Manbearpig
New member
This is my first post, but I want to say thanks for the knowledge you guys have shared and I've been able to glean from so many other posts to get me this far.
God recently blessed me with just over 115 acres of mostly wooded land (5% clear, 60% pine & 35% hardwood) for an unbelievable price for the area (<$1500/acre net). I'm fairly young and I look at this as the place I'd like to call home and be my farm/never-ending project for the rest of my life. It actually used to be a farm, but has been untouched for almost 40 years now. I'm looking to have some garden, but mostly just pasture with cows, chickens, maybe some pigs. I've already sold the timber rights and it should be all clear cut within a year or so.
I need get rid of all of the stumps though and plan long term at the same time and that's what I need yall's help with. I've never actually even owned my own lawn mower before so this whole thing is completely new to me. I have no doubts about whether or not I can do it, but I want to make sure I'm setting myself up right with ideal equipment.
From what I've read, the Woods SG100 is a good choice for stump grinding in my situation. I plan on getting a John Deere 5075E to put it on and I was going to get the 535 FEL and an MX10 bush hog.
So here are my questions:
1. Is the SG100 a good choice for what I want to do? Do I need to get further down than the SG100 will go so that there are no sink holes in the future?
2. Is the 5075E too much, not enough, or just right for now and my future plans?
3. I assume my attachments are reasonable choices, but maybe I'm missing something? Is the MX10 a good choice for my purposes?
4. Any other general advice you think I need in order to accomplish my goal of making this land all a big pasture?
In case it helps, the land is rolling and has a sizeable internal stream on it that sort of splits the whole property in half and a very large creek runs along one border for about 400 yards. The soil seems fairly soft throughout, but I haven't had it long enough to know if it's just the season and recent rain that makes it appear that way.
God recently blessed me with just over 115 acres of mostly wooded land (5% clear, 60% pine & 35% hardwood) for an unbelievable price for the area (<$1500/acre net). I'm fairly young and I look at this as the place I'd like to call home and be my farm/never-ending project for the rest of my life. It actually used to be a farm, but has been untouched for almost 40 years now. I'm looking to have some garden, but mostly just pasture with cows, chickens, maybe some pigs. I've already sold the timber rights and it should be all clear cut within a year or so.
I need get rid of all of the stumps though and plan long term at the same time and that's what I need yall's help with. I've never actually even owned my own lawn mower before so this whole thing is completely new to me. I have no doubts about whether or not I can do it, but I want to make sure I'm setting myself up right with ideal equipment.
From what I've read, the Woods SG100 is a good choice for stump grinding in my situation. I plan on getting a John Deere 5075E to put it on and I was going to get the 535 FEL and an MX10 bush hog.
So here are my questions:
1. Is the SG100 a good choice for what I want to do? Do I need to get further down than the SG100 will go so that there are no sink holes in the future?
2. Is the 5075E too much, not enough, or just right for now and my future plans?
3. I assume my attachments are reasonable choices, but maybe I'm missing something? Is the MX10 a good choice for my purposes?
4. Any other general advice you think I need in order to accomplish my goal of making this land all a big pasture?
In case it helps, the land is rolling and has a sizeable internal stream on it that sort of splits the whole property in half and a very large creek runs along one border for about 400 yards. The soil seems fairly soft throughout, but I haven't had it long enough to know if it's just the season and recent rain that makes it appear that way.