Abstract: A processor can chip and shred vegetation, including wood and one or more of various other materials, such as agricultural products, yard and garden debris or forestry brush and waste. The processor includes a housing having a hopper opening. A rotor is rotatably mounted in the housing. A driver such as a motor or drive shaft is adapted to drive the rotor. Cutters are mounted on the rotor to swing past the hopper opening. A hopper is mounted at the hopper opening on the housing for feeding material toward and past the cutters. The processor is structured to process wood having a rated diameter but the hopper opening is sized to accept various other materials in amounts exceeding the rated diameter.

Abstract: A processor can chip and shred vegetation including wood and one or more of various other materials such as agricultural products, yard and garden debris, or forestry brush and waste. This processor has a housing with a hopper opening. Also included is a rotor that is rotatably mounted in the housing and has a non-uniform radial dimension. The processor has a drive means that is adapted to drive the rotor. A cutter is mounted on the rotor to swing past the hopper opening. A hopper is mounted at the hopper opening on the housing for feeding the material toward and past the cutter. The processor also has at least one flail mounted alongside the rotor to rotate relative thereto in a full circle. The flails interdigitate with the fixed cutter mounted on the inside of the rotor housing at the periphery of the rotor.