Slope Mulching
Clear Up To 50° Slopes!
Grazer will make short work of hillsides and gullies that are covered in gorse, bamboo, blackberry, jasmine, and a whole range of other weedy, scrubby vegetation – leaving behind only an eco-friendly layer of composting mulch.
- Much safer and quicker than handheld power tools (like scrub cutters)
- Unlike spraying, which leaves standing gorse or blackberry behind, Grazer clears the area leaving it ready for immediate access and use
- Destroys mature gorse, pampas, blackberry, bamboo, wilding pines, kikuyu grass, reeds, scrub, and more, leaving behind eco-friendly mulch
- Mulched material covers the cleared ground and suppresses new growth
- Grazer can clear considerable areas of acreage per day
- Perfect for reclaiming overgrown lifestyle acreage & paddocks
Property Maintenance
Steep section maintenance is a breeze for Grazer’s machines. Clearing tough weeds from steep hillsides, gullies, drains, and driveway banks is cost-effective and safe with our remote-controlled mulching machines. Grazer is perfect for clearing steep paddocks, back sections, and ‘written-off’ areas of your property that have been put aside as unmanageable. Orchard managers will see great value in selective clearing beneath trees or low orchard structures, including tree trimmings.
Fire breaks and tracks are easy to create for Grazer. Our slope mulching services can save time and money when used before other works such as landscaping, property development, and site clearing for civil works.
Machine Advantages
Our specially-engineered machines have a suspended engine that swings with gravity, maintaining as low centre of gravity as possible. Combined with a large track surface area and optional track spikes, our Deltrak units are capable of clinging to hillsides that are difficult to walk up. The tracks mean they have a light ‘footprint’, creating minimal disturbance compared to larger machines. Our machines can safely traverse soft ground, use ramps or be lifted by crane or helicopter to access remote or difficult areas. You’ll be surprised where we can get to.
Efficient and Effective
When you compare power tools – like chainsaws and scrub-cutters – it’s worth remembering that cutting down vegetation is only one (dangerous) part of the clearing process. Cut-down material would then need to be gathered up and fed into a stationary mulcher – a laborious (and costly) task. Grazer cuts down, mulches and spreads the offending vegetation in a just few passes.
Grazer services the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hauraki, Coromandel and all surrounding areas. Whether it’s gorse mulching, blackberry mulching, steep section maintenance, or fire risk reduction vegetation management, Grazer are your local professional slope mowing and mulching service.
Grazer is ideal for
- Cemeteries
- Civil
- Coastal
- Conservation areas
- Farms
- Golf courses
- Lifestyle blocks
- Highways
- Orchards & Vineyards
- Parks/Civic
- Pre landscapes
- Property developers
- Reserves
- Urban and rural amenities
- Wetlands
- Walkways & tracks
Frequently Asked Questions
No, sorry. Like almost all other mechanical cutters, the tough fibres in flax (harakeke), cabbage tree (ti kouka), raupo (bullrush, cats tail), and wild green ginger wrap around the cutters and seize the machine. Flax isn’t acceptable at green waste refuse centres for the same reason.
Height is not usually an issue as in most cases, as you will see from our videos and before/after images.
The forest mulching attachment is capable of tackling thick, tall material, 200-300 mm thick. For material taller than that, the forest mulcher will cut down, flatten and then mulch in a few passes.
The flail attachment is capable of mowing tall grass and the like.
No, sorry. Our health and safety standards are very strict. Only experienced operators should use these machines.
Get in touch with the Grazer team and we will talk through access constraints. The machine is 1.25 metres wide, and it can traverse obstacles via ramps or be lifted in by crane or helicopter.