12 - Little Slash and Low Stumps - Click on image to enlarge

South Central B.C., Dry Douglas Fir and Pine sites. Very little slash and low stumps. VH Mulcher mixed depressions were made and the seedling planted in the lowest point to allow for the gathering of extra moisture during periods of drought. Suggested cost $0.20 per spot when soil is soft in Spring conditions $0.35 per spot in late summer or when the ground dry out hard. Note : a "hydraulic thumb" attached to the excavator is not needed on sites like this and can be removed when working steep slopes to reduce weight while "swinging out" from the machine. Also see photo 16 where a 70% slope is being prepared without a thumb attached. On steeper slopes, a push with the VH Mulcher sends debris downhill aided by gravity, out of the path of the machine trucks.