Acreage Yard work and good tools

[rknight111]

So I’m clearing a 10’ wide path in my back area of my property. It was as dense bush with up to 40' poplar trees. Maxwell marked the property line a while back for me. I have borrowed this stihl FS 85 from my parents and this thing is slick. I installed the stihl saw blade and this thing just crews through the brush.

 

[rknight111]

Basically, Im clearing all the trees 10' back from the property line then levelling a trail out. Then we are installing posts and a fence. I should be able to ride my side by side or sled around the property. This trail is a little more than 1/2 km long.

 

[machinehead]

We have a Husqvarna with similar blade.
Amazed at what it can rip through .

 

[rknight111]

We have a Husqvarna with similar blade.
Amazed at what it can rip through .

Yes, totally slick. Got rid of all the dense brush quickly. All the bigger trees I was using my chain saw, and bobcat for the smaller trees.

 

[kovs]

They work awesome for caraganaha’s or even trimming up trees around yard , can reach decently high, just you have a mess in a hurry to clean up

 

[sirkdev]

be very careful.. once they start to get dull they kick back like an animal. As soon as you feel the first couple kick outs change out the blade, things escalate rapidly from there. I broke the shaft on mine.

 

[freeflorider]

This Dose a great job of removing trees too.

 

[52weekbreak]

So are you available for hire? I have a fair bit of the same work to do...just can't seem to get to it.

 

[Mike270412]

Ron,aren't you supposed to be unloading and returning a borrowed trailer?

 

[rknight111]

Ron,aren't you supposed to be unloading and returning a borrowed trailer?

Unloaded last night. Bringing by today

 

[Lunch_Box]

I ended up buying an excavator to get some yard work done around the house; backfill, clear some trees, get rid of stumps,... Wife wasn't to happy about the purchase but she will slowly get over it im sure.

 

[rknight111]

I ended up buying an excavator to get some yard work done around the house; backfill, clear some trees, get rid of stumps,... Wife wasn't to happy about the purchase but she will slowly get over it im sure. View attachment 212624

Handy for sure, my parents had a yanmar mini backhoe that we sold just before I got this house. That thing would of been used a lot here. We are looking for a small backhoe, not an expensive one. Just to use around there, my, and my brother in laws yard.

 

[Lunch_Box]

Handy for sure, my parents had a yanmar mini backhoe that we sold just before I got this house. That thing would of been used a lot here. We are looking for a small backhoe, not an expensive one. Just to use around there, my, and my brother in laws yard.

Ya only got a few days in it before heading back to work, but its been handy. Especially with how wet/muddy my yard was at the time. Anything with tires just couldn't get around. Need a small dozer now to go with it.

 

[arff]

Handy for sure, my parents had a yanmar mini backhoe that we sold just before I got this house. That thing would of been used a lot here. We are looking for a small backhoe, not an expensive one. Just to use around there, my, and my brother in laws yard.

This hoe is just your size

 

[rsaruk]

So I’m clearing a 10’ wide path in my back area of my property. It was as dense bush with up to 40' poplar trees. Maxwell marked the property line a while back for me. I have borrowed this stihl FS 85 from my parents and this thing is slick. I installed the stihl saw blade and this thing just crews through the brush.



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What's the best way to get rid of those stumps? I have a bunch I need to deal with.

 

[TylerG]

Basically, Im clearing all the trees 10' back from the property line then levelling a trail out. Then we are installing posts and a fence. I should be able to ride my side by side or sled around the property. This trail is a little more than 1/2 km long.

May as well ride that sxs somewhere. It's a garage queen otherwise

 

[rknight111]

What's the best way to get rid of those stumps? I have a bunch I need to deal with.

I ripped the small ones down with the bobcat but the big ones I will shovel around them and cut them level with the ground. Drill a bunch of 1” holes in the stump and pour some roundup in there, that should kill the tree so I don’t end up with a pile of shutes everywhere.

Once done I’m running clay/gravel mix over top to try to level out. Then will run some crush over that.

Some of the last trees I cut down today were over 45’’with a 2’’ trunk. When they hit the ground they sure made some noise. You could feel the thump in the ground.

 

[Lunch_Box]

What's the best way to get rid of those stumps? I have a bunch I need to deal with.

Excavator or something to dig up the stumps and roots. Or you can always get a stump grinder and grind them down. All depends what you plan is where the stumps are, if you need compaction you will want the stumps and organic dirt completely removed ideally.

 

[skegpro]

I ripped the small ones down with the bobcat but the big ones I will shovel around them and cut them level with the ground. Drill a bunch of 1” holes in the stump and pour some roundup in there, that should kill the tree so I don’t end up with a pile of shutes everywhere.

Once done I’m running clay/gravel mix over top to try to level out. Then will run some crush over that.

Some of the last trees I cut down today were over 45’’with a 2’’ trunk. When they hit the ground they sure made some noise. You could feel the thump in the ground.

Not sure if that roundup procedure has worked for you in the past or not but I can't see how it can just based on how roundup/glyphosate works.

Typically the plant has to be actively growing and the chemical needs to be absorbed through the leaves.
Soil quickly breaks down glyphosate as it is a phosphate which bonds quickly with elements such as zinc, calcium and magnesium.

On the other hand maybe you will have enough of a dose directly in the roots that once the plant starts growing again the glyphosate can go to the activity and start tieing up essential nutrients?

I have also been told diesel works..... But I don't know for sure.

Interested to hear what works.

 

[rknight111]

Not sure if that roundup procedure has worked for you in the past or not but I can't see how it can just based on how roundup/glyphosate works.

Typically the plant has to be actively growing and the chemical needs to be absorbed through the leaves.
Soil quickly breaks down glyphosate as it is a phosphate which bonds quickly with elements such as zinc, calcium and magnesium.

On the other hand maybe you will have enough of a dose directly in the roots that once the plant starts growing again the glyphosate can go to the activity and start tieing up essential nutrients?

I have also been told diesel works..... But I don't know for sure.

Interested to hear what works.

I’ve used diesel previously, may go that route. It’s just a back trail and nothing fancy. Not really worried about settling or what’s under it. Just don’t want trees trying to grow up through it.