All your chippers are rubbish...

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

That is a Denis-Cimaf head. Best that money can buy, period.

[Wood wasp]

I know some woodland is infected but I struggle to understand this fad for mulching woodland when there's a shortage of timber. I've never seen a private woodland being mulched, only ever FC or quango owned woodland

[Ty Korrigan]

Needs a Dyson attachment...

Ty

[Brushcutter]

I know some woodland is infected but I struggle to understand this fad for mulching woodland when there's a shortage of timber. I've never seen a private woodland being mulched, only ever FC or quango owned woodland

 

It's cheaper. If your good with them you can re space and do all the understory work. It's one operator with one machine and one lot of transport costs. More than likely someone has already done the sums and gone down the mulcher route as cut & extract is more than the value of the timber.

[Wood wasp]

I'm sure on occasional site they are without doubt the best option but how often do you

see a privately owned woodland being churned into the ground?

 

That's what makes me think they're the preserve of the public sector who must spend their budgets and where left hand doesn't know what right is doing. For example one site in central Scotland with good access to mills/chip producers is having thousands of tons spruce mulched because someone wants to turn it into a peatbog... Its FC land

[Brushcutter]

I'm sure on occasional site they are without doubt the best option but how often do you

see a privately owned woodland being churned into the ground?

 

That's what makes me think they're the preserve of the public sector who must spend their budgets and where left hand doesn't know what right is doing. For example one site in central Scotland with good access to mills/chip producers is having thousands of tons spruce mulched because someone wants to turn it into a peatbog... Its FC land

 

I could think of a few sites where a mulching flail would open up rides and it would be the best tool.

[aspenarb]

Our mulchers are out all year round on site clearance , laurel / rhody bashing and shoots. There`s a time and place for everything and they are not for someones back garden.

 

Bob

[Brett]

..... the look on mrs migginsies face when you drive this through her begonias and obliterate her hedge in 35 seconds.......

[RobRainford]

..... the look on mrs migginsies face when you drive this through her begonias and obliterate her hedge in 35 seconds.......

 

 

You would get a perfectly level hedge though

[Wood wasp]

I could think of a few sites where a mulching flail would open up rides and it would be the best tool.

 

Yes of course, great tools for the right job. I wasn't clear in meaning that I can't understand this growing tendency to mow down commercial softwood, course nothing should really surprise me these days!

 

Talking of which, get ready for another dose of insanity, some of you mulcher chaps might get good bit of work out of it though!!

 

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