lumberjack1986
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That was my thought as well, rotary mower on a skid and go to town with no hauling required. If they did require hauling I would likely still mow then windrow with a root rake and load it out.
Hey guys, need a little estimating help
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yellowdogsvc
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thinking outside the box.
Containers for anything not shredded are hard to compact as brush is "springy."
For a job like the pictures, if it's all that low scrub, why not till up the ground then use a rock sifting bucket to get only the brush/roots and let dirt fall through? A fork grapple will do wonders if everything is shredded or tilled up first as you will be balling up debris without a lot of the dirt.
If you had access to a rock crusher attachment or subbed out that work, it would do the same thing and till that material back into the ground.
If you did just scrape the ground, I'd try and rent a rock sifting bucket and use that before you used the dozer blade. If you can let the brush sit a week in this heat, it will dry up a lot, too, and make it a lot easier to ball up/crush with a grapple and stuff in containers.
Containers for anything not shredded are hard to compact as brush is "springy."
For a job like the pictures, if it's all that low scrub, why not till up the ground then use a rock sifting bucket to get only the brush/roots and let dirt fall through? A fork grapple will do wonders if everything is shredded or tilled up first as you will be balling up debris without a lot of the dirt.
If you had access to a rock crusher attachment or subbed out that work, it would do the same thing and till that material back into the ground.
If you did just scrape the ground, I'd try and rent a rock sifting bucket and use that before you used the dozer blade. If you can let the brush sit a week in this heat, it will dry up a lot, too, and make it a lot easier to ball up/crush with a grapple and stuff in containers.
All good ideas guys.
Mowing is out as the owner specified that he wanted all vegetation scraped off of the surface. Letting the piles sit for a while and dry out (thereby reducing volume) may be a viable option.
I am now thinking that my best bet is to windrow the debris. Then I can get a better idea as to how many containers I will need. At the end of the job I can call for the needed containers and load them out with a grapple fork on my skid. I can windrow with this:
I have an appointment with the owner next Tuesday for an onsite walk-around. I should have a better idea what I am up against then.
I appreciate all of your ideas and suggestions.
I am still looking for a way to get a rough estimate of the volume of brush (in cubic yards) that will need to be removed based on the pictures I have provided and the acreage (8 acres) if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks,
Tim
Mowing is out as the owner specified that he wanted all vegetation scraped off of the surface. Letting the piles sit for a while and dry out (thereby reducing volume) may be a viable option.
I am now thinking that my best bet is to windrow the debris. Then I can get a better idea as to how many containers I will need. At the end of the job I can call for the needed containers and load them out with a grapple fork on my skid. I can windrow with this:
I have an appointment with the owner next Tuesday for an onsite walk-around. I should have a better idea what I am up against then.
I appreciate all of your ideas and suggestions.
I am still looking for a way to get a rough estimate of the volume of brush (in cubic yards) that will need to be removed based on the pictures I have provided and the acreage (8 acres) if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks,
Tim