ChugiakTinkerer
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With a little mechanical advantage your Bronco can do it just fine. Okay, make that a lot of mechanical advantage.
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Can a tractor clear this?
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Luke'sScreenName
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This would work...
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rdinatal
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kevin37b
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I cannot believe how often this scenario comes up ! I just bought 10 acres and want to build a house . Can I cut the trees down and remove the stumps with my Wheelhorse ?
Deere Dude
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Have you ever considered cutting the stumps off flat as low to the ground as possible. You should be able to brush hod over the tops as they decide to grow. It just tales a lot of bending over to make sure the short stump isn't peaked? That should work well for trails until a bigger tree leaves a mound of dirt over the lateral roots.
So we were still chugging along with our pick ax and were just going to settle with cleaning up an area that wasn't too dense. However, some recent events put us in a sense of urgency to get out there. I'll say this, anyone who has ever hung their own drywall knows you're much better off paying someone to do it. Well I've come to the new realization that anyone who's ever tried to clear their land by hand knows you're MUCH better off paying someone to do it with machinery. I found someone with a bulldozer and an affordable price and today he got over an acre cleared for us.
This is what we got done over several weekends.
This is what he got done in several hours. My back feels much better watching him work. This is almost taken in the same spot as the first picture
Didn't take long for my son to get in on the action
A picture from the opposite end (and a few more trees removed)
This is what we got done over several weekends.
This is what he got done in several hours. My back feels much better watching him work. This is almost taken in the same spot as the first picture
Didn't take long for my son to get in on the action
A picture from the opposite end (and a few more trees removed)
DieselBound
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Right tool for the job... I will still swing a machete; I'll do so because it's still the better tool- I don't know how the ground is, so plunging heavy equipment into the wrong spot could get very interesting (I've already gotten an excavator stuck- NO FUN!).
Takes clearly identifying your objectives/needs. My equipment rental guy stresses this: we talk about how some folks just rents stuff and really don't have any plan. When I go to rent something (or, have a job done- had a professional tree guy drop a huge tree rather than I doing so because it was near the house) I have everything listed out, even sequentially for concerns of travel (excavators don't travel very fast, so back-tracking a bunch can chew up a bunch of precious time).
Good on you for hiring the dozer. Good call!
Takes clearly identifying your objectives/needs. My equipment rental guy stresses this: we talk about how some folks just rents stuff and really don't have any plan. When I go to rent something (or, have a job done- had a professional tree guy drop a huge tree rather than I doing so because it was near the house) I have everything listed out, even sequentially for concerns of travel (excavators don't travel very fast, so back-tracking a bunch can chew up a bunch of precious time).
Good on you for hiring the dozer. Good call!
MultiMow
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Can a tractor do it? Yes.
Should you bother buying one for such few tasks, mostly seasonal? Only if you want something else to maintain.
You only reclaim your property one. After that, it's just maintenance. It would probably be more cost effective to hire someone for the brush cutting.
As for your other tasks, you're looking at a couple hundred for a good used rear tine tiller, a lawnmower, and a cheap driveway conditioner to pull behind the mower. I can't imagine the total being more than $3-4000 for the above, not including paying someone to clear the brush.
No more than you have there, a BobCat mounted brush mower could have cleared off in less than a day. At the industry average of $50hr (don't know about your specific market), that's probably less than $500 and no headache for you.
If you're dead set on owning a tractor while knowing nothing about them... I'd suggest talking with your local dealers about what's in your price range and try them out. Don't get caught up in the brand game. When you're buying used, you're buying what works for you without a warranty... and that's not a brand, it's a preference.
Should you bother buying one for such few tasks, mostly seasonal? Only if you want something else to maintain.
You only reclaim your property one. After that, it's just maintenance. It would probably be more cost effective to hire someone for the brush cutting.
As for your other tasks, you're looking at a couple hundred for a good used rear tine tiller, a lawnmower, and a cheap driveway conditioner to pull behind the mower. I can't imagine the total being more than $3-4000 for the above, not including paying someone to clear the brush.
No more than you have there, a BobCat mounted brush mower could have cleared off in less than a day. At the industry average of $50hr (don't know about your specific market), that's probably less than $500 and no headache for you.
If you're dead set on owning a tractor while knowing nothing about them... I'd suggest talking with your local dealers about what's in your price range and try them out. Don't get caught up in the brand game. When you're buying used, you're buying what works for you without a warranty... and that's not a brand, it's a preference.