Scott uses a small Kubota excavator and an FAE mulching head.  The mini excavator allows access to tight areas with minimal ground disturbance, and mulching can be done on uneven ground where a skid steer would have difficulty.  The boom can reach up slopes, over or into ditches, and back away from roads, driveways or fences.  The mulching head reduces small saplings, brush, brambles and invasives into 3-5" chips that naturally add to soil stabilization and, as the chips decay, return nutrients back into the forest floor.  A solid layer of mulch will also help reduce the amount of weed and brush regrowth.  Areas can be cleared in a fraction of the time it would take with traditional manpower, hand tools and a chipper.  The mulcher reduces material to a finer consistency than traditional brush hogging and can handle heavy woody material much easier.

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