What is the best machinery to help with heather burning?

There are two commonly employed aids to burning used by grouse keepers. On flat, less rocky moors, a tractor-mounted chain swipe can be a great help in making fire breaks just before burning. It can also be used for cutting heather as an alternative to burning, but this allows litter layer to develop which can aggravate heather beetle and sheep tick.

Another tool is a fire fogging and/or foaming unit mounted on an argocat/tractor/or tracked machine. This can be an immense help in containing and controlling strip fires.

We often demonstrate these types of machinery on our upland One Day Courses.