Loftness® Expands Product Line With Stump Grinder Attachment
Loftness has added a stump grinder attachment to its line of vegetation management equipment. Compatible with skid steers, compact track loaders and excavators, the Stump Ax™ is engineered for high productivity and superior control. Featuring a rigid mount, the Stump Ax offers a practical, reliable design capable of working faster than articulating stump grinder attachments […]
Loftness® Updates Its Battle Ax® S Series Mulching Head for Skid Steers, Compact Track Loaders
Loftness has updated its highly successful Battle Ax S Series mulching head with new features for enhanced durability and serviceability. Designed for skid steers and compact track loaders with 28 to 62.9 GPM hydraulic flow and 50 to 150 hydraulic horsepower, the S Series now includes a reversible secondary shear bar in the two-stage cutting […]
Loftness® Announces Two-Year Warranty Program on Mulching Heads
Loftness has announced a two-year warranty program as a standard feature on its full line of Battle Ax®, Bad Ax® and Timber Ax™ mulching heads. Effective on products purchased on November 1, 2022, and later, the new program offers equipment protection up to twice as long as the previous warranty. “As an employee-owned company, we’re […]
How to Choose, And Use, a Mulching Head
Success with a horizontal drum mulcher, or mulching head, relies not only on how you choose it, but also how you use it. Operators will be disappointed with the performance if they purchase a mulching head that isn’t properly matched with their skid steer or track loader. Production will also suffer if the mulching head […]
Lots to Like About Loftness®
Like many other Loftness customers, Kenny Wright is proud of the equipment he runs. In fact, he even gives Loftness some credit for the success of Triple B Excavation, his excavating and land clearing business named after the initials of Wright’s three children. But why does he like his Battle Ax® Excavator and Bad Ax® […]
Making “Kwik” Work of Vegetation Management
How do you manage vegetation along 5,200 miles of right-of-way? As efficiently as possible. At least that’s the motto of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (NOEC), headquartered in Vinita, Oklahoma. Like many other electric utilities and vegetation management contractors, the cooperative once relied solely on bucket trucks to send workers up to hand trim all branches […]
Cooler Mulching Heads Prevail
New Mulching Heads Prove Successful for Kansas Contractor Horizontal drum mulchers, or mulching heads, are commonly used in many industries, from forestry to land clearing. Perhaps the most work for this tool, however, is in right-of-way vegetation management. These contractors rely heavily on their mulching attachments to help deal with trees, brush and other vegetation […]
Compact Equipment Can Equal Big Efficiency in Right-of-Way Vegetation Management
A large-scale mechanical tree trimmer with a 75-foot boom can tear into towering pines, and a dedicated mulching machine will make mincemeat of the thickest buck brush. But good luck operating these machines along right-of-ways in the middle of an urban development. Not to mention, transporting these giants in and out of these areas causes […]
New Mulching Head Designs to Sink Your Teeth Into
The vegetation management industry has seen some recent changes when it comes to the use of mulching heads on skid steers, excavators and other power units. And the design of mulching heads has also changed to better accommodate operators, helping them become more productive and create a better finish. Here’s what you should know about […]
Go Small or Go Home
Vegetative clearing gets versatile with mulching attachments and compact trimmers We live in an age where bigger is better – bigger burgers, bigger flat-screen TVs and, in the world of clearing vegetation, bigger equipment. A large-scale mechanical tree trimmer with a 75-foot boom can tear into towering pines, and a dedicated mulching machine will make […]
