The brontosaurus is one of the most popular dinosaurs, and it’s well known that the creatures were vegetation eaters. But John Brown & Sons, Inc.’s Brontosaurus, shown above, is a vegetation demolisher. It’s a drum flail mower designed to work best from the articulated boom of an excavator — rubber-tired or tracked — with 360-degree swing capabilities (the ideal being 14,000- to 45,000-lb. excavators). Though not as speedy as conventional rotary mowers on four-wheel tractors, the Brown Brontosaurus has the ability to leave a clean and tidy work site with inherent safety operation.

The Brontosaurus really shines in DOT and railroad brush control. The company says that comments from engineers and professionals all across the country are the same: It’s safer than other methods, leaves a clean work site, and creates uniformly sized chips that leave work areas looking like there have been chips spread along the road side. These chips weather and decompose so that, a few weeks later, the grass and ferns grow up through the chips with no ugly stumps and stubble.

The other feature is safety. The drum flail principle of the mower head causes debris to be thrown downward, not out to the side like rotary blade mowers. An operator can mow day after day along highways, going with the flow of traffic, and practically all the chips and debris fall to the right hand side and to the ground. With the 25- to 30-ft. reach of the most common carriers, branches and tree tops that grow up as visual obstructions to highway signs can be topped to a more ideal height, or selectively cut and mulched to ground level.

Alamo Industrial has designed the BuzzBar Tree Limb Cutter as an alternative to the old-fashioned chainsaw. The powerful cutting head features four 26-in. high-speed circular saw blades that can easily slice through up to 4-in.-diameter tree limbs, leaving a smooth, finished cut. It’s hydraulically powered by a 38-hp hydraulic motor with power transferring from the motor to the blades by three high-performance Micro-V belts attached to the rear of the cutter, reducing chances of entanglement.

A wide cutting swath of 7.5 ft. offers an economical way to keep valuable time and manpower at a premium. The BuzzBar may be mounted to all Alamo Industrial booms featuring reaches of 17 to 35 ft. from tractor centerline.

Husqvarna’s new Zero-Turn Series model ZTH6125 features a solid unibody frame that provides a low center of gravity and wheel stance for excellent stability. There are 19 cutting heights to fit any application, and new decks, in 52- and 61-in. options, offer a range from 1.5- to 6-in. cutting height in 0.25-in. increments.The new ZTH4821 runs longer and faster between refills with a fuel capacity of 11.4 gal. and a ground speed up to 8 mi./hour. The overall design, coupled with larger diameter and wider tires, has shown less turf compaction and a smoother ride.

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