Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground?

   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #51  
Yes - certifiable. :unsure::giggle: Kidding. That might just work great. Hey - I've used my 3-point snow blower to pump and blow water out of a meadow pond. It was kind of messy - VERY wide field of broadcast - but it sure sucked it up and blew it over the ridge. There is no reason that the blower would not blow/broadcast the chips. Sure is worth a try.
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #52  
Mowing rocks?

The road crews in my area use chain flails. We have rocks, and the sumac needs cut back in late summer. (fresh growth sumac and sage might be comparable)
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #53  
Mowing rocks?

The road crews in my area use chain flails. We have rocks, and the sumac needs cut back in late summer. (fresh growth sumac and sage might be comparable)
Sumac is tough and fibrous. Sage is brittle, so anything that will mow sumac will certainly mow sage.
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #54  
After four years most all the sage stumps are dead. I found that I can pull the stump and root system with the grapple. I burn the stumps/roots because they will have dirt and stones that dull the chipper blades.

I wait until all the wildflowers have seed heads and then mow the entire area with my riding mower.
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground?
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#55  
Mowing rocks?

The road crews in my area use chain flails. We have rocks, and the sumac needs cut back in late summer. (fresh growth sumac and sage might be comparable)
Who makes a chain flail mower for a 70 hp tractor in the US?
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #56  
Who makes a chain flail mower for a 70 hp tractor in the US?
no idea, and I'm sure the crews won't have them out until after the snow melts. ;-)
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #57  
no idea, and I'm sure the crews won't have them out until after the snow melts. ;-)
Most of those highway department tractors are heavy utility machines with greater than 100hp.
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #58  
jyoutz - around here the city and county use some pretty HD equipment to keep the grass mowed back from their new concrete sidewalks. I know they could do this with smaller/lighter equipment. And it would be a whole lot easier for the operator

However - I do appreciate that they are making max use with the equipment they already have.

Their tractors are in the 120 to 150 hp range and they have those hydraulically extended rotary cutters.
 
   / Mulcher for sagebrush on rocky ground? #59  
jyoutz - around here the city and county use some pretty HD equipment to keep the grass mowed back from their new concrete sidewalks. I know they could do this with smaller/lighter equipment. And it would be a whole lot easier for the operator

However - I do appreciate that they are making max use with the equipment they already have.

Their tractors are in the 120 to 150 hp range and they have those hydraulically extended rotary cutters.
I see similar equipment used by the county and state roads departments.
 
 

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