Clearing land, stupid or crazy?

[k0ua]

I havent seen any thing in your photo's that my little L3400HST would not take care of, Piece of Cake. Get your tractor, get to work, have fun, Bulldozer my ..err...eye:confused2:

James K0UA

 

[TripleR]

When we were clearing our land, we burned some and also made brush piles for wildlife cover.

 

[Snapper Head]

So here are a couple pics, once again I'm just going after the small trees and under brush. Anything the tractor with the bicket or grapple/root rake can't budge will stay. It's an old horse farm, I'm not making it a horse farm so all horse concerns are appreciated but I'm not going that route. I've found a Kubota L5240 HST 4x4 (2008 - 400 hours) with quick detach loader that I'm really leaning towards right now.

That tractor will do the work, that's what a tractor is for.

Most of us didn't buy our units to keep them polished up with low hours for the next 40 years. We bought them to work.

A tractor is a tool, and a very good one. You might break something because you will be learning as you go, so what. Be careful and prudent, and you will learn what the machine can and cannot do. You will be pleasantly surprised by what it can do. You will also be pleasantly surprised at how much you will enjoy the work.


Big Al

 

[andyz171]

Spot on Big Al!!! Here are some updates from recent work. As you might remember you could not even see the house from across the street before 3 weeks ago. I'm learning that slow and steady will win this race, when I get in a hurry things go bad.... It's not a dozer, sledge hammers fix bend fenders and I love my tractor!!!

 

[TripleR]

As many of us said; very doable project with a decent size tractor. Yes, always pays to take your time. I will often get off and walk an area and just sit and figure out the best approach. Sometimes it helps to just go somewhere else, do a bit then come back.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Looking good.:thumbsup:

 

[MarkV]

I'm learning that slow and steady will win this race, when I get in a hurry things go bad.... It's not a dozer, sledge hammers fix bend fenders and I love my tractor!!!

Well stated!! That is where most new users lose track. Yes it can be done, no it is not a dozer. A bit of finesse and a bunch of time will let a smaller tractor do amazing things. Your progress is impressive.

MarkV

 

[slowzuki]

Its all about timeline when doing that kind of work. Slow and steady you can do it by hand, in a short spell the forestry mulchers make a beautiful job in no time flat.

I've cleaned up some areas like this before with a bushhog and a 50 hp Kubota, its a lot easier if you have walked it down in the fall and marked out the rocks, junk and other hazards hidden in the brush. Property like that tends to accumulate trash for some reason.

 

[k0ua]

Spot on Big Al!!! Here are some updates from recent work. As you might remember you could not even see the house from across the street before 3 weeks ago. I'm learning that slow and steady will win this race, when I get in a hurry things go bad.... It's not a dozer, sledge hammers fix bend fenders and I love my tractor!!!

I knew you could do it. Looks great!

James K0UA

 

[p dunham]

do what you said and use your tractor but rent a dozer for a weekend in okla. 600.00 plus fuel and man it is fun and go back to tractor and get a rake to pull brush to pile for beer/hotdog/bon fire and poof gone