Pasture Renovation

[tonyoz]

PLMLLC bear in mind I use a 140hp machine so your rate of work may be a little less The photo shows what can be achieved to beat the customers expectations which is usually a piece of cake.

 

[PLMLLC]

That looks like a great finish product. I understand the hp difference will make it a little slower than you but it will still be better than using my mulcher. Plus I don't want to go to deep with each stump. The client likes the idea of the grinder and are all for it. CAT is going to have one ready for me next week. This should be a fun project!

 

[marshalldougherty]

I don't much about mulchers, but I do know quite a bit about tree and stump removal equipment. Turbo Saw cut's below the ground with it's mining grade carbide teeth and it cuts on a 23 gpm skid up to 6" a second.

 

[fishfactor]

Thats a clean site. The loggers must have used a chipper. I would love to pull up there to work instead of the typical site that looks like a hurricane came through. Those stumps don't look like 25 year growth unless the soil is poor or they were not thinned at recommended intervals. We just did a first thinning on 13 year old loblolly pines with stumps that size, and actually used a 299XHP/Fecon BH74 with carbide teeth to grind the stumps flush. Go over stump forward, drop down flush and back up over stump, done. But that was with brand new teeth. We have also used a stump grinder and it works good, but if they just want them flush it's not necessary. You are probably looking at 600+/- stumps per acre if the trees were not thinned, so be sure to do the math.

 

[Piston]

<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/land-clearing-equipment/383952-pasture-renovation-rotator-saw-jpg"/> I don't much about mulchers, but I do know quite a bit about tree and stump removal equipment. Turbo Saw cut's below the ground with it's mining grade carbide teeth and it cuts on a 23 gpm skid up to 6" a second.

Welcome to TBN! There have been numerous questions on the tree saw in the recent past, so hopefully you'll be able to dig up some old posts and give us some more information.

I have asked quite a few questions myself and am interested in learning more. Perhaps you could start a thread about the tree saws and give us some more information and real world experience.

 

[yellowdogsvc]

The cat stump grinder will throw some chips, is easy to use, and telescopes as well as swings in a wide arc. I owned one and like it a lot.

I'd haul off any long, round logs larger than 7"-8" or hire someone to cut them to lengths shorter than your cutting width to facilitate chewing them up. Get some Cobra teeth in the middle of your drum, too, and you should have no problems on a job like that aside from occasional longer logs which will get kicked out under your machine necessitating backing up a lot to chase them.

Looks like a fun job.

 

[PLMLLC]

The loggers cut and dragged every tree to the landing where they were limbed and topped them into one pile. They did a good job as the farm ahs about 200 more acres of pine that they are going to select cut. The soil is red clay and thats it. And the trees were not maintained. We estimated 500 per acre.... The CAT rental guy was wrong and they don't have a stump grinder for my 299 to rent. They have one in stock to sell at $11k. So I ordered 6 new teeth for the center of the drum and going to see how the mulching goes. Kind of hoping they will decide to rent me the grinder but will make the mulcher work. Its all by the hour as they understand its a hard project to bid

 

[tonyoz]

Bugger about the stumpgrinder, they turn a good job into a fantastic job but you and the landowner are gonna be laughing. :thumbsup:

 

[marshalldougherty]

Thank you for the invite. I am more than happy to share my knowledge on our tree & brush cutting attachments. We have been making these cutting attachments for over a decade and we try to have one of the most technological attachments on the market. I will start a thread.

Marshall

 

[PLMLLC]

Here are some pics from this projects. Cleaning up all the tops as well as expanding the pasture area opening up some Walnut trees. Its fun so far. A lot of stumps to do!