number9L
Gold Member
So, I've got 82ac that is 90% wooded. I've cleared trees in several areas for different things (shooting range, go kart track, etc). I have an old LinkBelt excavator my FIL loaned me a year or so ago that I use to just push the trees over and drag them to a pile. So now I've got a few big brush / tree piles that look like crap and will turn into snake hotels.
I ain't taking a chance on burning them and risking burning my property down - I looked TOO long to find wooded land like this.
I've been thinking about getting a wood chipper - Wallenstein BX42 - but then I ask myself........what the heck am I going to do with big piles of wood chips??
I don't have any use for them that I can think of - no animal bedding, don't want them for mulch, don't want to use them on my trails through the property because I drive jeep/tractor/dirtbikes on them and want them to dry out as fast as possible after a rain.
I guess at least a big pile of wood chips will be smaller and nicer to look at than a BIG tree/brush pile, but I'd still rather not have piles of chips if I can figure out something to do with them. Also, would piles of wood chips be a combustable fire risk?
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I ain't taking a chance on burning them and risking burning my property down - I looked TOO long to find wooded land like this.
I've been thinking about getting a wood chipper - Wallenstein BX42 - but then I ask myself........what the heck am I going to do with big piles of wood chips??
I don't have any use for them that I can think of - no animal bedding, don't want them for mulch, don't want to use them on my trails through the property because I drive jeep/tractor/dirtbikes on them and want them to dry out as fast as possible after a rain.
I guess at least a big pile of wood chips will be smaller and nicer to look at than a BIG tree/brush pile, but I'd still rather not have piles of chips if I can figure out something to do with them. Also, would piles of wood chips be a combustable fire risk?
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