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Re: Site preparation equipment



On Wed, 4 Jan 1995, Lee TONKIN wrote:

> Hi! I'm a librarian at the Queensland Forest Research Institute.
> I've been asked to find ANY information on site preparation equipment
> which is excavator mounted. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
> Lee Tonkin
 
Here in NZ a contractor has attached a rootrake to an excavator.  He can 
drive down the centre of a cleared "windrow" bay, clearing slash with 
minimal damage to soils.  Not only is his view of the rake superior to 
that of a bulldozer driver, but the machine only drives over a tiny 
fraction of the site.  A bulldozer would compact most of a site during an 
equivalent clearing operation.

Regards,
Euan

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Dr Euan G. Mason                   Silviculture, Modelling and
Lecturer in Silviculture           Decision-support systems
School of Forestry                 
University of Canterbury           New Zealand's professional
Christchurch, New Zealand          Forestry School
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