Mulcher for 6 tonne excavator

[monkeybusiness]

I’m considering buying a mulcher for a 6 tonne digger - anyone have any recommendations/personal experience? 

[monkeybusiness]

Or is it a pointless exercise on a small digger like this? 

[LGP Eddie]

It only becomes pointless with unrealistic expectations.

If you wish to remove the usual bramble etc and anything up to about 4”, or just have a good old clear up at the end of a job you’ll be fine.

 

I recently worked with a 6 tonne JCB which had a Lipa Flail on, which I know has had an awful lot of hard use with no issues.

I was impressed with it’s performance for a swinging hammer flail, but once I took a look at the actual flails I could see why, as they were absolute monsters!

 

Guys are having great success with the Femac units, Osma from Exac-One have always been good.

FAE if you want to spend that sort of money, simply loads of choice.

 

Best advice is borrow/hire one before you purchase to see if it’ll do what you require?

 

 

 

 

Eddie.

[Stephen Blair]

I use a flail on my 3 tonner, it will do 4” stems but best to leave those bits for the lads with the saw.

  

[John Shutler]

Femac te80 rev forestal on a 6 tonne machine

took about 6-7hrs to clear this acre ish site 

[Matthew Storrs]

1 hour ago, Stephen Blair said:

I use a flail on my 3 tonner, it will do 4” stems but best to leave those bits for the lads with the saw.

  

Which flail is that Stephen? And what does it get through ‘comfortably’?

[monkeybusiness]

On 19/03/2019 at 21:23, John Shutler said:

Femac te80 rev forestal on a 6 tonne machine

took about 6-7hrs to clear this acre ish site 

Hi John - is that running flails or a caged rotor? Cheers

[Gray git]

Watching this with interest as looking for something for my 2.6.

[monkeybusiness]

On 19/03/2019 at 20:58, Stephen Blair said:

I use a flail on my 3 tonner, it will do 4” stems but best to leave those bits for the lads with the saw.

  

As previously asked - what flail is that boyo? 

[John Shutler]

11 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

Hi John - is that running flails or a caged rotor? Cheers