Best way to get rid of brush

[zeuspaul]

I've got all I can handle with a tractor and grapple just gathering up the brush. I'll never finish 'mowing' as you suggest.

If you can get to it with a grapple you can get to it with a mower. You don't need to gather it and put it in a pile. Just mow it where it lies as long as it is less than three inches and it can't be nestled between rocks. You would be building piles and I would be finished and drinking beer.

Zeuspaul

 

[pat32rf]

Up here our soil and water is so acidic you could use it in a battery
The more ashes we can generate the better as it saves buying lime for the garden.( Aluminium dog dishes pinhole in less than a year.)
I'd burn it if I could.

 

[Jay4200]

BTW, you may want to check your figures. I've done some burning before and I know I'll end up with a whole lot more ash pile than a garbage can full unless you're talking about a dumpster. And, it's not the ash that will provide the leftover bulk; it's all the half-burned stuff that will be left. But thanks.

Fair enough. Burn it, then dig a hole and bury what's left. Waiting until snow is a good idea, unless you are in some kind of rush. If so, then I'd go with the 'rent a chipper' suggestions.

JayC

 

[davidseaquist]

I have a friend who lives in Valley Center in California. He is on 80 acres. He has a firewood business as a sideline. He dug a pit the size of a grave 3 wide 7 long 6 deep. He fills it with his loader and digs out the ashes with his backhoe. He gets rid of rotton wood and bark. David

 

[schmism]

i usually start with a pile of brush about 5' tall and 8-10' in diam.

it creates a good hot fire without being overwhelmly large. I usually have a second pile 20-30 feet from it that i pull out of and add to the burning pile.

it makes it easy to manage the fire and keep it going with out becomeing a rageing inferno.

 

[Harvey7]

I do most of my burning while the snow is still on the ground or while it is raining, can burn an awful lot in one afternoon.

 

[TonyS]

Down here in Lincoln Co the Solid Waste people come round on a schedule with a grappler and take away anything less than 6" wide and 6 feet long.

Other than that i wait till we have some rain and have LOTS of bonfires.

 

[R_Walter]

Down here in Lincoln Co the Solid Waste people come round on a schedule with a grappler and take away anything less than 6" wide and 6 feet long.

Other than that i wait till we have some rain and have LOTS of bonfires.

I just happen to be down in Ruidoso as I write this. The Lodge at Sierra Blanco.

Up in Tierra Amarillo county they don't provide much of any kind of services. There is a landfill about 70 mile driving from my little place.

 

[heymack]

I prefer to burn smaller piles, but have burned several massive piles. FWIW, my MIL who worked for the EPA for decades condones burning which surprised me. I figured she would have lectured me instead.

 

[john_bud]

R Walter,

There are machines called "Mulchers" that go on medium to large track equipment (ASV is popular). They can turn a 4-6" hardwood tree into mulch in no time at all. It sounds like a match to your needs. You would probably have to hire in a service as they don't rent the equipment (usually).

You can find out about the equipment in the "construction" section of the forum - search for mulching.

I used to live in Rio Rancho - back when it was a small town '85-'88. Talk about growth!

jb