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Double M

09-06-2006 09:19:43

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I have a seven acre pasture that was overgrown with brush. The brush is all cut down and now I need to remove the cuttings. What implement should I use to clean up this mess? The ground is rough and there are some small stumps. Simple and cheap works best for me.

Thanks

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Double M

09-06-2006 19:14:53

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

I'm in north Texas. We are on our 2nd year of drought. Monday we had our first rain showers since early July. Less than an inch of rain but at least it broke the streak of 42 days of 100+ temps. Right now we are about 15 inches behind in rainfall.
I am doing this in hope that the drought will break this fall (typically pretty rainy around here). My plan is to get it cleared, disced a couple of times, sprayed and then sprigged with coastal bermuda. That hybrid is so drought resistant that fields around here that were parched and brown on Sunday are green and growing today. In normal years good fields provide 3 or 4 harvests. It's also a very palatable horse hay, at least my horses think so.

I appreciate all the helpful thoughts. I think I'll try to get a cultivator or landscape rake and do the best I can with it.

Pray for rain and maybe I'll be able to burn it off.

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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

09-06-2006 16:21:37

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

How about a good pair of gloves and a trailer?

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Double M

09-06-2006 19:11:02

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 09-06-2006 16:21:37

Did that to death. Got a brush pile 30 x 30 and 15 feet tall and still way to much brush laying around

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Bob in WY

09-06-2006 16:09:58

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

This is what I used but I only did 4 acres with no stumps.

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Double M

09-06-2006 19:12:17

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Bob in WY, 09-06-2006 16:09:58

Looks like a great idea!

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Bob in WY

09-06-2006 16:12:01

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Bob in WY, 09-06-2006 16:09:58

Did some of my finish cleanup with this.

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BigMarv1085

09-06-2006 15:29:50

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

I would go with UltraDog's advice. With the springs, if you catch one of the little stumps, it will spring back and not damage the equipment. Just drag it over the cut trees and it will rake them together, pull them to your pile, back up and get another load.

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Bill(Wis)

09-06-2006 12:57:06

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

You didn"t mention burning as an option. If it is, then get a good big back blade for your 3 pt and push the stuff into piles so it can be burned. If you have too many stumps in the way, you might have to cut a few off a ground level. Otherwise, try to pile the brush over the tops of the larger stumps and burn them too.

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mjbrown

09-06-2006 11:15:22

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

Did you cut the brush at or below ground level and how big was the brush? Unless it was pretty small like berry canes it sounds like an invitation to a lot of tire trouble.

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Double M

09-06-2006 12:19:26

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to mjbrown, 09-06-2006 11:15:22

Some of the brush was as big as 2 inches. Yep, it has presented tire problems

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mjbrown

09-06-2006 12:42:34

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 12:19:26

Might be cheaper to hire a small bulldozer with a brush blade by the time you replace a bunch of tires. Or possibly rent one. Bulldozers are a LOT of fun.

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Ultradog MN

09-06-2006 10:08:29

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Double M, 09-06-2006 09:19:43

Double,
I'm not sure what kind of equipment you have.
If you have a tractor with 3 point look around for an old 3 point cultivator. They made a couple of different types - stiff shank and spring shank but either would do the job.
I've been clearing some land myself this summer - about an acre that is heavily overgrown - and after cutting it down with a brush saw I use the impliment below to kind of rake it up into windrows and tear up the roots some. Then I used the loader with manure forks to push, bunch and pile it up for burning.
Good luck
Jerry

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Double M

09-06-2006 12:23:24

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Re: What implement should I use? in reply to Ultradog MN, 09-06-2006 10:08:29

I mthought about using something like your cultivator. I don't know how to control the height of the cultivator to mcatch the trash but not dig into the ground considering the roughness of the field. I plan to disc it after I get it cleaned, in preperation for sprigging hay this winter.

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