Kids be advised at my house I am keeping it MAn you can find anything on YouTube ~ USA
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[melinda]

Well I sure don't know how I missed this! Today in one of the video's, yes, with BluEtti, Luke mentioned a washing machine. I know I haven't seen him on the bike in like forever, THAT CRACKED ME UP!, (actually it looked like something my Dad would rig up and make his 2 daughters use). Anyway, this is Brilliant! Is it still usable? Just wondering.

[danfarnsworth]

That washing machine drum looks awfully flimsy compared to the drum I have. I got my drum from an old top loading washing machine, USA made. It's solid steel, and I don't think any such usage would damage it so quickly, if at all.

[DayTrader__]

But by the time you can spend the money on the parts you have if you don’t have them or the time it takes to build that you could save the money on the parts and work a few extra hours on your job and buy a brand new one.
I mean, even Amazon has one for $130 bucks.
Idk, that’s just me.