Clearing land
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bigbull338
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that sounds like a hard but good days work.
It twas. Reminded me of working the same when I was young with my Dad. He ran the tractor, I was the runner. I pressure washed the tractor, the lower half of the back of the house (gotta catch the upper when it warms) and the garage as well as the carport. Everything is put away.
geneP
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I feel your pain. For the past few weeks I've been working a few hours a day when practical trying to reclaim about 5-6 acres that pine timber was cut off of about 8 yrs ago. Most of the debris that was keeping me out of there with a tractor has about all rotted away. I've cleared the 8-10 foot high brush and sapling with the bush hog and box blade. Now I'm going through pulling dirt away from the stumps and cutting them close to the ground with a chain saw. Hopefully when I'm done I can keep it clipped and get grass back in there.
MinnesotaEric
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Atta-boy!
Clearing land there are no rules on tools of destruction used!
This year, my zero turn got pressed into a brush clearing, a machete, hand axe, Stihl chainsaw (I need to make a video falling four trees at once like the Ax Man promo!), Stihl brush saw (think of a circular saw blade on a industrial strength 4 hp weed-whacker) and my tracter with a Woods rotary cutter which makes bits out of 6" and smaller trees (its rated for 4"
unch: ).29 acres to go.
dragoneggs
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Is this the before or after photo? In these parts that would be the after!Atta-boy!
Clearing land there are no rules on tools of destruction used!
This year, my zero turn got pressed into a brush clearing, a machete, hand axe, Stihl chainsaw (I need to make a video falling four trees at once like the Ax Man promo!), Stihl brush saw (think of a circular saw blade on a industrial strength 4 hp weed-whacker) and my tracter with a Woods rotary cutter which makes bits out of 6" and smaller trees (its rated for 4"
29 acres to go.
HarryN
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Amazing what satisfaction you get clearing your own land, even though it's hard work.
Go after it!!
Go after it!!
MinnesotaEric
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Is this the before or after photo? In these parts that would be the after!
That is a partial after photo.
This photo of the same place was taken after three days of hand clearing was done about six weeks before. It is just a wall of dead fall and green. You cannot even see the big oak just thirty feet past the jack pin the center of both photos!
dragoneggs
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i like the clearing but still a tree canopy... I bet it is beautiful in fall colors!
MinnesotaEric
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Each season has its own kind of beauty. That little clearing is just the tip of the iceberg.
Everything in this video was a wall of green to start and I've much more to do.
All to say, I understand the victory over a 50x50 clearing!
