Jag
Gold Member
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 444
- Location
- Central Arkansas
- Tractor
- Kubota /L2650/ LA450/B4690 -- John Deere 450 Dozer
Hi guys been having so much fun the last few days. The weather is getting right here and the ground is still pretty moist so it is time to clean out some old fences around the o'home place. First cut into the fence and hook onto the wire and pull it out. Then take the brushhog and cut out all the vines and briars and anything up about two inch. Next take the front end loader and push over two to four inch brush hook the FEL under the root ball and pop them up. Now the good fun and the slow part. Hook up the backhoe and dig up the big stuff. On this first strech there was an 8 inch elm that needed to come out. It only took a little less than a hour. The big suprise was a couple of 6 inch persimmons. Most of these had come out fairly easily. push on them get a little lean and make a quick pass on each side with the bucket of the FEL to bust up the roots, one more push to get the root ball up a little, then hook under the root ball and pop it out. But thes two would not push over any. I tried a couple of tricks and nothing worked, ok I will let the backhoe get them out. When I started to work on them I found the problem. They each had 10 to 12 roots. Yes the roots were twice as large as the tree. They must have been at a place on the fence line were the would grow quite a bit before they would get cut down then resprout, this most likely went on for about 20 years, then left alone for the next 15-20 years to get that size. Hope this helps anyone clearing fence lines. Got to get going and do another 50 to 60 yards today.