Rhody Bash and Burn

[roys]

Even a 1.5 tonne machine with basic grapple would be a revelation? A weeks hire is way cheaper than you could ever imagine, use hardly any fuel and will end up the cheapest man on the job.

If you get one with expanding tracks it only needs 1metre to squeeze through.

Ask around local, someone will be running one.

 

 

Eddie.

 

Want one:biggrin: anyone got one 2nd hand for sale?

[LGP Eddie]

Want one:biggrin: anyone got one 2nd hand for sale?

 

Fill your boots with this Thread, plenty of inspiration here and loads of guys on Arbtalk have their own "cheapest man on the job" now.

 

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/large-equipment/53653-digger-grapples-5.html

 

 

 

Eddie.

[richy_B]

Even a 1.5 tonne machine with basic grapple would be a revelation? A weeks hire is way cheaper than you could ever imagine, use hardly any fuel and will end up the cheapest man on the job.

If you get one with expanding tracks it only needs 1metre to squeeze through.

Ask around local, someone will be running one.

 

 

Eddie.

 

That's my set up. Komatsu pc14, expanding tracks, manual RSL grab.

[LGP Eddie]

That's my set up. Komatsu pc14, expanding tracks, manual RSL grab.

 

Is he the cheapest, hardest working guy you've ever had?

 

 

Eddie

[richy_B]

Is he the cheapest, hardest working guy you've ever had?

 

 

Eddie

 

Indeed he is, but his conversation is terrible!

 

I think an 'arb digger' is one of those things you don't realise you need till you have one. Then you never want to go back. Obviously there is a capital cost but running costs are a pound an hour I'd say.

 

The thumb grab is a huge benefit. You just need to ensure careful not to lift too much...

[roys]

This is just a wee pic of one of the piles of rhody I add to on a daily basis, and my wee ginger dog:)

[scbk]

The only thing to watch with burning rhody is due to the shape of the stems (big tangled mess) it doesn't always "sit down" on a fire very well, so it burns out in the middle. Obviously helps to cut the stems into smaller pieces.

 

 

 

Another suggestion, assuming you don't get a digger in! Send someone round with a strimmer with a mulching blade to try and reduce the volume of the thinner stuff and make a bit of room!

[roys]

Got a FS450 with the 3 pointed blade of doom that my wife uses on a regular basis for whacking down the rushes.

Thanks scbk for the advice.

[scbk]

Is it a mulcher blade with the turned down ends? They are the best

[roys]

No it is a flat blade, like a Chinese throwing star on steroid.