Seriously, thanks everyone for your suggestions! You are helping me learn a lot and giving me many ideas as to what I need to do. It's a lot of food for thought!
Questions:
1. If I use an excavator to remove the stumps (most stumps, that I've seen, are between 6-12" in diameter and about 4-8" high) won't that leave behind huge holes, since I'd have to dig around each one to pop the ball out? And whatever I use afterward, tractor, bobcat, or a bushhog attachment, wouldn't that be a problem?
2. When I asked the seller why they did what they did (putting all the brush in the gullys), he said it was to let them rot and build up the "holes". I don't understand this reasoning, as it seems like it would take decades for it to rot to a point where it's all gone.
3. This one is a bit off-topic. When I plan to buy the equipment, I need to have it delivered to the property since I don't have a means to transport it yet. I'll also need some type of fuel storage on the property so I can re-fuel when necessary. Again, I have no experience with this stuff, so reastically how long would a tank of gas last me? A day? Half a day? 2 days? If it lasts a good while then I can just plan to use fuel cans and run to the store. But if I have to refuel multiple times a day, then I'm going to need some barrels of fuel that can be refueled. You can probably see I haven't quite thought this through in detail enough yet. Any advice you can come up with is appreciated.
4. I'm a bit worried about the slopes on the property and the work to be done on them. Never work across the slope. I just worry that we start digging holes, on the slopes, and driving tractors/bobcats on them could result in some accidents. I also worry about traction with these things. All videos I see they are usually on flat ground. There's a good amount of flats on the land, but they are separated by some pretty big, and in some places steep, hills/depressions.
We should be closing on the land next week, and once that's done, my friend and I plan to take our 4 wheelers out there and do some more scouting and get a better look. All of this information you guys have given me so far will help tremendously with being able to envision what might need to be done. Thank you for that.
Questions:
1. If I use an excavator to remove the stumps (most stumps, that I've seen, are between 6-12" in diameter and about 4-8" high) won't that leave behind huge holes, since I'd have to dig around each one to pop the ball out? And whatever I use afterward, tractor, bobcat, or a bushhog attachment, wouldn't that be a problem?
2. When I asked the seller why they did what they did (putting all the brush in the gullys), he said it was to let them rot and build up the "holes". I don't understand this reasoning, as it seems like it would take decades for it to rot to a point where it's all gone.
3. This one is a bit off-topic. When I plan to buy the equipment, I need to have it delivered to the property since I don't have a means to transport it yet. I'll also need some type of fuel storage on the property so I can re-fuel when necessary. Again, I have no experience with this stuff, so reastically how long would a tank of gas last me? A day? Half a day? 2 days? If it lasts a good while then I can just plan to use fuel cans and run to the store. But if I have to refuel multiple times a day, then I'm going to need some barrels of fuel that can be refueled. You can probably see I haven't quite thought this through in detail enough yet. Any advice you can come up with is appreciated.
4. I'm a bit worried about the slopes on the property and the work to be done on them. Never work across the slope. I just worry that we start digging holes, on the slopes, and driving tractors/bobcats on them could result in some accidents. I also worry about traction with these things. All videos I see they are usually on flat ground. There's a good amount of flats on the land, but they are separated by some pretty big, and in some places steep, hills/depressions.
We should be closing on the land next week, and once that's done, my friend and I plan to take our 4 wheelers out there and do some more scouting and get a better look. All of this information you guys have given me so far will help tremendously with being able to envision what might need to be done. Thank you for that.