advice needed for removing wood and brash from steep garden

[inthewoods]

Steady on sweetheart

 

Whats an argocat got to do with anything???? Completely different type of machine. A simple google search would have pointed that out to you.

 

I said kit available TO ME and the OP was looking at alternate ideas.

 

The alstor costs me about £100 more than a groundy, for the day.

So perfectly viable imo.

 

Calm down darling!

I can use Google & I did, looks like a nice bit of kit... If you're in the woods & shifting cordwood.

Argocat twas the only thing with 8x8 that came to mind.

So you'd hire one in for this job would you?!

[josharb87]

Calm down darling!

I can use Google & I did, looks like a nice bit of kit... If you're in the woods & shifting cordwood.

Argocat twas the only thing with 8x8 that came to mind.

So you'd hire one in for this job would you?!

 

 

If access allowed yes (OP mentioned fences could be removed)

 

My reasonings:

 

Costs (with operator) £100 more than a groundy. Others on here have mentioned chucking "a load" of guys at the job. This sounds more expensive, although more inside the box thinking.

"A load" of guys would frustrate me. Id get frustrated at the ones not pulling their weight.

 

Just because its designed to work in the woods shifting cord doesn't mean it can't be used in a garden shifting branches!

 

Its far more viable IMO than a quad-quads are useless at dragging stuff up hill and would need to do many more trips to extract everything. The alstor is great at shifting loads up hill in comparison.

 

Someone mentioned a mini digger.....that would need hundreds of very slow trips to get everything out.

 

No faffing around winching trees and branches up, maybe redirecting and winching again, dragging to final resting place, manually stacking.

Winching here sounds slow imo.

 

no manual handling - crane, grab and rotator does most the work.

 

I don't have access to petrol winches, or any decent winch tbh.

 

Felling and shifting everything looks like an easy day for 2 guys and the machine.

And IMO the most cost effective option.

 

However, i don't know the uk prices or availability of Alstors, and i wouldn't own one-too expensive and unreliable!

[inthewoods]

 

If access allowed yes (OP mentioned fences could be removed)

 

My reasonings:

 

Costs (with operator) £100 more than a groundy. Others on here have mentioned chucking "a load" of guys at the job. This sounds more expensive, although more inside the box thinking.

"A load" of guys would frustrate me. Id get frustrated at the ones not pulling their weight.

 

Just because its designed to work in the woods shifting cord doesn't mean it can't be used in a garden shifting branches!

 

Its far more viable IMO than a quad-quads are useless at dragging stuff up hill and would need to do many more trips to extract everything. The alstor is great at shifting loads up hill in comparison.

 

Someone mentioned a mini digger.....that would need hundreds of very slow trips to get everything out.

 

No faffing around winching trees and branches up, maybe redirecting and winching again, dragging to final resting place, manually stacking.

Winching here sounds slow imo.

 

no manual handling - crane, grab and rotator does most the work.

 

I don't have access to petrol winches, or any decent winch tbh.

 

Felling and shifting everything looks like an easy day for 2 guys and the machine.

And IMO the most cost effective option.

 

However, i don't know the uk prices or availability of Alstors, and i wouldn't own one-too expensive and unreliable!

 

Fair enough & each to their own, cheers.

Let's be fair, the self employed amongst us always want to do it 'their' way.. Guess that's why we're self employed! :-)

[josharb87]

Let's be fair, the self employed amongst us always want to do it 'their' way.. Guess that's why we're self employed! :-)

 

 

Thats probably the main reason i went SE!

[drinksloe]

Must admit i agree with a lot of wot josh arb say's.

 

Quads are useless at dragging stuff esp up hill, have a habit of just sitting with all 4 wheels spinning even on dry ground.

 

Same with winches most are pretty slow designed for heavy loads, whereas ur really wanting a faster winch as i doubt ur dealing with heavy loads. Ur tractor pto winches can be quick but its more/bigger plant all to hire and get access

Thats where a quad would be quite handy, using it to pull ur winch rope instead of a winch, if u coupled it with an 'A' frame or better still use the top of the 1st tree to anchor ur block up high.

A quad should be more than capable of pulling a decent load when its on the flat and esp if nose of the load is lifted so not digging in, even use some tarp/build a lightwieght sledge to decrease drag further.

 

However u get the trees up u are still left with a massive probelm of putting them all throu a chipper and dealing with the chips.

 

I'd seriously look at the fire option saves an awful lot of work, and if u get the fire really really going before u stick any branches on is less smoke and it just rises very quickly and doesnae hang around, esp if u pick a nice windy day ideally blowing aay from the neighbours houses