Opinions? Everybody has one

[Renze]

If you strip graze, you can allways use a brush cutter after grazing, if the mesquite is a tree of which you really cant win...
We have some pests here in Holland too, but they will stay away when you mow them while young: Stumps can be annoying, but little stumps of small seedlings are no problem for the equipment nor the horse hoofs.

Roundup doesnt do much anymore these days. all the good stuff is forbidden these days. We have a bottle of 2-4-5-T from 1969, and we only use it when needed: berrybrushes and the such, things to which nothing else helps.

 

[jschimmel]

i really want to hear about the results of the skidsteer.


I'll post some pics up of my place the results of shredding year after year. (its not pretty) the mesquite grows along the ground like a vine in some areas. If you leave them alone all the vines shoot up.
If the trees are less than 4" diameter trunks. You'll be getting 2+ roots out per minute. I've used a root plow before, but i can't get out the huge trees with that. The advantage of the root plow over the skidsteer i think would be with a root plow you can dig up the tree and drop it in one motion without going into reverse. you can keep going relatively straight and take them out in a line. For best results go at it a few days after it rains when the ground is moist, not wet. you'll make more progress and you'll minimize the damage to your land and it will be easier on your equipment.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Well since you did say Opinions....I have done ALOT with skidsteers. More than most people would ever believe. I am a firm believer that you can move any mountain with one, albeit one spoonful at a time. Dollar for dollar your money would be better utilized with a dozer(ie JD 650) and or trackhoe. The skidsteer shearing, then piling the debris and then digging out the stumps/roots is possible but would be a huge strain on the equipment and waste of $. A good operator can accomplish what you want done cheaper than you can put fuel into your "experiment". Just my opinion!