Dozer work #2 -- How much will it cost me?

[Gator6x4]

My suggestion would be to get someone with a track hoe and a dozer. A large Track Hoe makes the task of removing stumps fairly easy. The dozer can then fill the holes, pile the stumps and debris and smooth the ground. I have seen both ways in use, dozer and track hoe or just the dozer. The dozer track hoe combo makes for a more economical approach in my opinion.

 

[scoutcub]

My suggestion would be to get someone with a track hoe and a dozer. A large Track Hoe makes the task of removing stumps fairly easy. The dozer can then fill the holes, pile the stumps and debris and smooth the ground. I have seen both ways in use, dozer and track hoe or just the dozer. The dozer track hoe combo makes for a more economical approach in my opinion.

It is the ideal combo......

 

[Ken]

i just cant see someone out there digging up stumps...in a 10 ft square area there are probably 2-3-4 stumps...multiply that by 20-30 acres and that is a whole lot of digging....thanks for the replies

yeehaw You probally have seen the forrest service cutting the oak timber then using a dozer with single tooth chisle bar to yank the roots to the surface. Then with blade scrape the roots and stumps to a burn pile. Then replant with pine trees.
After the tornado 2 years ago I rented a dozer and operator to push all the downed trees to a burn win row. At $40.00 hour he cleared 30 acres leaving only the largest of stumps his dozer wouldn't budge. The regrowth has been knocked back with bush hog. Now wish had him use the tool bar and chisle first.
Neighbor hired a track hoe and dozer to remove his downed trees. the cost made him walk with a limp for a good while. has not mentioned the cost.
ken

 

[Mousefield]

When we cleared some land on our property to build our new house we had an excavator pull out the stumps and burn them. We had up to 2 ft diameter stumps and he got them out without much trouble. After he got them out he would pick them up and drop them a couple of times to get the dirt loose from them. Made a nice pile and burnt them, couple of times he had to restack them in the burn pile. He then pulled a home made grader with the excavator arm and got the land fairly level. I don稚 think a bulldozer would have done as fast or nice a job. The excavator size used was a Hitachi 120. This was about 10 years ago and he charged $95.00 per hour.