I had the smaller of yhe 2 mulchers our local man has here for a few hours today. First bit the side of a hill that had bushes pulled off it about 10 years ago , and wasnt followed up on. Big bit in pic was 1 hrs work approx. Well covered with furze , most 5 ft high but some more. Other bit just rushes. Soil is what deadens her down, not bushes rushes etc. €45 an hr. Well worth it. A Seppi 2-5 m mulcher on TM 155.
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id say by the time you've climbed through all the red tape the gloss might of gone off it but i might be wrong.
id also imagine that if they thought they could sell it to farmers they would be at it long ago.
Just wondering what you next move is by look of the pics you could broadcast grass seed?
I'm not sure SMID. I am more thinking of leaving it for the winter , as there is a bit of debris left on the ground, even if it is chopped up finely. I had a small heap of dung nearly beside it, and spread it on some of that yesterday. When I had the digger there , I stuck down the back bucket as a test. I was pleasantly surprised to find some soil there, a lot more than I expected anyway, as it is the side of a hill of poorish gravel. I wouldn't be inclined to plough it or even till it deep, unless you wanted to make a sundial of your behind, picking stones. I was thinking about re profiling the contour of the side of the hill , but I don't think it would make logical sense , from a cost point of view.
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The rolls Royce way would be to put a few round feeders on it and feed a few cattle for a couple of wet weeks over the winter, then just a run of the power Harrow in the spring. That's easier said than done though, but leaving it idle for the winter would be a big help.I'm not sure SMID. I am more thinking of leaving it for the winter , as there is a bit of debris left on the ground, even if it is chopped up finely. I had a small heap of dung nearly beside it, and spread it on some of that yesterday. When I had the digger there , I stuck down the back bucket as a test. I was pleasantly surprised to find some soil there, a lot more than I expected anyway, as it is the side of a hill of poorish gravel. I wouldn't be inclined to plough it or even till it deep, unless you wanted to make a sundial of your behind, picking stones. I was thinking about re profiling the contour of the side of the hill , but I don't think it would make logical sense , from a cost point of view.
I had the smaller of yhe 2 mulchers our local man has here for a few hours today. First bit the side of a hill that had bushes pulled off it about 10 years ago , and wasnt followed up on. Big bit in pic was 1 hrs work approx. Well covered with furze , most 5 ft high but some more. Other bit just rushes. Soil is what deadens her down, not bushes rushes etc. €45 an hr. Well worth it. A Seppi 2-5 m mulcher on TM 155.
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i had a twyman one of them out on demo one time, and i ended up buying a kuhn one of them but i brought her back after a month, she just wouldnt cut rushes no matter what way she was set up.I had the smaller of yhe 2 mulchers our local man has here for a few hours today. First bit the side of a hill that had bushes pulled off it about 10 years ago , and wasnt followed up on. Big bit in pic was 1 hrs work approx. Well covered with furze , most 5 ft high but some more. Other bit just rushes. Soil is what deadens her down, not bushes rushes etc. €45 an hr. Well worth it. A Seppi 2-5 m mulcher on TM 155.
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I tink but I'm not sure the seppi ones are streets ahead of any other brand of flail typei had a twyman one of them out on demo one time, and i ended up buying a kuhn one of them but i brought her back after a month, she just wouldnt cut rushes no matter what way she was set up.
maybe they like stuff the shatters more than stuff that just sits on the flail dulling it to a hammer effect then yeah, she might be a good job.
i say that because if you look up the specs of one they are only rated for about 70-80 hp usually.
you can throw whatever you like at her after that but all you will end up doing is burning off the belts and leaving the tiny gearbox and outer bearing on her glowing.
found the bit she tried to cut horrid slow.
the twyman was the better of the two tho, but only marginally.
she didnt look like she would take too well to getin bounced about on rough roads, the sliding tubes didnt look too heavy to me either hot rolled steel or not.
im not running them down, just going on what i experienced of them.
i had a twyman one of them out on demo one time, and i ended up buying a kuhn one of them but i brought her back after a month, she just wouldnt cut rushes no matter what way she was set up.
maybe they like stuff the shatters more than stuff that just sits on the flail dulling it to a hammer effect then yeah, she might be a good job.
i say that because if you look up the specs of one they are only rated for about 70-80 hp usually.
you can throw whatever you like at her after that but all you will end up doing is burning off the belts and leaving the tiny gearbox and outer bearing on her glowing.
found the bit she tried to cut horrid slow.
the twyman was the better of the two tho, but only marginally.
she didnt look like she would take too well to getin bounced about on rough roads, the sliding tubes didnt look too heavy to me either hot rolled steel or not.
im not running them down, just going on what i experienced of them.
http://www.seppi.com/en/mulcher-mower-shredder-tiller-stump-grinder/mulchers-heavy-duty/wbs-fh.htmlAs 6920 is just after saying now, the Seppi seems to be miles ahead of other mulchers. It wasn't the owner working it, but his son, who wasn't sure on some of the facts and figures etc of the machine. They bought a Bomford back maybe 10 years ago, but have done as much this season with the Seppi as they ever did with the Bomford, as they couldn't stop the belts slipping on it, even in rushes . I was mightily impressed with the Seppis work. As you can see , some of the furze were higher than the TM. He would set into them with the mulcher lifted 12-18 inches , drop it and drive out over it. Not a bother to it, unless there happened to be a heap of clay or a bank . He did 30 acres of rushes for 1 man, on land that floods occasionally. He did say that heavy rushes deaden it down more than bushes . He chopped up a whitethorn bush here , that could have been 4 or 5 inches thick.
As 6920 is just after saying now, the Seppi seems to be miles ahead of other mulchers. It wasn't the owner working it, but his son, who wasn't sure on some of the facts and figures etc of the machine. They bought a Bomford back maybe 10 years ago, but have done as much this season with the Seppi as they ever did with the Bomford, as they couldn't stop the belts slipping on it, even in rushes . I was mightily impressed with the Seppis work. As you can see , some of the furze were higher than the TM. He would set into them with the mulcher lifted 12-18 inches , drop it and drive out over it. Not a bother to it, unless there happened to be a heap of clay or a bank . He did 30 acres of rushes for 1 man, on land that floods occasionally. He did say that heavy rushes deaden it down more than bushes . He chopped up a whitethorn bush here , that could have been 4 or 5 inches thick.
Think i would just top them if you want to do something or wait a few weeks till they start growingJust wondering lads is it too early to top da rushes and lick da regrowth or wud I be better just licking
Do a trial:Thumbp2:Was told topping early and cold weather would stun da rushs dunno is it bullshit or not