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    Clearing Old Cutover / 150 acres

    Go buy a D8K and I'll sell you my V blade and you'll have that done In no time, mulching would be good but could cost 5x as much if you buy your own machine, shear it rake it and burn it, run over the rest with a new earth plow and that will be as good as you'll get, cows don't care about stump...
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    Dozer questions

    For pulling a 8ft drum chopper I would go find a old D6c or D dozer. A 550 to me is kinda pushing it, not to mention those dozers are to good and expensive to beat the crap out of. You can snag a decent old D6 for around 20-30, and undercarriage parts are decently priced and you can get them...
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    Versatrac is Fecon?

    Hey guys, we have a Versatrac 350 at my new job and 2 old gyrotracs. The Gyrotracs don't impress me too much, it we have this Versatrac 350 that seems to be a good machine, but I just did some looking and found that Fecon must make this carrier. But if its just a rebadged Fecon what's the point...
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    Stick rakes?

    Hey guys, been staying pretty busy here lately. Iv been doing some thinking and I need some advice. We use a 13 foot root rake in our dozers. It works pretty good but I feel I can be more productive with something else. So I did some digging and found some pics. The first few are a called a...
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    clearing land

    I think I did pretty good, job totaled 3 acres and I had it done in a day and a half
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    Pipeline clearing

    Hey guys, wrapping up my last few classes of college and was thinking about maybe working in the ROW side pipelining, how exactly does one get in with clearing company's? I still run the mulchers my boss has and here of late I'm doing more dozer work than anything. I just want to try something...
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    Got to try my 24" bar on hardwood today

    smallest 25" iv ever seen on a saw. These big ones are huge!!
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    Hope Everyone has a great Easter

    Hope everyone had a great Easter!!! I had to put my feller buncher back to together after my church service, but one of my bros kids didn't mind the smell of diesel or hydronic fluid! :laughing:
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    Good old chainsaws wanted

    Hey guys if anybody has any old homelite, poulan, or husky saws for sale please PM me, looking for old saws with or with out bow bars, running or may need work, one I'm really looking for are homelite c72, and bigger, large size poulan a or mccoulough saws too, thanks!!
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    Finally going to ask!

    Ok guys, has anyone ever seen or operated any of the bandit forestry mower line up? Iv seen videos and that's about it, so if anyone has any input I would be very thankful, former boss is wanting more than just a bron now. Thanks!!
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    Husky 372xp or another 440

    Hey guys, was doing some storm clean up and a guy on a bobcat ran over my old 440, she can be fixed but I don't have the time right now, Monday morning I'm going to a dealer that sells both huskys and sthils, iv owned a lot of sthil saws new and very old ones, also have a lot of old homelite and...
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    Everything's gone

    Hey guys, if you could please pray for us over here in Mississippi. Had a horrible tornado yesterday, I lost my truck and shop, but so many people lost their homes, a subdivision just right down the road from me was completely destroyed, iv got my gear on and the saws gassed up, their are so...
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    Time for a rebuild!!

    Yet another happy Engine Rebuild in my shop. Picked up this dozer for pretty cheap, the only wrong thing with it was the Engine. this is how big the crack in the head was.
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    Kershaw?

    hey guys, just went and looked at a Kershaw 500 Klearway rubber tired mulcher, it looked pretty cool but im kinda scared to get involved with a company that iv never heard of, I know for a Fact that Prentice makes a monster of a machine, i got to run a 2670 with a Seppi head on it last week to...
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    Biomass?

    hey guys, got a tough question here. whats the deal with all this talk about Biomass lately? i talked to a good freind of mine across the road who runs a chipping buisness and he says he sends more of his product to plants like Masonite than he does the mill. im not sure about the biomass thing...
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