i suspect the ending smile was lost on you - he was 'suggesting' a demo, not disputing the veracity of robbie's claims...
OK Land Cleaners, gotta question for you
- Thread starter rutwad
- Start date
- Views: 5366
i suspect the ending smile was lost on you - he was 'suggesting' a demo, not disputing the veracity of robbie's claims...
OP
rutwad
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2006
- Messages
- 815
- Location
- Alabama
- Tractor
- Massey Ferguson 5465, Kubota M5040, Farmall H (2), Minneapolis Moline R, Case 530CK, Cat 416C
i suspect the ending smile was lost on you - he was 'suggesting' a demo, not disputing the veracity of robbie's claims...
Yep!
I had planned on making something out of large expanded metal, hoping to screen the dirt as I pulled it. I can't find the metal, and it probably would not have worked anyway considering the prairie dirt.
So we are using the armstrong method and TIME, TIME, TIME.
prairie dirt i have no idea about.
landscape rake?
some sort of skeleton bucket or stick rake and push it into piles then burn the stuff?
i guess you are not really trying to remove the material but break it down. i guess a tiller wouldn't help either.
landscape rake?
some sort of skeleton bucket or stick rake and push it into piles then burn the stuff?
i guess you are not really trying to remove the material but break it down. i guess a tiller wouldn't help either.
tractorjackleg
Member
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2008
- Messages
- 26
- Tractor
- MF 231
I'm sure I'll probably upset the mulching guys on here... but I just don't get it. A local real estate company just mulched about 20 acres close by me. A month or two went by... and now they have a excavator and dozer out there digging up what remains of stumps and pushing debris into burn piles. God only knows what they spent having it mulched... and now they are paying for a dozer and excavator to finish it. I think I would just have the dozer and excavator out there to begin with... take down the trees with stumps and all... push it up... burn it and be done.
ddigger
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
- Messages
- 94
- Location
- Northern California
- Tractor
- CAT 330l excavator, Kubota l39 backhoe
Yes sir do it right the first time!
I have seen some pretty sorry jobs by both mulching and dig and burn. I have used both over the years and each have their place. Keeper trees and soil structure hold up much better to properly done mulching but big stumps are going to have to ground out below grade. Also you need to reduce the material to a size that will decompose in the time frame the owner is looking for. It also depends weather you can legally burn or not.I have read all kinds of posts on this site about how you can burn this pile of brush with a half dozen truck tries and such. All I can say is that type burning is irrespondable as well as illegal. When you get caught, not if , youre going to wish the DOT had busted you every day for month when you get hit with a $25000.00 fine.Also is your customer watching the fire till it burns out your are you on the clock till it is stone cold out.Burn the farm or house down across the fence and that could be problem. You will find out what kind of person your working for when he throws you under the bus for his mistake in reading the weather conditions for the next two days or longer depending on when the fire out. So if we burn it is in a trench,when we know what the weathers going to right, and on a large track out in the sticks. Otherwise we mulch or don't do it.
Robbie Hegwood
Platinum Member
Each method does have it's place. But they are usually used to reach 2 different goals. Mulching is usually done first to be able to see what you have and promote the sale of the lot. There is a long burn ban here and burning wouldn't be advised with the canopies we have. Plus we can mulch here without permits making mulching very attractive and cost effective.
Now when the lot is be developed then the digging begins and whatever you desire to do with the remains works. We also use mulching of large pills to conpete with the pirce of tub grinders, pretty high here.
Now when the lot is be developed then the digging begins and whatever you desire to do with the remains works. We also use mulching of large pills to conpete with the pirce of tub grinders, pretty high here.
What do you use to clean up the roots for development after the area has been mulched? I find it easier to keep the trees in tack when clearing.
jmf
cbturf
Gold Member
If you have a large enough machine root balls can be mulched as well. Until recently ALL of my jobs were for developments. I would go through and take out the small things and drop and mulch the large trees leaving about 1 foot above the ground. An excavator would follow me through popping out the root balls and then I would double back and process them. Piece of cake if you have the right equipment. No tub grinder and no burning for less money! No brainer.