Scrub stands no chance
The answer to clearing areas of dense
vegetation and heavy scrubland
is to find yourself a rotary slasher
tough enough for the task. One of
the originals, and still highly rated
today, the Wessex Scrubmaster has
an enviable reputation for serious
scrub clearing ability. In fact, Wessex
say, they still receive calls for
spare parts for Scrubmasters over
thirty years old. Powering its way
unstoppably through dense brush
and scrub in woodlands and forest
areas across the UK and Europe, the
Scrubmaster is certainly impressive
to watch. Little stands in the way
of this slasher with its heavy gauge
steel plate and exceptionally high
performance drive system. Definitely
it’s built to last. You have the choice
of a blade assembly with four heavyduty reversible blades mounted on
the large hardened steel square plate,
delivering over two thousand one ton
impact cuts a minute. It will slash
its way through woody material,
effortlessly bringing down scrub, and
it can be used for controlling grass
and weed growth. In areas where
there are tree stumps and rocks which
and the skids are positioned so the
working width is marginally less
than the overall width, allowing
you to cut close to stumps and trees
could damage blades you can turn
to the chain cutters which comprise in plantations. The fully floating
three high tensile chains on a circular headstock allows the slasher to be
dragged across rough ground with
boss. This will lacerate woody and
fibrous scrub growth and accelerate minimal stress to the frame of the
machine and a heavy galvanized
its breakdown.
What’s of paramount importance in a chain lifts it out of work. Where
slasher that’s taking on such heavy- you’re manoeuvring in and around
duty work is the
drive system and
this is transmitted
via a friction
plate clutch to
the gearbox with
hardened, bevel
gears running
in an oil bath
for smooth
operation. The
cutter assembly
is welded on
a tapered hub
which locks
onto the gearbox
output shaft. The
Scrubmaster also
has adjustable
side skids with
replaceable
wear shoes
trees there is an optional rear
castoring wheel assembly so you
don’t need to lift and lastly, the
Wessex Scrubmaster has heavy gauge
steel tailplates to retain debris and
give the scrub no chance of escaping
a thorough mulching. See the
Scrubmaster in action at
www.wessexintl.com and ask
Wessex International for a
demonstration 01264 345870.