Guys I知 trying to decide if it痴 worth buying some kind of cheap dozer or something for doing some trail clearing on my 100 acre property. I知 part of a state program and federal EQIP program to do some prescribed burns in certain sections of my property. Putting in the trails will serve as fire lines and I can divide off sections and do burns in different sections each year. There is a small amount of cost share up front to out the fire lines in, but there痴 even more money after you do the burns. I壇 be looking at around $1500 a year to do the burns. At that rate, I could help offset the cost of buying a small dozer or some other kind of machine.
The trails don稚 have to be straight and they can weave in and out of the bigger trees and go through the smaller stuff. Trees that are too big for a brush hog, but take too long to do by hand with a chainsaw.
My grandpa says an old JD 350 would be good for this kind of work. Anyone have any thoughts? Can I find anything for say under $10k?