Originally posted by Big pig
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Looking good. That's also a fair price. I am getting a quote on Saturday, but right off he said his going charge $200 per hour. I think I will need one full day? Please keep us updated on the progress as I am thinking about going this route. I was told the biggest tree he messed with is 8"???
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Originally posted by Russ81 View PostOnce they come back super easy too spray herbicide, burn and keep them in check
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Originally posted by Russ81 View PostOnce they come back super easy too spray herbicide, burn and keep them in check
That's what I was hoping! Also... Thus is a 38 acre block... I do not have the $ to shred it all nor do I want go. I am shredding so that I can burn I shredded areas and use shredded areas as a break. I seriously doubt fire will pas through shredded areas.
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End of day one ... Theses Pine Donkeys won't have a place to hide no more!!!! We did a lot. We are going to finish in this area in the am and move to the next spot. I am pleased. There def is some cleanup, but that is expected. I was shocked to realize how many large large hardwoods were without a top from hurricane Rita and Ike!
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I used one of these bobcats to clear out 6 acres of some of the thickest brush in E Texas. @ 125.00 per hr. It left a lot of cuttings on the ground and I had to push it around with my front end loader to be able to get some seed in the ground for fall food plots. But it was really thick area. The unit broke down more than it ran. And I don't think the people I used will be in business very long. After seeing this I would not buy a bobcat with a mulcher. But I do think it is better than a dozer. And after clearing some land for a pond, using a track hoe, I would us a track hoe again if I needed some land cleared. A dozer removes a lot of top soil, where a back hoe shakes the soil off and back to the ground. Just my 2 cents
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My uncle had this done a few years ago on his place at Gatesville. Really impressive the work the guy did, but pretty slow in terms of ground covered. Had a friend of the family come out with a tree shear on his bobcat and backhoe I think. He dropped everything with the shear and piled it with the hoe. We ended up with 4 big brush piles that we will eventually burn, maybe. But he cleared a heckuvalot more ground in a shorter period of time.
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The thing about the mulcher is that when he is done, it is done if you let him grind the mulch up small enough. Mulchers are high maintenance machines and I have seen a bunch of them burn by getting debris into the engine compartment/turbo area. But they really do a good job. Dozers can tear up ground and damage roots of desirable trees if not careful, and they still leave a pile of brush/trees that you have to deal with.
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