Rent a forestry mulcher. Book it by the day.

Our day rates run $1,950 to $3,100: $2,000 to $2,250 a day for a high-flow track loader mulcher, $1,950 for the excavator mulcher and $3,100 for a remote-controlled slope mulcher. Delivery and pickup is charged once per rental, not per day, and a $500 deposit holds your dates. See every machine in the rate table.

Most rental yards don't rent forestry mulchers to the public, and the ones that carry them usually rent only to tree and land clearing companies. The heads and the high-flow machines that run them are expensive to fix, and they get damaged fast in inexperienced hands. That's why every one of our rentals is available with an operator who runs these machines every day.

A forestry mulcher is a drum of carbide or steel teeth that spins on the front of a high-flow track loader or an excavator. A standard skid steer can't run one properly: a mulching head needs roughly 35 to 45 gallons a minute of hydraulic flow and the cooling to match. The loader that moves dirt at a rental counter and the one that runs a mulcher all day are different classes of machine.

We can't tell you that on a day rate. How much gets cleared depends on the brush, the ground and where you point the machine. If you want the project finished, we'll quote it as a project: one fixed price for a finished job. For a feel for our pace, see how long it takes us to clear an acre.

No. Any machine can come with a Brushworks operator, and once we approve you, you can run the TL12s, the T770 and the JCB excavator yourself. The remote-controlled slope machines always go out with our operator.

Experience on a high-flow track loader or excavator, our insurance form and our OK. You get $200 a day off the rate. Insurance is billed by the week, even for a one-day rental, and it's paid up front with the $500 deposit before your rental.

Two separate weekly charges. Our policy can't cover a machine while it's in a renter's hands, so our insurance agent writes you a one-week renter's policy for $500: rented-equipment coverage on the machine while you have it, plus liability, with Brushworks named as additional insured. It's non-refundable once written. The second charge, $200 a week, is your share of the separate liability and rented-equipment policy we carry to rent machines out. Forestry and land clearing companies can skip the renter's policy with a certificate of insurance showing $1M general liability and rented-equipment coverage for the machine, naming us as additional insured and loss payee.

The $500 deposit holds your machine and dates. You pay it in Jobber, our booking system, right after you book, and it comes off your final invoice. It is non-refundable if you cancel.

If we call off a day because the ground is too wet or it isn't safe, we move it to the next open day at no charge and your deposit carries over. We'd rather move a day than rut your property.

Up to 8 hours on site, 8 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday. Multi-day rentals run on back-to-back weekdays and the machine stays parked on your property between days, so delivery and pickup are charged once.

Within about 50 miles of Loveland, Ohio: Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton and southeast Indiana. Farther out, send a request and we'll tell you if we can make it work.

We invoice the balance through Jobber at the end of your rental, due on receipt. Card payments carry a 3% processing fee.

Mulchers grind brush and trees up to about 8 inches across on the track loaders and excavator, smaller on the remote machines. They don't take down big trees, grind stumps below grade or haul anything away.