Case Study: Weedbrush mounted to an Iseki TG

More and more councils and contractors are looking for innovative solutions that reduce their reliance on glyphosate or other pesticides. Especially on hard surfaces and near water courses.

Some of the most challenging areas require long stretches of path edging. This involves removing large volumes of heavy soil and turf that have overgrown from the verge and encroached onto a hard surface, such as a road or path. The traditional way to deal with this would be regular treatment with pesticides and perhaps some back breaking work with shovels and brooms. 

However, with a tractor and weedbrush, we are able to replace this regime very effectively saving as much as £150 per mile of path and making the job much easier.  The Weedbrush requires lots of hydraulic functions in order to control the brush angle and position, so we opted for a UB 6080 MH, which uses the front PTO of the tractor to drive a hydraulic system, controlling all the functions of the weedbrush. This system allows the machine to be compact and close to the tractor and easy to operate on a joystick.

A report from a council in Scotland shows that since implementing the new Integrated Weed Management approach with these weed brushes; "recorded weed service requests and complaints from the public have declined". "They totalled 483 in 2015; 565 in 2016; and 371 in 2017. This year the Council had received 123 weed-related service requests/complaints by the end of June; an indication that focussed activity on weed control is becoming increasingly effective"

The full report can be found here

The items used in this project for the weedbrush were as follows:

1. Front Linkage For Iseki TG
2. Front PTO Kit for Iseki TG
3. ABR UB KD - Weed brush Connecting Bracket
4. UB 6080 MH - Hybrid PTO/Hydraulic Weed brush
5. BT 060 FL - 60cm Brush Plate
6. ST-UB-JS - Joystick Controls

You can see from this picture just how effective the brush is at removing heavy material in one pass.

A sweeper could be used on the same tractor to collect the arisings.

Kersten sweepers and weed brushes are great at maintaining hard surfaces by removing detritus and debris which reduces weed growth and is fundamental to Integrated weed management.

Other attachments suitable for the Iseki TG Series can be found on the Attachments for Iseki TG Series page.

Contact Kersten to chat about your requirements.