Hiring mulchers... questions?

[TomorrowsForests]

Hi everyone,

 

Looking for some info on heavy equipment rental, in particular a mulcher.

 

Is it possible to hire the machine without the operator anywhere?

 

What area of land can a good operator process in a day?

 

Is there any recommendations on a feller buncher rental.. again without an operator would be ideal.

 

What kind of ballpark prices am i looking at?

 

Any advise and idea's welcome.

 

Cheers

Nick

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Is it possible to hire the machine without the operator anywhere?

 

No one is going to rent out a six-figure machine to someone unfamiliar with the particular machine. No money to be saved by self drive. Takes a good few seasons to get good at operating.

[Gray git]

Get in contact with someone like rgb forestry, practicality Browns who have those machines and do it day in day out and the cost of the operator will seem like nothing compared to the extra production familiarity with the equipment will bring.

[Brushcutter]

Hi everyone,

 

Looking for some info on heavy equipment rental, in particular a mulcher.

 

Is it possible to hire the machine without the operator anywhere?

 

What area of land can a good operator process in a day?

 

Is there any recommendations on a feller buncher rental.. again without an operator would be ideal.

 

What kind of ballpark prices am i looking at?

 

Any advise and idea's welcome.

 

Cheers

Nick

 

All depends on ground conditions what size stuff you want to mulch and if your doing it with a 360 with power pack or a tracked mulcher or a tractor and mulcher. Most of the skill of doing it come from the operator not overloading it, they are effectively the no stress unit.

 

Not sure of anybody who would rent this sort of stuff. Its hard enough to rent a tractor & timber trailer let alone a mulcher.

 

As for a Buncher why do you want one? Whole pole normally means a lot of mess and a massive landing. Also you need some why of processing this massive amount of timber which means another 360 with either a head or a static processor. I can think of only one person who has a buncher in the UK off the top of my head. Noisy unwealdy things they are and take multi steming with a head to a whole massive tree level. If its good timber use a harvester, if its poor mulch it, if there is value hand cut it and short wood it out.

[aspenarb]

All depends on ground conditions what size stuff you want to mulch and if your doing it with a 360 with power pack or a tracked mulcher or a tractor and mulcher. Most of the skill of doing it come from the operator not overloading it, they are effectively the no stress unit.

 

Not sure of anybody who would rent this sort of stuff. Its hard enough to rent a tractor & timber trailer let alone a mulcher.

 

As for a Buncher why do you want one? Whole pole normally means a lot of mess and a massive landing. Also you need some why of processing this massive amount of timber which means another 360 with either a head or a static processor. I can think of only one person who has a buncher in the UK off the top of my head. Noisy unwealdy things they are and take multi steming with a head to a whole massive tree level. If its good timber use a harvester, if its poor mulch it, if there is value hand cut it and short wood it out.

 

I agree, I think hell would freeze over before mulchers are hired out without an experienced operator. Paul Vigen did have a buncher gatherer , worth a

try Ascot Tree Services - Gallery

 

Bob

[mattplace]

This company were at the confor woodland show earlier this month with a big "self drive" sign on their stand.

http://www.skidsteerhire.mobi/pages.php?id=2579

[PeteB]

Alan Oldfield at Beaver Plant at Stamford Bridge has a Forestry spec base unit with the full one kit! Call him for details....

[aspenarb]

This company were at the confor woodland show earlier this month with a big "self drive" sign on their stand.

Bobcat Skidsteer & Tracked Loader Hire

 

Thats probably a good machine for romping through bramble and small stuff Matt but its hardly a forestry mulcher. They advertise their bigger machine as capable of up to 8" ?? its a 90 ish HP machine, with the HP the machine uses and the pumping losses through the pipework there must only be about 40hp at the head, that will be very very slow going on lop and top in a forestry application. That said it will have its place in the market.

 

Bob

[Bruks]

RG Blakey Forestry Ltd

Might be of use

[Gray git]

You've got some fantastic gear going on now bud, really would like to see the brunks in full flow some day.