Invasive Vegetation Clearing

[Don McCombs]

This is a very short video of clearing invasive vegetation from field edges at our Pennsylvania farm.

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[Dale Finch]

Oooo...what a nice toy! Brush removal and mulching all in one! :{_}:

 

[Don McCombs]

Yep. That rig can handle up to 6-8 inch trees, too.

 

[staninlowerAL]

Oooo...what a nice toy! Brush removal and mulching all in one! :{_}:

Dale, all it takes is deep pockets!!! Stack the $100 bills high enough and the sky's the limit. :mrgreen: :lol: Stan

 

[Dale Finch]

So Don...do you actually OWN that neat gadget??

 

[Don McCombs]

No. SIL of a friend. It wasn’t free.

 

[Bill]

Saw this BC several years ago, https://www.google.com/search?source=un ... 4&dpr=1.25
Bill

 

[Peter Person]

Our son Erik had a forestry clearing contractor come in to clean out about 1 acre of their property last summer. Mostly Buckthorn and various bramble type brush. Left behind an apple tree, a pine of some sort, a couple of maples and an oak.
They showed up at 7:00am and were gone by noon. Four guys, two forestry mulchers, skid steer with brush grapple, and a stump grinder. Best $2,000.00 he ever spent!
He'll rent a Bobcat with a soil conditioner in the spring for a weekend to finish prepping.

 

[Don McCombs]

Peter, I agree with the money well spent. We were charged 17 hours over two days at 65 an hour. It would have taken my brother and I months to do it by hand.

 

[Lt.Mike]

Our son Erik had a forestry clearing contractor come in to clean out about 1 acre of their property last summer. Mostly Buckthorn and various bramble type brush. Left behind an apple tree, a pine of some sort, a couple of maples and an oak.
They showed up at 7:00am and were gone by noon. Four guys, two forestry mulchers, skid steer with brush grapple, and a stump grinder. Best $2,000.00 he ever spent!
He'll rent a Bobcat with a soil conditioner in the spring for a weekend to finish prepping.
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The tree guys in my area want $2,000 just to take down two dead oaks on my property.
I need your guys down here!

 

[Dusty B]

Power co used one of those to clean out under the power line last summer! did 1/2 mile about 100 yds wide in 3 days! curious to see what comes back next summer!

 

[Rick Spivey]

Peter, I agree with the money well spent. We were charged 17 hours over two days at 65 an hour. It would have taken my brother and I months to do it by hand.

Don,

I was just quoted $1500 per day for that exact machine and implement. I have anywhere from 10-20 acres I'd like to do, that is likely 5-10 days of work. I honestly think I am going to buy a used rig, and either use it then sell it again, or just hang on to it over the years.

 

[SONNY]

For $15,000 you wont buy one set up like that!!! --- bet $50,000 wont touch it! lol!

 

[Don McCombs]

The mulching implement, alone, was $35,000. That included all the ROPS and armor plating.

 

[SamsFarm]

For what those machines it costs, it looks slow!

Buy a track hoe and a grapple for it!