searcyfarms
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
Just finished running 75 hours on a rotary mulcher unit. ( vail ) after doing this job was wondering how a drum mulcher would fair in productivity - I was cutting primarily 1 to 4 inch trees and then scattered cedars, wild plum thickets, multiflower rose bushes, so had a lot of rotary cutting and I have to say the mulcher did a bang up job on the smaller stuff and didnt have to change heads.
The teeth wore down and dulled a lot trying to scalp the stobbs off at the surface. Very few rocks so would have been a good area for a mulcher head in the thicker/bigger stuff possibly.
My big question is does a drum mulcher head do very good just mowing and not having to scalp and back drag?
Also, how long do the teeth on a drum mulcher last vs this tooth type on a rotary mulcher from all the back dragging and dirt contact.
Just finished running 75 hours on a rotary mulcher unit. ( vail ) after doing this job was wondering how a drum mulcher would fair in productivity - I was cutting primarily 1 to 4 inch trees and then scattered cedars, wild plum thickets, multiflower rose bushes, so had a lot of rotary cutting and I have to say the mulcher did a bang up job on the smaller stuff and didnt have to change heads.
The teeth wore down and dulled a lot trying to scalp the stobbs off at the surface. Very few rocks so would have been a good area for a mulcher head in the thicker/bigger stuff possibly.
My big question is does a drum mulcher head do very good just mowing and not having to scalp and back drag?
Also, how long do the teeth on a drum mulcher last vs this tooth type on a rotary mulcher from all the back dragging and dirt contact.