[AT] Osages to maples

[Al Jones]

Spencer, does he just charge you a flat $1000?  We have a patch of woods
here at home (maybe a half acre--MAYBE) that I would like to have the
undergrowth cleaned out so I can keep it mowed between the trees.  I have
no idea what the going rate for one of these rigs is around here. (Eastern
NC.)

Al

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:25 AM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 8, 2019, at 4:01 AM, James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> http://machines-at-work.com/bobcat-t-770-skidsteer-tracked-loader-with-bandit-forestry-mulcher-demo.html
> >
> > 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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