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Rance

11-03-2003 17:25:06




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I have about 20 acres to clear with 40+ years of accumulated sage brush--some to 3" dia. Would a flail mower be good for clearing that or do I need to do it the hard way with a chain saw and drag it to burn pile? A friend has told me that a regular (rotary) brush hog would do it but I can't see how that'd chop up 3" wood. I'll sure appreciate any advice.

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Rob

11-29-2003 19:58:29




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
I remember an "I built it" article in one of the farm magazines a few years back about this. This guy put a saw toothed blade on the side of his loader buicket. Like a giant sabre saw blade. He would put the loader flat on the ground next to the tree and drive forward cutting the trees off. He made it out of some pretty stout stuff. I Never tried it, but it sure sounded like an easier way to deal with all those small trees than the chain saw. A set of manure forks on the loader will be very useful in collecting the trees to burn if you go this route.

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Huckleberry

11-05-2003 07:51:47




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
3" is pretty big stuff. My limit is 1". That saves a lot of equipment damage. How about a dozer or a blade on your own tractor? just push it in a pile and burn it. What horsepower tractor do you have?



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Ludwig

11-04-2003 11:48:44




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
My rule is that if the rear tire of the Farmall Super M can knock it down the old Hesston Super 6 can chew it up. 4 inch trees are kind of too big, but 3 inch is no big worry.



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Stuart

11-04-2003 10:07:23




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
I have 15 ft industrial Woods batwing mower andit its gearboxes are rated for 200 hp. It is rated to mow off 4 inch brush



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MK

11-04-2003 07:19:37




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
Fence it and put a bunch of goats and hogs in. Should be clean in 1-2yrs.



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treeboy

11-05-2003 16:14:49




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 Re: Re: clearing land in reply to MK, 11-04-2003 07:19:37  
exactly, but he is going to have to put 3 or 4 horses out there too. no hay for the winter, they will eat the bark off of most trees, goat & hogs will take over thereafter,, sale horses before the anaimal rights people figure whats going on..
ps. if your going to try to plow this 20 acre plot ya better get the roots out ( dozer w/root rake) pile & burn,, have 5 gal bucket of water & a hose on site

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Norm

11-03-2003 20:35:21




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
Depending on your area, if you check with your local Dep't. of Forestry, you might be able to burn it after clearing a proper firebreak.



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Jeff Leavitt

11-03-2003 18:57:20




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
PS

I have a 20 (twenty) foot bush hog.


Jeff



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Jeff Leavitt

11-03-2003 18:54:31




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 Re: clearing land in reply to Rance, 11-03-2003 17:25:06  
Rance,

I do a bit of bush hogging on the side before the snow flies and I've found that 3" trees can be bush hogged. Some advice; Make sure that your slip clutches work, try to straddle the tree to fold it over (don't tear anything off the underside of your tractor in doing so), raise the bush hog a foot or so, then drive onto the tree with it. It will chop slices from the side of the tree in this manner then you can lower it to shave the stump down. Whereabouts are you? I'd be happy to come look at what you have and give you a quote if you like.


Sincerely,


Jeff

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