GinNB
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- Joined
- Dec 8, 2007
- Messages
- 336
- Location
- NB, Canada, eh?
- Tractor
- 2x Kubota M108S, M105S, 2x M9000, IH885, IH584, IH484, IH454, F3000, F3610, C50, JX70, Landini 5830, JD4630 sprayer
I know that a grapple is great for piles, but I have a lot of land I'd like to clear of trees and brush. Cutting trees with a chainsaw and removing them whole eliminates most of that brush, but I'd like to use a bushhog/rotary mower/whatever to cut up the stuff that's 10-15' high and have a good rake or rotating wire brush or something to pile up most of the debris.
Has anybody tried a hay tedder? Standard rock rakes for landscaping don't work because there are still short stumps and exposed roots and the land isn't perfectly level. I just ended up bending the tines and not moving any sticks. Best solution I can think of is a forestry mulcher, but they're terribly expensive. About $40,000 for a medium-duty one for a 80-100hp farm tractor.
Fae Group Forestry universal mulchers
It'll leave the ground smooth with the sticks/stumps ground into little bits, but for my needs I'd be happy with just most of the larger sticks gone.
Has anybody tried a hay tedder? Standard rock rakes for landscaping don't work because there are still short stumps and exposed roots and the land isn't perfectly level. I just ended up bending the tines and not moving any sticks. Best solution I can think of is a forestry mulcher, but they're terribly expensive. About $40,000 for a medium-duty one for a 80-100hp farm tractor.
Fae Group Forestry universal mulchers
It'll leave the ground smooth with the sticks/stumps ground into little bits, but for my needs I'd be happy with just most of the larger sticks gone.