wngsprd
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There was a story in the news last week where a hunter was chased out of his tree by a helicopter tree trimmer off course (accidentally, I assume). Tore up his stand.
FEL= Front End Loader.. all of those trees are ripe for pushing over with a FEL. Just the right size. Wait a day or 2 after a rain, and go to town. Gets roots and all, and no stump. Just push into the tree, and get sharp edge of your bucket hooked in the bark, and then lift, curl and push all at the same time. Plop, out they come.. Hydrostat transmission makes this easy without slipping a clutch, and wearing it out. Heck you might be able to charge local tractor owners to come and pop out the trees! In a Tom Sawyer fence painting kind of way!:laughing:
FEL= Front End Loader.. all of those trees are ripe for pushing over with a FEL. Just the right size. Wait a day or 2 after a rain, and go to town. Gets roots and all, and no stump. Just push into the tree, and get sharp edge of your bucket hooked in the bark, and then lift, curl and push all at the same time. Plop, out they come.. Hydrostat transmission makes this easy without slipping a clutch, and wearing it out. Heck you might be able to charge local tractor owners to come and pop out the trees! In a Tom Sawyer fence painting kind of way!:laughing:
The comment about pushing them over is true. If you've got bucket teeth, you could hit the tree low at a dumping angle and they typically will pop right over. Then back up and push the root ball and the other side's roots will come out. My FEL w/o bucket teeth worked well.
I know some wildlife fisheries lakes like to sink cedars for fish habitat. Not sure about ideas of being profitable. The cedar eating job is lucrative. Oklahoma has a registry of cedar tree owners that are willing to let the harvesters come in and eradicate them on your property...see link below.
ERC Registry | Oklahoma Forestry Services
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A large number of them could be bush hogged. I know you can't do it with a light duty or even med duty hog but many or most could be done with a heavy hog and a good tractor. We used to hog down anything we could ride down with a ford jubilee. It would be faster than pushing by a good bit and you don't have to pile and burn.
FEL= Front End Loader.. all of those trees are ripe for pushing over with a FEL. Just the right size. Wait a day or 2 after a rain, and go to town. Gets roots and all, and no stump. Just push into the tree, and get sharp edge of your bucket hooked in the bark, and then lift, curl and push all at the same time. Plop, out they come.. Hydrostat transmission makes this easy without slipping a clutch, and wearing it out. Heck you might be able to charge local tractor owners to come and pop out the trees! In a Tom Sawyer fence painting kind of way!:laughing:
The comment about pushing them over is true. If you've got bucket teeth, you could hit the tree low at a dumping angle and they typically will pop right over. Then back up and push the root ball and the other side's roots will come out. My FEL w/o bucket teeth worked well.
I know some wildlife fisheries lakes like to sink cedars for fish habitat. Not sure about ideas of being profitable. The cedar eating job is lucrative. Oklahoma has a registry of cedar tree owners that are willing to let the harvesters come in and eradicate them on your property...see link below.
ERC Registry | Oklahoma Forestry Services
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Contact or look up bow hunters. There are commercial bow makers that love to make bows out of cedars. I know because I have a gentleman that wants to do the same thing with some of our trees. Just an idea.
They are of no value. Get rid of them as fast as possible. If they are cut below the lowest branch they will die. They kill grass, hog water, and are a fire hazard since they will burn green. I researched eastern red cedars extensively before removing them from my property in Nebraska. The only cedars that are valuable are large old growth and ones that have grown in very dense growth that are very tall with few branches. Easier to remove limbs and straight and uniform for posts. Cedar mulching operations want 8" logs with a minimum of 4" diameter at the small end with no branches. From the looks of your land I would check into prescribed burning.
I agree, I think one could end up over the handlebars and with a face full of cedar branches really easy, not to mention what it could do to the frame of your ATV. I think you have the right equipment to dig them up with the skidster but it is going to take some time to do. Another option would be to put a chain around them and pull them up if you have any other pulling type equipment. This could work well on the smaller ones.I just don't see how that ATV thing can be safe!!