I am very late to the conversation
have not read the other posts
I have 166 acres of hilly wooded land
my minimum equipment suggestion:
4x4 tractor, 50 HP and rear hydraulics
Excavator with dozer blade and thumb, 18,000 pound and 30 GPM hydraulic pump
my minimum attachment suggestion...
four choices
Stump grinder
Burn it
Pool Acid, in drilled holes
ripper tooth on a Bobcat E80 excavator
I only have a photo of the Bobcat 331 ripper tooth.