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Cleaning up clearing debris from Brontosaurus

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We recently cleared some acreage by hiring an excavator with a brontosaurus. It left scattered 1-6 foot lengths of hardwood sticks (1-3 inches in diam) and lots of shredded/chipped wood on the ground (2-4 inches deep). It also left some scattered stump stubs that could harm tractor tires without cutting them. I"m trying to figure out what would be the best way to clean up the mess so I can eventually brushog the area with my tractor in a few years. Looking for suggestions. Thanks
 
I am quite familiar with what you have left,as I have run various brush cutters for seven years. What to do can depend on your intended use for the land.
 
For a similar situation with lots of rocks too, I hired a dozer with a root/rock rake to move the materials to one side in a sort of wind row, and then I used my tractor with a York rake to finish the clean-up and bring it to the point where I could bushhog in the future. I wanted a bushy wild field widelife habitat for mowing in sections about every 3 years.
 
(quoted from post at 21:48:04 09/25/08) I am quite familiar with what you have left,as I have run various brush cutters for seven years. What to do can depend on your intended use for the land.
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Our intent is similar to what Charlie said in his reply. I don't need stumps pulled, just somewhat level to the ground and not sharp so I can use my tractor and bushhog once a year or every other year to mow the 5 acres. It is for a wildlife opening.
 
I'd leave all the debris where it is, and let it rot. If some stumps are too big to go over with the bushhog, I'd cut them down with a chainsaw. I'm sure that's not the solution for everyone, just what I'd do.
 
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