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Hello everybody, new to this forum. I need some expert opinion on a clearing job.
I am working at a plantation in Central America and we are clearing some land to make room for plants. The land used to be mostly used for cattle, so today it is a mix of 1. grassland with very little trees, 2. land with overgrown shrub with some trees about 4-5inch diameter and 3. some very few areas with denser shrub with trees ranging from 3 - 20 inch in diameter.
So far we have been using using bulldozers to bring down trees complete with the stumps and pile them with the shrub into neat linear piles. This is done in specific areas as to not interfere with the lines where the plants will be planted.
Given local regulation, we are not allowed to burn the piles after clearing the area so we have as of today some 150 miles of piles, which are becoming a problem as the larger ones are interfering with the lines where we are supposed to plant. Additionally they have the potential of becoming hosts to plagues.
As of today we have around 150 miles of piles and still have 6,000 Acres (mixed state as previously described) to clear. We are looking into acquiring a mulcher such as the Fecon 148 to eat into the piles and to improve the clearing logistics (we would no longer need to use the dozers to bring down the trees or organize them into piles). Any advice on the mulcher? Is there another way of doing this that is more efficient (cheaper)? How many meters could a mulcher go through in one hour? We also have some cat320s that could be fitted with mulching heads, but that seems less efficient than a Fecon 148 to me.
Will be posting some pictures later today to get a better idea. Thanks for any advice.
I am working at a plantation in Central America and we are clearing some land to make room for plants. The land used to be mostly used for cattle, so today it is a mix of 1. grassland with very little trees, 2. land with overgrown shrub with some trees about 4-5inch diameter and 3. some very few areas with denser shrub with trees ranging from 3 - 20 inch in diameter.
So far we have been using using bulldozers to bring down trees complete with the stumps and pile them with the shrub into neat linear piles. This is done in specific areas as to not interfere with the lines where the plants will be planted.
Given local regulation, we are not allowed to burn the piles after clearing the area so we have as of today some 150 miles of piles, which are becoming a problem as the larger ones are interfering with the lines where we are supposed to plant. Additionally they have the potential of becoming hosts to plagues.
As of today we have around 150 miles of piles and still have 6,000 Acres (mixed state as previously described) to clear. We are looking into acquiring a mulcher such as the Fecon 148 to eat into the piles and to improve the clearing logistics (we would no longer need to use the dozers to bring down the trees or organize them into piles). Any advice on the mulcher? Is there another way of doing this that is more efficient (cheaper)? How many meters could a mulcher go through in one hour? We also have some cat320s that could be fitted with mulching heads, but that seems less efficient than a Fecon 148 to me.
Will be posting some pictures later today to get a better idea. Thanks for any advice.
