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Windbreak Removal

Farms are often plagued with encroachment of tillable acreage by vegetation once planted to serve as a windbreak against soil erosion. The revenue that could be generated by the lost acreage surrounding just one field can be sizable and has lead farmers to cut back or remove windbreaks that may include fully grown trees. Often a 2-step process, an operation would first clear the material above ground using labor intensive hand work with chainsaws, a forestry feller buncher, bull dozer, or excavator. Once cut down the material is typically hauled elsewhere to be burned or chipped. Once that is out of the way they must tackle the stumps and roots. Once again the bull dozer or excavator may be used but this often results in disturbing the top soil or even taking it away with the root balls that don’t burn well and may get dumped or put through some large grinder. Stump grinders can also be used but may not get enough of the roots, which tend to leave holes, and the chips are not evenly distributed.

More recently farms have discovered there is an alternative to the traditional use of numerous machines and steps necessary to reclaim acreage from a windbreak. The use of a forestry rotovator, or rotovator in conjunction with a forestry mulcher can quickly get the job done with just one operator, one tractor, and one or two attachments. Material above the ground can be cut down and mulched using a forestry mulcher moutned on a PTO tractor or a wide variety of other carriers. This process converts the vegetation into a shredded material that can be re-introduced into the soil where it can decompose. This can be followed by a rotovator that mills the soil, stumps, and roots, and creates a uniform mix of the organics quickly and efficiently. The result is faster, less expensive, and environmentally friendly.

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