bhh
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I am planning out a new property clean up project that will begin next spring.
I need some ideas about how to most efficiently move stumps, wood debris, etc. to a remote section of my 40 acres to start cleaning up a 7-8 acres section of woods around the house and stream. We purchased the house and land last year and have been renovating the house but that should be wrapped up this winter. I have a L3800 with a grapple, forks, box blade and a bush hog. There are a lot of downed trees and debris from the previous two hurricanes as well as decades of general neglect and storm damage. I've had about 3 acres of it cleaned up by chipping the small stuff and will do that on the rest but it is all the larger stuff, mostly pine, I'm trying to come up with a solution for.
The hardwood that hasn't rotted will be given away as firewood to neighbors, contractors, etc. or processed myself for the same purpose although I've already got about 3 seasons of wood stacked in the barn. I've debated about hauling a lot of the pine off as there is a place nearby that will take scrap wood to run through a drum chipper for landscape mulch, horse bedding, etc. but the hauling cost will add up.
I think I've finally settled on just finding a good place to dig a "stump dump" on the property but it would take A LOT of trips to where it will most likely be to the area I'm cleaning up if I haul it all with the grapple so I'm debating buying a trailer or something to haul the stuff with but unless it dumps, loading and unloading it with the grapple will also be time consuming so I just wanted to solicit some good ideas about the best way to handle it. I can burn in my area but I am only on the property over the weekends and am concerned I'll not have enough time to burn plus get everything safely extinguished before leaving.
I need some ideas about how to most efficiently move stumps, wood debris, etc. to a remote section of my 40 acres to start cleaning up a 7-8 acres section of woods around the house and stream. We purchased the house and land last year and have been renovating the house but that should be wrapped up this winter. I have a L3800 with a grapple, forks, box blade and a bush hog. There are a lot of downed trees and debris from the previous two hurricanes as well as decades of general neglect and storm damage. I've had about 3 acres of it cleaned up by chipping the small stuff and will do that on the rest but it is all the larger stuff, mostly pine, I'm trying to come up with a solution for.
The hardwood that hasn't rotted will be given away as firewood to neighbors, contractors, etc. or processed myself for the same purpose although I've already got about 3 seasons of wood stacked in the barn. I've debated about hauling a lot of the pine off as there is a place nearby that will take scrap wood to run through a drum chipper for landscape mulch, horse bedding, etc. but the hauling cost will add up.
I think I've finally settled on just finding a good place to dig a "stump dump" on the property but it would take A LOT of trips to where it will most likely be to the area I'm cleaning up if I haul it all with the grapple so I'm debating buying a trailer or something to haul the stuff with but unless it dumps, loading and unloading it with the grapple will also be time consuming so I just wanted to solicit some good ideas about the best way to handle it. I can burn in my area but I am only on the property over the weekends and am concerned I'll not have enough time to burn plus get everything safely extinguished before leaving.
