Undergrowth Clearance...Ideas pls?

[chunk]

Hi All,

 

One of our regular customers has asked us to clear 4 acres of 'brush / scrub' , this isnt our usual type of work but the customer wants us to do it!

 

The terrain is uneven and boggy as its close to a river and there are 2 drainage gullys about 10m wide, 5 m deep and 100m long

 

any advice on machines to use?

 

TA!

[Mark Bolam]

Flail on a Bobcat or similar.

Garth MC Garth would know.

[slack ma girdle]

If it is boggy, then it will be expensive as you will need specialist machinery that won't sink. It might be easier to split the area in thirds and cut a third every year with brush cutters and burn the scrub.

What ever you do it will be a long hard slog.

Enjoy

[Matthew Storrs]

if its flailable, if not digger and grab and bonfire

[Matthew Storrs]

but depends how boggy, obviously tracked machines have the lowest ground pressure but the digger arm is useful for a) pulling yourself out of the **** if you get a wee stuck. b) reaching over uneven areas. u can get digger flails too

[Charlieh]

softrac and flail or an AVS skidsteer type machine would be best bet

 

or a set up such as a lgp 360 with flail on it, such as this

 

which belongs to a member on here ( LGPeddie )

[dent]

we have been clearing woods for the last couple of days just using brushcutters it might take a while but everyone i work with enjoys it

an fs 450 will handle most things and one of the varios specialist heads the brogios banned but others are available

[chunk]

cheers guys, i was thinking a 360 with teh flail head for the drainage ditches and somethink like an avant with a flail head as its got adjustable height.

 

the brambles are up to 5 / 6 foot in places!

[garth mc garth]

Wouldn't bother with an avant or asv skidsteer if the ground is really snotty as you will be calling for a digger to pull you out as once they bottom out you are done for. Also if it's really wet you will push the timber into the ground as you pass over it and still need a 360 and rake on site to flick it out and make another pass to mulch it properly.

[Matthew Storrs]

Wouldn't bother with an avant or asv skidsteer if the ground is really snotty as you will be calling for a digger to pull you out as once they bottom out you are done for. Also if it's really wet you will push the timber into the ground as you pass over it and still need a 360 and rake on site to flick it out and make another pass to mulch it properly.

 

Never used a rake on a digger, but they could be just the tool for scrub clearance, cut, rake it into pile and probably get quite a good load lifting it on to bonfire too? a chainsaw operator and digger/ rake driver would make 4 acres scrub look pretty silly after a couple of days, depending on density.