Did you use a ripping chain or just a normal one?Yup. Aside from a sawmill, how else would one cut it?
Love this thread, I’m gonna have to re-read it a few times and take notes the front loader stump remover could be huge... In February we closed on 9 acres in the middle of Brunswick County. I wasn’t sure we could find/afford 2 or 3 but the right deal came along. It was cut for timber 8-9 years ago, Old stumps are going to be a challenge, but with current cost to build there is zero rush, hence why I might just slowly tackle them a few at a time. Don’t plan to quit my job, I happen to like it as well, but it is nice being out there. So far just be cutting a path to get to a cleared acre in the middle from an old easement, probably will forestry mulch the front 2 acres. Then I’ll need to get stumps out and till it to level the ruts from timber cutting. (How big a stump can a tiller handle? Most is only 3”+- pine). Anyway, rambling, jealous of the time you can invest. But glad we found a plot, it’s a big first step.
2 inchYour pictures and posts helped me realize how “Un-fun” it would be to grade and level with a 48” box blade. 60” won’t be a lot more fun but still an improvement… plus my wife would probably call it a lawn mower.
Fair point about an excavator, I’m just cheap. But tractor wear is a fair point, especially with 8 acres of small trees. How big of a stump will cause issues for a tilller though?
Sounds like I got a lot of work ahead of me. One place quoted $6k-$8k per acre for clearing and root raking. Maybe could find a more affordable company, but anything near that isn't in the cards. Rather buy a tractor and take a year to do it.Grading anything larger than 1/4 acre with a 48" box blade sucks. I've done a total of roughly 2 acres with that setup (not all at once). It's a daunting task when there's ruts from heavy equipment and holes from stumps. Doable, but it takes a while. 60" would be far better.
As LeeMajors said, 2 inch (max) stumps is all a tiller is going to want. Basically what a standard size loader bucket is going to easily pull up.
Sounds like I got a lot of work ahead of me. One place quoted $6k-$8k per acre for clearing and root raking. Maybe could find a more affordable company, but anything near that isn't in the cards. Rather buy a tractor and take a year to do it.
Well good to hear and damn... was hoping you'd say "that's crazy, search around and you can get it done for $2k an acre. 😁Sounds about right based on what I paid to have stumps and trees removed. For me, it was worth the money....but I'm already living here, and needed it done somewhat quickly.
Another project done. Sectional for the front deck.
Still need to do some sanding on it, round over the sharp edges, and get some cushions for it, but it's otherwise done. View attachment 456277
Looks like that good be a happy, peaceful kind of place with the view of the church in the background. I would think it's nice to have them as neighbors.
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Great job, I’m envious!Another bench (for the back deck) done-ish. Gotta run the router over it, sand it, and put the arm rests on it.
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Great job, I’m envious!
Frontier is a great truck on its own but agree I couldn’t go to a midsize again. Enjoy it.I started a separate thread on the "build" for this, but figured I'd post about it here as well.
Here's the new "farm truck". Since we've been here, I've had a quad cab short (5ft) bed Nissan Frontier. The longer we are here and the more "farm stuff" we do here, the less that truck was working for me. The 5ft bed just isn't enough anymore.
The new one should do everything I need it to.
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