Undergrowth Clearance...Ideas pls?

[chunk]

well its not like bogland but i think with all the rain, and near the river and under so much cover it dont get much chance to dry out

[AHPP]

Chemicals and napalm (perfectly serious suggestion by the way)?

[Joy Yeomans]

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.

 

ours is for hire, with operator, brash rake and 8 tonne digger with talan grab, if any help, used in pics recently for scrub/brash burning and stump removal for a large area, over 4 acres cleared in a few days - any help?

joy

[tommer9]

If it isnt so wet a tractor could travel on it then these guys would be worth speaking to. You can see the biobaler in action [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1l9oEjkLM]here[/ame].

[Billy]

360 13t+ with a few nice attacthments, flail, brush cutter or mulcher attachments, a rake or just toothed bucket and a thumb, or grab and rotator if you want to get really simple.

[agg221]

A couple of thoughts:

 

Metford Stevens: plant hire - groundworks - landscaping - scrub clearance - note they're available to hire, and state they're good for swampy ground.

 

However, from personal experience it's one thing getting it down, another getting enough of the roots of the scrub out to stop re-growth and make it handleable with normal mowing equipment. If they're prepared to pay the extra to get it done to that standard, I'm sure there's an outfit down in Kent which runs a tractor mounted unit that mulches through the soil to about a 4in depth - just can't find it at the moment.

 

Alec

[Khriss]

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!

Flail mulcher-tiz the way forward........Kx

[WoodED]

a few men equiped with fs480's and shredder blades attached

[eagleye]

what you need chunk my boy is a james

[wildsideltd]

hi we have a tracked mulcher which may do the job very low ground pressure. email me or call and we could discuss would need to look at it before committing [email protected] 07801861186