Recent content by Longleaf man

The more I read these comments the more I lean into hiring this work out. Watching the skilled dozer guy work the roads a few years ago was impressive. $50K equals about 333 hours of skilled dozer work. Probably the best way to go. You guys are a wealth of knowledge and I really appreciate your...

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The crew that built the bridges had to make them robust enough for 60,000 pound log trucks so we are happy with them so far.

Thanks. See my comment below about the bridge that was damaged by the flood! So the disk would need to be pretty narrow for the fire breaks. I think our local Georgia Foresty Commission uses Rome tandem disks that they pull behind a dozer. They also use Rome plows when the fires get out of...

The bridge that was damaged by the flood remained intact but some of the concrete "building blocks" were moved and created the need for repairs. The "building blocks" are about 4 feet square and 6 feet long and look sort of like giant Legos. Probably weigh several tons. Mother Nature had the...

Thanks for your post. I cannot afford to spend $100K on equipment at the start of this adventure. I think I want to start with a 50-60 hp tractor and one or two implements, (tandem disk and land leveler?) that will allow me to break up the hard pan of red clay and make the roads smoother. So...

Thanks this is very helpful. I think I can hire a dozer to work on the steepest roads to create water bars to help with erosion. Do you have any experience with Rome Equipment? They make heavy duty disks and box scrapers here in Ga. Do you think I could get by with 1 offset disk, (no more than 5...

I forgot to mention that most of the roads were built by the farm hand on an International Farmall with a blade in the front. Surely I can find a modern equivalent to that tractor built in the early 1960s.

Thanks for all of the replies. You asked for more info: 1. The tree parcels are surrounded by open space sufficient for disking fire breaks. This was done at the suggestion of our consulting forester many years ago. As a result I do not need to push over trees to create the fire breaks. I think...

Hello all, I am new to this forum. I manage 4000 acres of timberland in middle Georgia for my family. We have miles of dirt roads that need attention and I need advice on the most versatile piece of machinery to do the forest tasks we have at hand. The machine needs to be able to do road...