High production is achieved for the pipeline with high horsepower track and wheeled carriers equipped with mulchers, stump grinders, and milling heads to handle vegetation including trees, brush, stumps, and roots.

Compact track loaders with mulchers are used to clear narrow lanes ahead of drills used to prepare blast holes for seismic exploration. 

Seismic exploration presents a unique and challenging set of circumstances for clearing the woody vegetation. In extreme winter conditions the 1.75 and 3.0 meter wide lines are typically cut across challenging ground conditions while taking care to avoiding environmental impact outside of the designated spaces. Contractors require tracked mulching equipment with low ground pressure characteristics, balanced stability, excellent visibility, and great tractive effort to work through snow or traverse icy slopes.