[AT] Osages to maples

[Spencer Yost]

Antique tractor reference:    I hire one of those out every 3-5 years to hold Mother Nature at bay.   My guy operates it so well there are no stubs  pushing up out of the ground and I can bush hog behind him to maintain the area with my Ford with ratty tires and I have never had a problem. If this guys is leaving stubs that endanger tires he is not operating correctly. He should be cutting lower.   

I was going to suggest this approach to Dean but he is having to much fun. (-:  In Dean’s case I don’t think he would’ve been to clear it all. It sounds like the mature Osage Orange would have been too big for him. but having only a few really big ones completely stripped up to about 12-15’ would have been a big help I’m sure.

My guy charges $1000 and for that price he brings an employee, a BIG forestry mulcher and a “mid range” excavator for stumps and to pull down trees he should not attack standing up.  He does not haul away the stumps for that.  He only puts in about 5 to 6 hours of seat time/machines moving in a day. But he can clear 2 to 5 acres in one day and that’s all I ever need. 

In fact he can chew up just about anything but having him mess with anything more than 9-12” in diameter is inefficient.

I brought him to push mother nature back from the barn a bit last winter.  I also had him trim back the kudzu my neighbors won’t control and I have to keep from invading my property.  Here he is doing that.

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Spencer 


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> On Nov 8, 2019, at 4:01 AM, James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I SAW a small compact track loader with a horizontal axis shredder (think reel mower) parked off to one side of the freeway in western Michigan. It had obviously shredded up an area of standing brush and left behind almost no residue except the small diameter (right size to poke holes in tires) stumps.  Now if they had a stump grinder attachment for that same little beast, the stumps could be gone also.
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> http://machines-at-work.com/bobcat-t-770-skidsteer-tracked-loader-with-bandit-forestry-mulcher-demo.html
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> Mike M AT List member <meulenms at gmx.com> ; <snip> The question I had was all those little scrub bushes that leave little stubs about 3" above the ground . How to you get rid of those, so the grass can fill in and it doesn't wreck your mower? Or are those just vines hanging off the trees? <snip>
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