[AT] How about Tractors.

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Wed Mar 3 19:35:11 PST 2004


My Dad told stories of helping his Dad (my grandfather) clear bushland this
way only they used a team of horses. They really worked to clear an acre of
land in those days.

Ralph in Sask.
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas O. Mehrkam <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] How about Tractors.


> Dad and I cleared 25 acres with a Farmall H and a log chain. I was
> 15. He would hook up the chain and I would pull the trees.
>
> We would leave a little slack in the chain. When the tractor came to
> the end of the chain either the tree would come out or the tractor would
> dig a hole. Dad would then take an Axe and cut some roots and the tree
> would come right out.
>
> Gene Dotson wrote:
>
> >     Ralph;
> >     This is how I have been doing most of my clearing. Have so
> > much small growth of about 1 1/2 inches that the blade just
> > pushes over and the roots are still there attached to the tree
> > that is now laying flat on the ground. Then you have to get
> > below ground lavel and take a lot of dirt to get the tree.
> >     By pulling them out, I get most of the roots and does not
> > leave the ground so rough. The fence rows I won't even bother
> > to level with the dozer. They are smooth enough to plow and
> > what I can't work with the plow and disc will still be smooth
> > enough to mow.
> >     Springtime is the best time to pull trees. Just after the
> > ground thaws and the surface gets dry enough for good traction.
> >     Hardest trees to pull out have been the hackberry and
> > hickory. A 4 inch hackberry will make my little dozer set and
> > dig before it comes out with the chain as high as I can reach.
> > They are very tough and springy too.
> >     Apple trees are easy to pull, as are maple and wild cherry.
> >
> >                             Gene





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