Land Clearing

[Billy Spell]

I've been lurking on the board for a couple years, but a new member now. Starting a home site by clearing 5 acres. Taking down most pines and keeping the hardwoods. I'm sure I will be asking for some advice as it progresses. Here's a couple pics to get started.

 

[teg]

On the third photo, do you have a grapple? 5 acres... Sounds like a bit of seat time in your future

 

[Billy Spell]

Just a bucket, not a grapple. Those pics are about a month old. I'll post some more recent, after a lot of seat and chainsaw time!!

 

[dave1949]

Nice looking home site! Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to watching your project grow.

Dave.

 

[teg]

Just a bucket, not a grapple...

For land clearing, grapples are great... so much faster and easier to deal with the brush by driving to it and let the tractor do all the work. Add a tooth bar and you'll be pushing over small trees and shrubs by popping out the root ball and picking up the whole mess

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Looks like a big job...Thanks for the pics!!! :thumbsup:

 

[scoutcub]

Welcome (officially) to the forum!
Looks like some nice timber and a great project!
Of all the "projects" I have, land clearing is the most fun to me(thus the Avatar) ....lots of work, but I sure enjoy the seat time.....
Enjoy it, and looking forward to future progress!

 

[ITHINKICAN]

Looks awesome. We tried to get a wooded lot but weren't able to find one close enough to home and or for the right price. Maybe next time! Good luck!

Any new pics

 

[MacLawn]

Looking good, Billy! About 35 years ago, we cleared some of our 5 acres for our house - my advice - CLEAR them trees away from your house! Man, have I lived to regret leaving too many trees around my place. I had the "pioneer" idea: let's build our house in the WOODS! Right - now one of my goals is to cut them rascals down. I even had to pay a man $1,700 two years ago to take down a huge southern red oak and pine that I left, thinking it would be nice to have them. After all, I thought way back then, it took them trees about 50 - 80 years to get this big, I don't want to cut them down in 5 minutes! Man, that thinking came back to haunt me!! Limbs, leaves, pine straw, etc., etc. I say, clear them rascals out!!

 

[TripleR]

We ran into something similar to McLawn on one of our farms. My son lives there and was surrounded by beautiful trees until a couple of years ago when we got hit by an ice storm. We are still taking trees down and some are probably have to be done by a professional for $$$$$$.

When we built our present home, we got a dozer in to clear out a cul de sac where we are surrounded on three sides for the most part by woods, but with no trees close to the house and an open front yard.

As to your present project though, it looks like fun; I love working in the woods.