Clearing land options...

Egon · May 24, 2003

Franz:

Ahh -- That clears things up. Means the second committee to pick the first repair committee is just being convened.

Egon

popeye · May 26, 2003

Bulldozer,Bulldozer,Bulldozer. I have tried both methods being a little hardheaded and a cheapskate. You will get a much nicer job and in less than third of the time you could do it with your tractor. After he is done go in and finish up with the tractor. It will be money well spent and if you can sell the timber you may be able to offset the costs.
Mike

adegiulio · May 26, 2003

Thanks for all the responses guys. Bulldozing it will be! But I still want a tractor, so I will have to come up with some other creative uses!

Richard · May 27, 2003

so I will have to come up with some other creative uses!

I bet that wont be terribly difficult... just a couple weeks ago, my wife wanted to transplant (for the 2nd time) some day lillies.. seems their color scheme doesn't match her desires...

Anyway, she wanted them moved "over there", so I grabbed a shovel and dug them up, then fired up Brutus (90 hp industrial TLB with 2 foot backhoe) and went to dig up a little flower bed for her 4 flowers.....

yes, she was rolling her eyes, but me? I was /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

stmiller2 · May 27, 2003

Just curious as to what folks around the country have to pay for bulldozer work. I had some bulldozer work done on my farm two weeks ago and paid $85 per hour.

Bird · May 27, 2003

Steve, it's been a couple of years, but my brother and a neighbor used some guys who have 3 dozers and are really good and fast with the work they do and they were charging $60 an hour, minimum of 4 hours, but usually worked 10 hours a day.

stmiller2 · May 27, 2003

Bird,

The fellow that I hired actually used a CAT track loader (I'm not sure if this is the correct name -- a dozer with a front-end loader rather than a blade). He was a joy to watch -- no wasted time or motion. I think I got my money's worth.

Casimir · May 27, 2003

I also had our pasture and barn area cleared with a CAT track loader -- much faster (perhaps years faster) than I could have done it with my little tractor. The owner/operator gave me a deal of $70 per hour if he could work around his other jobs. Still took a long time and about $6K - he said he had never seen so many stumps per acre. The previous owner sold the timber, so I couldn't recover any of the cost /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif.

rancar · May 28, 2003

<font color="blue">"..what folks around the country have to pay for bulldozer work..." </font>

Last year, I hired a dozer for a weekend and contracted with a skilled operator to bulldoze some hedgerows on the property. I paid separately for the rental of the dozer, diesel fuel, and operator's labor and not by the hour. However, the dozer worked for 20 hours that weekend and I spent about $950 for the job. Equivalent hourly cost was slightly under $50 per hour.

...Bob

Mike_Dumond · May 28, 2003

Paid $75/hr last week for a days work. He did more work in that one day than I did all last summer. Amazing how much more you can do with a dozer compared to a B6100 /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

But, I made sure that he didn't do too good of a job. I got to have something to do this summer /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif At least the 25 to 45 degree slopes will be a bit more visible.