Category: Scrub Clearance

Cut and collect flail working well

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Here, the video shows the Valtra 121 is fitted with a cut and collect flail to clear 5-year old scrub regrowth to help the chalk grassland and nearby Juniper. The site was cleared 5 years ago.  The ability of the machine to collect the cut materials prevents the nutrient level from being raised in the soil. This helps with chalk grassland and wildflowers as they prefer a low level of soil fertility to prevent being outcompeted by other species.

And the pics show Toby out on the cut and collect flail clearing scrub as part of chalk grassland management

 

 

 

cut and collect flail attached to the Valtra 121

Scrub clearance – mulching

Posted on by Debbie Newman

Erecting a new fence?  First, you need to find the one you are replacing…. (happily made easy with the Robo Flail!) (pic 1)

And the Robo Flail out and about in Cheltenham at the end of September. (pics 2 & 3)

And if you thought we had pensioned off our other mulching machinery, see our ‘proper’ Seppi mulcher out mid-August, clearing an area for ground investigation (no sound with this video)

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Scrub Clearance with the Robo Flail

Posted on by Debbie Newman

The Robo flail clearing paths alongside the River Test

Our project here on this world-famous chalk stream was to clear the paths alongside the riverside for access and for fishermen.

From Wiki: “The River Test is a chalk stream in Hampshire. Much of the Test is a 438-hectare (1,080-acre) biological SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][3] The river is used for fly fishing for trout from its source to its tidal limit”

For more scrub and mulch info, please click here

 

scrub clearance along the River Test

Robo fail clearing – before and after 

Posted on by Debbie Newman

This project is part of a programme to control Hemlock, which will be treated next spring to prevent re-growth.

From The Wildlife Trusts website:   “A poisonous plant, hemlock has a repellent smell when its leaves are crushed, helping to ensure that accidental poisonings don’t occur very often – even livestock studiously avoid it. This biennial plant prefers damp places and can grow in huge colonies on waste ground, riverbanks and ditches, but can also be seen along roadside verges. It produces umbels (umbrella-like clusters) of white flowers in June and July”.

Robo flail before and after