DoosanFan
Well-Known Member
Good day all,
I am looking for information on a specific type of forestry land prep tool that was developed in the '90s in Australia and New Zealand, I believe it was called a "Spot Mounder", with one of the manufacturers being one "Wilco Products". The tool was fixed to an excavator in place of a bucket and was used with a ripping tine to create planting mounds for tree seedlings. I am lead to believe it is still in use, but information is very scarce.
In my perusing of the internet, I have not been able to find technical specifications for one of these, nor really any current manufacturers of said attachment. Does anyone have information about one of these, or similar?
Being in forestry in Africa, we're looking at soil prep methods that are less labour intensive and that can handle a wide variety of soil types, with the key focus being on breaking down impediments to root growth, and minimum tillage, and this tool seems to have had great success in the past, so we would like to resurrect the concept for use over here.
I have attached two images of the tool by way of explanation.
I am looking for information on a specific type of forestry land prep tool that was developed in the '90s in Australia and New Zealand, I believe it was called a "Spot Mounder", with one of the manufacturers being one "Wilco Products". The tool was fixed to an excavator in place of a bucket and was used with a ripping tine to create planting mounds for tree seedlings. I am lead to believe it is still in use, but information is very scarce.
In my perusing of the internet, I have not been able to find technical specifications for one of these, nor really any current manufacturers of said attachment. Does anyone have information about one of these, or similar?
Being in forestry in Africa, we're looking at soil prep methods that are less labour intensive and that can handle a wide variety of soil types, with the key focus being on breaking down impediments to root growth, and minimum tillage, and this tool seems to have had great success in the past, so we would like to resurrect the concept for use over here.
I have attached two images of the tool by way of explanation.