Mini/midi ex land clearing on slope

[Hay Dude]

Customer wants 12 acres of autumn olive, vines and small sweet gum cleared. Its all on a moderate slope. Too steep for my farm tractor with my 15 bush hog without possibility of getting stuck this time of year. Thinking of renting tracked skiddy with ambusher. Wondered if I want to consider mini ex with mulcher head.
Never mulched with one on a slope. Thought it would be more gentle on the ground to sit with blade facing downhill and rotate. Cant make a big tracked-up mess of this estate.
Am I on the right track so to speak? Would mini ex mulcher work ok on slope compared to tracked skiddy? Leave less ground disturbance?
On edit: also mulcher head on mini would pulverize those invasives into sawdust. Ambusher skiddy mower going to leave much bigger trash.

 

[EddieWalker]

Wish I could help, but I'm just curious what everyone else has to say. This sounds like it could be very interesting!!!

 

[Peter 315]

I think the mini ex mulcher because you have more reach might be half the tracks compared to the skid steer...

 

[Ortimber]

Pictures?

 

[Hay Dude]

I have never seen a mini-midi with a mulcher head for RENT in my area. I could probably get enough work to justify buying a used midi/mulcher set up for 40k, but Im not sure enough to take the plunge. :laughing:
I can rent a skiddy with front brush mower anytime pretty cheap.

 

[4570Man]

I have never seen a mini-midi with a mulcher head for RENT in my area. I could probably get enough work to justify buying a used midi/mulcher set up for 40k, but Im not sure enough to take the plunge. :laughing:
I can rent a skiddy with front brush mower anytime pretty cheap.

How much is that? I’ve only found one place in town willing to rent one of those with a real muncher not disk mower and they wanted 1500 per day.

 

[grsthegreat]

the guy that did 2 acres of brush, dead trees (beetle kill) and branches used a 100 HP skid steer tracked unit and a front forestry mulcher. he did a super quick job. can handle hills and slopes easily. that thing just shredded everything...even roots.

 

[OWTM]

Customer wants 12 acres of autumn olive, vines and small sweet gum cleared. Its all on a moderate slope. Too steep for my farm tractor with my 15 bush hog without possibility of getting stuck this time of year. Thinking of renting tracked skiddy with ambusher. Wondered if I want to consider mini ex with mulcher head.
Never mulched with one on a slope. Thought it would be more gentle on the ground to sit with blade facing downhill and rotate. Cant make a big tracked-up mess of this estate.
Am I on the right track so to speak? Would mini ex mulcher work ok on slope compared to tracked skiddy? Leave less ground disturbance?
On edit: also mulcher head on mini would pulverize those invasives into sawdust. Ambusher skiddy mower going to leave much bigger trash.

Mini Excavator would work but will be considerably slower, any type of mulcher or forestry head requires considerable horsepower. My Kubota KX057-4 Excavator is right at 13,000 lb but only 47.6 Horsepower with 19.8 GPM Flow Rate at 2490 PSI, Compare that to the SVL 95 Track Loader at 11,300lbs But 96.4 HP with 23.1 GPM and 3553 PSI and thats not even the high flow

 

[Hay Dude]

Mini Excavator would work but will be considerably slower, any type of mulcher or forestry head requires considerable horsepower. My Kubota KX057-4 Excavator is right at 13,000 lb but only 47.6 Horsepower with 19.8 GPM Flow Rate at 2490 PSI, Compare that to the SVL 95 Track Loader at 11,300lbs But 96.4 HP with 23.1 GPM and 3553 PSI and thats not even the high flow

Yeah but the mini ex head is 1/2 the size of the skiddy head.

 

[Hay Dude]

Just so all know: if I rent a skid steer, it will have a rotary brush mower, NOT a mulcher head, so it won’t do as clean of a job, but its a $500/day rent not a $1200/day rent.
Would like to rent a skid with a mulcher, but I don’t want to scare them off with the price. :confused3: