Peltojyrsin...some kind of logging slash mulcher

bcp · Jul 6, 2016

I really like what this logging slash mulcher does. The ground behind it looks almost ready for planting.

Bruce

hddnis · Jul 7, 2016

Torniolaisen P&J Herajarvi Oy:n telajyrsinkone - YouTube

Another bad boy in the rototiller world.

mulching consultant · Jul 11, 2016

Here is one made in USA

Forestry Mulchers - FMA839 Hydraulic & PTO Milling - YouTube

and another

Milling Machine Attachments - Fecon FMA828 - YouTube

bcp · Jul 11, 2016

Most mulcher videos and action I've seen leaves a mess behind, like the "before" scene at 1:14 in the first video. Maybe they just needed another pass. Or is that a different design machine?

Bruce

hddnis · Jul 11, 2016

The before picture is what is left after a masticator/brush mulcher goes through an area.

The machines leaving the nice tilled soil are the next step and often come through a year or more later after the wood has a chance to break down a little. They are closer to a road milling machine. The drums run hard carbide points that are not very sharp, but they are very wear resistant, allowing them to run in soil and even through rock.

Some mulchers can run down into the soil a little bit and leave a finer debris, but most of them are set up with sharp blades to process wood faster. Usually you want the woody debris to stay on the surface to prevent erosion and slow down regrowth of the brush. If you are turning overgrown brush into a farm field then you want to till in the woody debris and have it break down as quickly as possible.

One thing about the milling machine type tiller/mulchers is they burn a huge amount of fuel. One job I worked on the machine was running an 800 hp engine to drive the tiller. That thing was sucking off the fuel truck a couple times a day and I think it had a 300gal tank.

Hope that it explains it a little. The terms get blurred a little and different areas of the world call machines by different names so it can confuse things a bit.

bcp · Jul 11, 2016

That explains it. I've never seen the second step around here or on videos before. I can now find videos if I look for "soil milling."

Bruce

tonyoz · Jul 11, 2016

I wish the manufactures would make the heads as a true front mounted head and not a rear mounted head on the front of a carrier. The only true front mounted head Iv'e seen is the Tre-Eta made by a bloke in New Zealand. There is no reversing with that machine and it chews through everything to 12" deep in one pass and can do an acre an hour. There is a u-tube vid but I don't know how to post the link.