Clearing Land with Forestry Mulcher/ Building our 14 acre Homestead

As a firewood guy it hurt seeing the bigger trees getting chipped but the smaller stuff would be a dream

its like a Giant eraser lol

That was worth it so I can see what he could do with his Forrest mulcher. Enjoyed the video immensely.

City boy!

You need to use a herbicide along that fence anyway... it'll kill the stumps that may grow back. Sprayers are affordable if you shop around and it will make life easier if you spray 6-10 feet on either side of the fence. And they tend to make two passes when there are rocks and uneven ground. The knives for the mulcher are really expensive. I recently cleared 7 acres that was overgrown with privet. It was expensive, but saved me years of fighting with that invasive tree.

Can I ask how much he charged to clear everything??

That looks like fun.

The operetor looks like a nice dude. Loved the vid, will definitely look into that type of service for my cottage

Bro thank you I'm a new city guy running to the country lol this will save me tons of time

Hey! I was wondering if you could give me some more info on the forestry mulcher? I just got 21 acres and want to open up space to create pastures for animals in the future and wondering if the forestry mulcher is the best tool for this. I’m also located in NC as well.

How much did it cost for the 6 hours and about how many linear feet did he mulch.

Can you please send the information of that company cutting your land for me please??🙏🙏🙏🙏

Just curious. What did you pay for the 6 hours. Those mulchers are like 12k. Bobcat is like 89k lol. 100k of equipment eeekkk... you can always rent a bobcat and a mulcher! Save some money

If we don't know what we don't know, then we google it, or ask others, in your case, other farmers, then we become informed about what to do.

Wow, what a game changer for your property. Took 6 hours versus the rest of your life. 💪🏼🧠🫡

The most unanswered question by you----- "How much did it cost?"

The most asked question----- "How much did it cost?"

I need that machine on my land in Thailand

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What was the project budget for this work?
Thank you so much for sharing! ❤

Great! Now you're spending the next two weeks collecting and storing the woodchips in order to have a stockpile for making compost.

Wonder what they charge for a day's work.

This thing would have made the end of Fargo hit a little bit different.

That mulcher was a magnificent creation!!! that'll speed up the dead tree decomposition to enrich the soil... I enjoy watching my dreams fulfilled in other people's lives...

I want to rent one of those things for my birthday.

Did he charge by hr or by the job…what does sumthin like that cost?

I don't know what you had to pay that guy, but that's money well spent! Looks great and saved you so much time!!

That's really nice. How much does something like that cost.?

Wow, great learning experience for me. What an estimate of cost to rent a company to come out and do this?

Check out the ventrac mower it has lots of attachments that might help out with future projects around the property

Nice

I had no idea these even existed but it's exactly what I need to hire for my property, which is foothills woodland made up of scrub oaks and manzanita. I want to clear out some of the more overgrown sections, and I can't do it by myself. Thanks for the revelation!

I'm clearing land that use to be cattle pasture, it has 2 ponds in this area so it was well fertilized high moisture level full sun and 20+ years of nobody being back there. When I first started I couldn't even see the gate 20' tall willow trees 5 or 6 rows deep with tall brush mixed in. A chainsaw and brush blade on a weed eater is what I have been using over the last 2 years. I took most of the fence down since most of the posts were broken at the ground poison ivy that had almost 2" in diameter vines and it ran in and out of the fencing so that was time consuming, and it's still everywhere. I have cut around our first pond and can actually see the other pond but I have my neighbors fence I need to be careful with while I'm cutting trees down next to it. I'm at the most difficult part now which is a massive wall of vegetation that's so thick I cannot even crawl through it and it's all held together by poison ivy. I call them pond willow trees because I only see them grow in high moisture areas next to ponds they get really tall but not very round and there are very few branches so they are very easy to cut and not heavy but they grow very close together. I will cut 1 down but it will just stand there because poison ivy is holding it up because it's all wrapped around multiple trees, so I'll cut the next 1 down and it stays standing so I just move on and keep cutting until they all fall, 5 trees it took me to finally get the first 1 along with the other 4 trees to fall with it. This wall of vegetation goes for about 60 to 70 yards and I notice there are some actual big trees that are not willows further into my jungle. I have 4 massive piles of Trees, bushes, and stumps I need to start burning but it's been really dry here in Illinois where I am anyway and all the stuff I've been cutting is fresh alive stuff so it's got to dry for awhile before I can burn it. I made a 20'x20' drive through burn pit that is full and ready to go, I should put a sign out front that says free firewood you cut, you load , you go

Do you eat the pigs?

Cheaper alternative to a side by side, I bought a old school Toyota pickup 4x4 single cab and feel I can do much more heavy duty shit than with a side by side. Not as fun but definitely a great alternative at 1/4 the price. I found me a good one for 5k.

You pretty much have no comfidince in your self.

Fix your creek so you can retain more water and make a summer swimming hole while you are at it.

Buy dirt bike, it would be fun for your kids

That’s amazing . Worth the money.

Holy cow!! I need one of those!

How much?

All you need now is a four wheeler or an atv

Where is this?

I would have used a chain saw and batter trimmer to cut the brush.

This was awesome! I didn't know anything like that existed either.

I would definitely spray the path/road that he cleared out, with 41% glyphosate mixed with 2-4D. It will keep all unwanted grasses and woody browse at bay, instead of using your mower all the time.

What did it cost for the 2000 feet and 1 day's work?

@Sowe the Land

How much you pay the BobCat guy per hour??

Thank you for answering my question.