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In 2002 Peter and Sam Sutton established Sutton Excavations Pty Ltd focusing on earthworks and excavations for the building industry. After a period of time we decided to expand our fleet to include a mulching machine and now to date have added three more mulching machines and a 14 tonne excavator with fella buncher and mulching head under the banner of EcoClearubg. Since its inception 5 years ago our business has grown considerably working hand in hand with our earthworks business.

In this period we have secured major contracts with Country Energy, clearing under power line corridors. We have carried out work for National Parks, Byron Shire Council, Gold Coast City Council, Tweed Shire Council and various land care groups. All of these organisations have embraced the new technology on the market today seeing the environmental and cost saving benefits.

With the purchase of Australia’s first Rayco CL140 and C110 (see photo gallery), Ecoclearing is constantly forging ahead on the cutting edge of the vegetation management industry.

With large contracts being carried out with Country Energy clearing under power lines we have now taken the possession of the first Rayco C110 in Australia. Handing over the machine again was the president of Rayco Manufacturing America, John Bowling and his global sales executive Matt August, having flown over to Australia especially for the handover. Along with our overseas visitors we are also joined by John Cobbett from Rayco Australia and other major contractors to view the machine in action on the Tweed.

The Rayco C110 mulcher will carry out the same duties as the Rayco C140, by track mulching camphor laurel, lantana, regrowth and any rubbish vegetation. The Rayco C110 has replaced traditional methods of dozing and burning, which caused the loss of topsoil and erosion damage. The benefits with mulching onsite is that the soil is enhanced with the very material in which you are trying to remove providing great biomass for the soil, paving the way for reforestation or grazing land. The new machine is powered by 110hp John Deere motor, has dozer tracks and winch to reach the most inhospitable areas.