lduren
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My land has been allowed to grow however it wants for a long while. I am working on uploading the pictures that I took today of the land. There are trees on this part of the property, most of the pine trees are around 4 or 5 inch diameter, though there are some about 12-14" diameter. There are also oak trees on the land, though I did not pay attention to them since they would only be firewood unless they are big enough, then I will probably keep them.
* I would like to harvest the pine trees and make a little money off of them in the process.
The part of the land that I want to clear is about 800 feet by about 1500 feet. the pictures are at the entrance of it. There is a wide part cut through the middle of it. This is what is in the pictures. Other than the wide part, hte rest is freely grown bushes, oaks and pines.
I am thinking of clearing up my land and turning it inot farmland to grow possibly hay. I have been thinking of ways to clear it up. One would be to use a 55 engine horse tractor, and a root grubber to pull up each small tree and brush, roots and all. I would not be able to pull up the bigger trees though. I calculated that if I was able to clear up 20 square feet in a minute, then it would take 120 8 hour days to clear up what I want to clear up. Then I would presumably have most or all of the roots pulled up.
another possible way to clear it up would be to use an attachment on the front end loader that has metal fingers that extend into the soil, and rip up the roots this way. This would be faster.
another possible way would be to use a root grapple on the front end loader. This does not look as strong as the metal finger attachment described above. This is the kind that is able to pick up piles with two "grabbers" on the attachment.
yet another way t clear it up would be to get a bulldozer, attach some kind of metal fingers to the blade and go at it that way.
* I would like to harvest the pine trees and make a little money off of them in the process.
The part of the land that I want to clear is about 800 feet by about 1500 feet. the pictures are at the entrance of it. There is a wide part cut through the middle of it. This is what is in the pictures. Other than the wide part, hte rest is freely grown bushes, oaks and pines.
I am thinking of clearing up my land and turning it inot farmland to grow possibly hay. I have been thinking of ways to clear it up. One would be to use a 55 engine horse tractor, and a root grubber to pull up each small tree and brush, roots and all. I would not be able to pull up the bigger trees though. I calculated that if I was able to clear up 20 square feet in a minute, then it would take 120 8 hour days to clear up what I want to clear up. Then I would presumably have most or all of the roots pulled up.
another possible way to clear it up would be to use an attachment on the front end loader that has metal fingers that extend into the soil, and rip up the roots this way. This would be faster.
another possible way would be to use a root grapple on the front end loader. This does not look as strong as the metal finger attachment described above. This is the kind that is able to pick up piles with two "grabbers" on the attachment.
yet another way t clear it up would be to get a bulldozer, attach some kind of metal fingers to the blade and go at it that way.
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