trail clearing technique and tools

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You folks might not know we are looking for property near here but out of town so building a shed here is off the table. I'd be easier to rent something. I've been keeping my eyes peeled for a 18ft trailer, but can't park it here for the snow.
Do you have a friend or family member with some acerage that would let you park a 20' container for a few months? They are not expensive, rodent proof and can be handy to have when you find a place. Even if you decide to sell it later, you may not take much of a loss.
 
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There are no to very little arm to keep a tractor in the elements for a short period of time. I keep mine in the elements all summer I just flip the seat up, yeah ok the paint is fading but I don't care. I wouldn't let that keeping me form owning a tractor.
 
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Could be better to wait on buying any tractor until you find the property you want so you get a machine that is tailored to your use case. Unless you find some great deal….
 
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There are no to very little arm to keep a tractor in the elements for a short period of time. I keep mine in the elements all summer I just flip the seat up, yeah ok the paint is fading but I don't care. I wouldn't let that keeping me form owning a tractor.
And I bet the dealer is storing outside anyway.
 
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Boundary Road trails is setting up a work day in the spring to clear back shoots that I didn't do this past summer. We have to get h help because of my wrist grief won't let me do much. We do have a page for the trails if anyone cares to follow.

 
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Why my trails around the house are not in use:
I have a lot of dead Ash around the trails.
This one I walked, it's about 70+ feet (the top hit another tree and shattered, so not sure where it really ended). About 2 feet where it split from the base about 30 feet to the right in the below picture.
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Will be bucking this sometime this week. So much firewood, so much......
 
   / trail clearing technique and tools #1,437  
Why my trails around the house are not in use:
I have a lot of dead Ash around the trails.
This one I walked, it's about 70+ feet (the top hit another tree and shattered, so not sure where it really ended). About 2 feet where it split from the base about 30 feet to the right in the below picture.
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Will be bucking this sometime this week. So much firewood, so much......
I'm losing my Ash trees as well, thanks to the Emerald Ash Borer. I've taken down 6 so far this year and unfortunately there are many more to follow.

I'm also fighting the Woolly adelgid in an attempt to save my pristine 6 acre stand of Hemlock.

The Chestnut, Beech and Elm are long gone and something's killing off my Spruce as well. I can't help wondering what's next.

If this keeps up, in a hundred years, there won't be a tree left standing in this part of the country.
 
   / trail clearing technique and tools #1,438  
I'm losing my Ash trees as well, thanks to the Emerald Ash Borer. I've taken down 6 so far this year and unfortunately there are many more to follow.

I'm also fighting the Woolly adelgid in an attempt to save my pristine 6 acre stand of Hemlock.

The Chestnut, Beech and Elm are long gone and something's killing off my Spruce as well. I can't help wondering what's next.

If this keeps up, in a hundred years, there won't be a tree left standing in this part of the country.
The Tulip Poplars and Cedars are doing ok.
I live in what used to be an Ash forest, lost hundreds of trees, dozens in the 60-100 feet tall.
Every time I go out to groom the trails I find branches and trees down.
It's been a few years since I can just walk the trails.

Do have plenty of invasive plants though...
Did get those cleared out of the back area, still a lot along the trails that I leave for the animals.
 
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I'm losing my Ash trees as well, thanks to the Emerald Ash Borer. I've taken down 6 so far this year and unfortunately there are many more to follow.

I'm also fighting the Woolly adelgid in an attempt to save my pristine 6 acre stand of Hemlock.

The Chestnut, Beech and Elm are long gone and something's killing off my Spruce as well. I can't help wondering what's next.

If this keeps up, in a hundred years, there won't be a tree left standing in this part of the country.
The spruce budworm kills them here, all the time. Seems they naturally feed on those and kill them in time. Sure are a mess to get off the trail.
 

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