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Benefits of Mulching

Environment Benefits

Clearing lines using mulchers is much more environmentally sustainable than using conventional methods, such as bulldozers. Edge Equipment is an ambassador for the environment and a leader in innovating and embracing specialized equipment.

We help you meet your environmental goals. By using mulchers, you are able to deliver the following benefits to your clients:

• Narrower lines
  Less tree removal means less impact on the environment, a reduced footprint on the land and faster re-growth.
• Smooth and clear lines
  With no debris left over from bulldozing and no windrow to act as a hazard to personnel and wildlife, you can utilize all the available space on the line and move equipment with ease. Wood chips from mulched trees are evenly distributed on the ground to support wheeled access and prevent rutting.
• No burning required
  With mulching, there is no windrow to act as a potential fire ladder and burning is unnecessary. Windrows often have to be burned to remove them, which means extra labour is required, smoke pollutes the area and affects local communities, and burning poses a fire hazard.
• Tree root and soil infrastructure remain intact
  By allowing the tree root structure to remain and soil left undisturbed, faster re-growth is possible, erosion is controlled and no seeding is required. Mulched wood chips decompose faster, leaving enriched soil for new trees to grow.
• Small drill access
  Smaller LIS drills have access to areas through mulched lines because the root system is left intact and wood chips form a smooth path on which these smaller drills can move more easily.

Health and Safety

The use of mulchers improves health and safety on your site for both your personnel and your client’s. By working with mulchers, you are able to deliver the following benefits to your clients:

• Light clean up
  Mulchers minimize the felling of trees by hand and reduces safety hazards associated with felling trees. Only light clean up slashing is required and no windrow is left behind for clean-up crews to contend with.
• Smooth and clear path
  The smooth, safe and open path created by mulching ensures equipment and personnel can move around unencumbered. Few obstacles remain due to the lack of debris, the absence of stumps or windrows left behind on the site.
• Healthy environment
  Since mulching does not produce windrows that may act as a fire hazard or must be burned, personnel do not have to suffer smoke inhalation and can work in a healthier environment.

Cost Effectiveness

Using mulchers is entirely cost effective and will help you successfully complete your projects on time and within budget. By working with mulchers, you will see the following benefits:

• Fast work
  Projects are completed faster with mulchers that clear land more effectively than conventional methods such as bulldozing. The narrow mulchers have been used on many 3D narrow seismic line projects in Northern Alberta and have accomplished daily production matching that of 40 hand-cutters.
• Narrower lines
  With narrower lines you remove only the trees that need to be removed and avoid incurring timber damage fees.
• Smooth and open path
  Wood chips create a path on the ground which allows you to move equipment and personnel more easily on site.
• No windrow
  Without windrows to worry about, you do not have to expend extra labour for burning, as well as avoiding the fire hazard. The lack of debris means less damage to equipment and you have all the available space at your disposal.

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