Land clearing ?

(quoted from post at 12:31:56 09/27/17) Where I live it's a mistake to use heavy equipment to clear land. Once cleared it can take 15-20 years to recover from the heavy equipment. It strips off what little topsoil there is and nothing grows there for years. I have to clear the land with a chain saw and the most I can do with machinery is use a tractor with a front loader and push the debris up into a pile and burn it. I have to be very careful not to scrape the ground with the bucket.

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(quoted from post at 09:24:33 09/27/17) This message is a reply to an archived post by G.Fields on January 21, 2012 at 17:27:23.
The original subject was "Land clearing ?".

A lot of sasaphras? trees, some red oaks, maples, birch, etc. I will be spraying the land to kill off growth, running an old heavy brush hog over the ground, then plowing/disc the ground for grass. Experience, again, have operated the small excavators and backhoes. old case 580 and newer Cat 420's.



I have six acres of land, covered with trees, mainly smaller diameter trees, I am renting a Cat 312 to remove six acres of trees, I am not planning on removing the dirt on the roots, will let the rain take care of that, nor am I concerned about stacking them for now. I would like to know how long it will take me to clear six acres of trees. I have experience with the mini excavators and with back hoes.

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