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Originally Posted by HyperMOA
I think you are overestimating the production of a mulcher on a skidsteer. The big fellas may be an acre per hour, but my guess would be closer to an acre a day with a skidsteer. Especially on heavier stumps where the head stalls and you have to back out and get it wound up again and stall it 4 times on one stump.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you'll be better off with a bigger unit. Call around.
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There are sooooooo many factors that determine how many acres per hour either machine will do but we are 100% sure a commercial unit will do the job a multiple times faster compared to a skid steer unit.
We did roughly 40 acres with a skid steer/mulcher and it took 4 long hard days (10-12 hours) - ground was relatively flat, nothing bigger than the 3"-4" as mentioned and some thick and some sparse areas - so maybe an acre an hour might be roughly correct (my thoughts anyways).
The spring after we did a similar sized area, similar conditions and had a mulcher unit in and it was less than a full days work - maybe 5-6 hours if I recall correctly - so I'd say they are roughly 5-6 times faster????
Anyways - just my 2 cents.
Again, this was one specific job although I've used the skid steer units quite a bit. If most of it is small saplings and shrubs a skid steer can easily do an acre an hour. The key is to keep the drum from stalling on bigger stuff which slows you down. Also, if you have a dense area of even medium sized 2" stuff that's packed tight, that's also a pain in the butt without a big drum unit.