Clearing House Sites - Digging Stumps Detailed Video
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2017
- Hey guys! In this video we show you how we remove stumps. We are using a Bobcat E32 Mini-Excavator in this video.
Thanks to Boiling Springs Small Engine for the rental!
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Doesn't matter if you're "poor Ole boy" or not. What matters is you got the job done and you got to spend some time with your dad! These are the times I miss with my dad! So always enjoy your time with your dad and your family.. nice video, thanks for sharing it!..
Thank you! Yeah we always have a great time. And now I have my 2 year old son to be a part of it as well. Definitely a blessing. Thanks for watching!
This is awesome! We just bought our 18 acres two months ago. All wood and forest! Clearing land is very expensive! But it has been a week of us clearing 5 acres now while sparingly leave our mice oak trees. We are doing it for less than half the price it takes to clear land. So satisfying to see all the changes
Congrats and good luck!! Nothing like doing your own work.
Terry
Thanks, I'm taking over a grown-up 200-acre ranch in the Ozarks. Just bought a JD 35G to help take out the million small black locust thorn trees, that fill every cleared grazing patch (can't keep tires on a wheeled machine to get in a bush hog, and rear tires for the old JD 4020 are over $1200 a piece!). I have dug a few small (18" to 26") stumps getting the feel of the machine, and thought I was doing something wrong because it's taking so much time and such large holes. Watching you I feel a little better that I'm not doing it all wrong after all.
You are welcome! Yeah it takes a bit to get the hang of it. Each species has its own root growth pattern. Then you come across one that breaks all the rules lol. Good luck!! Just a thought. Those locus are said to make some very good fence posts if I remember correctly. Also old timers wanted them in the pasture as they provide pods of seed that are good for livestock if again I remember correctly. You may want to save a few patches of them. Maybe google it. Joel Salitan may have info on them here on youtube.
You are doing it correctly, always dig around and brake routes as far away from stump so you don't damage eqp. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks! We get all kinds of advice and I like yours :) . I think there are lots of ways to get things done and finding what is right for you is the key to success.
Terry
Great job and good teaching thanks and God bless you and your Dad
Thanks for watching Thomas!
cool video, as gardener i done this jobs only twice by hand and now i can see the different and labor and time saver owning or renting a excavator or bob cat, took me 2 days my brother an I (and my truck) to attacked 11 stumps
Thanks! Yeah its money well spent if you are doing much of it. Saves your back for other stuff.
Terry
Hey guys, I want to thank you for all your videos, but especially this, is I'm in the same predicament, in regards to putting in a long driveway and take me out stumps.and this video has convinced me that I should now go out and rent a mini excavator and attempt to remove as many of the stumps there as I can. So thanks for this.although I've got some very large stump so I think I'll rent one of the larger bobcat mini excavator available.
Keep up the good work. It looks like you have quite a following. Know that it is appreciated by many.
Thanks you so much for the kind words. We appreciate it. We are no experts but we work things out and get the job done. Doing it yourself makes it all the better.
Terry
When it comes to this kind of work, the bigger the machine the better.
@@kennydaddy100 It certainly makes a difference!
Terry
Love the relationship you have with your dad God bless you!!!
Thanks!!
Terry
hello guys :) ok, I am a girl, just decided to buy a mini excavator and I love how you explain everything and it's a pleasure to see you have such a fun with this . I got a nice positive push looking at your videos. Thanks!
You are welcome and Thank you for the kind words!!
Terry
sarabska1 don’t buy a bobcat junk
I'm about to rent a mini excavator to remove stumps. Enjoyed watching your stump removal approach. Happy New Year. 👍🏽🙂
Great!! Happy New Year!
This is a good video! It really shows the parts that everybody should know.
Thanks!
Terry
It amazes me when I get small stumps that put up such a fight and sometimes big ones that just pop right out. Of course different trees have different root systems in different soil etc. And tree roots growing into ledge cracks can be interesting. Always fun though.
You got that right! Ya never know until you start digging.
Terry
Your dad could pass for an older brother. I’ve never operated an excavator before so you look like a pro to me.
Thank you sir. We get that a lot. We act more like brothers than father and son most of the time, ha ha. Brian does a great job with heavy equipment. Wwe are rookies but learning fast!
Terry
It's a great video guys. I agree with you as far as a mini being slow...But you can beat them with stump removals..keep up the great work
Thanks!
Terry
I plan on learning to use a backhoe soon. Getting tips and tricks. Thanks!
Great! You ate welcome. Check back later, we plan to do more in the future when possible!!
Terry
You’re doing a great job 👍🏻
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks guys keep up the good work.
Thanks Steve! Glad you guys are there for us. Your equipment is helping us make this dream a reality.
Thanks.
Terry
Thanks y’all. I’m renting one as well, so this is helpful to see.
Hope it helps you. They are a blast to operate. Good luck!
Terry
Just wondering if you ever rented that machine and how it went?
Terry
I was really looking forward to this video. Thanks a lot for sharing and keep up the good and hard work!
Thanks! We have a long way to go so there's lots more to come. Some time in the future we will be doing another stump video. We had dug a few more larger stumps that day but for some reason the footage would not load on the computer. You have days like that. So anyway we will do another when we get the chance.
Thanks for watching!
Terry
thank you amigos for the good videos
Thanks for the kind words. We love making them. Hopefully someone can get something useful from it all.
Terry
Just rented a e17c for two days for $180 bucks picked it up with my car trailer! Best 180$ I ever spent!
Sounds like 2 days of fun to me!!
Terry
O yeah anytime i really enjoyed watching and learning from y'all. That was funny at the end your Dad squishing that mosquito lol have a good one...
Ha ha.
Love y’alls videos 💜
Thanks! And thanks for watching!!
Terry
Enjoyed a full-watch.
Glad to hear that! Thanks you for watching!
Terry
Wow E32, that thing tracks awesome. I’m about to rent one of these that’s why I’m here
Cool. They do an amazing job.
Terry
I will have 1.5 acres to clear in a few months up here in Quebec. Mostly red pines... I guess that renting this size excavator will do the job? Never did this before, I'm sure this video will be useful to watch again when we are ready....
I am not familiar with that tree or its root system. Our loblolly pines go down deep. Had to get a huge excavator in order to remove them. I am sure you will have plenty of smaller trees this mini ex can handle then you can work around until only the biggest are left and hire out the big ones. We would have done those biggest trees but the cost to rent that beast was far more than paying a quality company to do the work. Hope this helps. Take a look at the video that compares a huge Komatsu with a smaller Kubota mini excavator. You will see why going bigger actually saves money in a long run.
Terry
don't be concerned about the keyboard warriors criticism. I have read them criticizing everything and anything! love your channel. doing something similar on 278 acres in upstate. ready to learn from your experience!
Thanks!
We have thick skin. If some people disagree with us we are perfectly fine with that.
We try to make it clear that we are no experts. The thing is we may not always do things the best way but if you follow along we always get things done one way or another. People can watch and learn what to do and sometimes what not to do, ha ha.
Either way we are building this dream and no matter the course we take it will be complete in the end and be something we will enjoy the rest of our lives. We don't expect others to take the exact path we have but they can surly learn from us.
Good luck on your project. I am very envious of 278 acres. That would be heaven.
Terry
Great video!! By the way you said “Tap Root” & “Sweet Gums” 32,000 times. I’ve never heard either word before this video. Lol
Thanks! Ha ha.
Terry
Good job!!!
Thank you.
Thanks guys enjoyed it
Thanks for watching!
The blade should always be towards where you're digging. It stabilizes the machine and bites in to keep the excavator from being pulled to where you are digging. Just put it down and move forward a bit to allow it to bite into the ground. Just something I learned and was taught as a operating engineer.
Thanks! I think you have it correct. Appreciate the feedback!!
Terry
You and ur dad makes an awesome team ❤
Thanks! Yeah we do alright and we now have my 3 year old grandson and another baby on the way!! Hope these young ones are as close as Brian and I are. Family means everything to me. I keep my grandson most days. People say oh that is so nice of you to take time out of your life for him. I am thinking this is my life. I would not gave it any other way and consider myself blessed to have this precious time with him. Thanks for watching and the kind words!
Terry
@@ForestToFarm family is the biggest blessing.. and I’m sure ur grandchildren will work together just as u guys.. they already have great role models in their lives
im gonna be having to do that soon
Exciting times!! Good luck.
Terry
Wondering if you have a recommendation for removing thousands of small stumps (buckthorn). Been searching high and low but it seems all I can find is info on removing larger “tree” stumps. I’m guessing here but in a 5’ by 5’ square area I could have 25-50 stumps anywhere from 1”-3” in diameter. Thanks!
Man that sounds rough lol 😂. A mini would do it I guess but with those stumps being so small a skid steer may do better. I am not familiar with buckhorn roots. Some tree roots are much more difficult than others. Sorry I don’t know more. Good luck!!
BIG Skid steer with tree puller works great too
I bet so.
Terry
I love digging stumps out.
Lots of fun!
Terry
Shade from the Sun is Good!
Yes!
Terry
I’m clearing 1 acre full of Sweet Gum trees about 15 are over 15”. I am having to rent a larger excavator. I still can’t believe the roots!
Yeah those Sweet Gum are some of the worst. Lots of digging snd ripping roots to get them out. The tap root on some is large and you have to twist and push the stump in all directions until it finally gives up lol. If you can scratch at the sides of the tap it gives you a start on it breaking free. Keeps things interesting. Good luck!!
Terry
I need to clear my 2 acres with one of these and am trying to figure out how. I'm wondering why you didn't push the trees over with the mini excavator while you had the mechanical advantage of reaching high up the tree with the bucket? Instead of cutting the tree with a chainsaw then dig out stumps with excavator like you're doing? Thanks
I understand. We have compacted hard clay here. It does not release the roots as would a sandy or organic rich type soil. Pushing on those trees can be very dangerous. If the trunk breaks the tree can actually come flying back at you and potentially kill or seriously harm you. Even in ideal soil conditions some trees look very healthy yet the core is rotted away. I have seen trees 2 foot in diameter that only had maybe 3” of outer trunk still in tact. Completely hollow inside. I tried lightly pushing on one like that and it came flying into the cab of the skid steer and was only a couple inches from my chest when it stopped. A few more inches and I would be dead. We play it safe now. Thanks for watching!!
Terry
Thank you so much, I didn't even think about the tree breaking in half.
@@movingtorichmondva no problem! Better safe than sorry. That coming from a person who almost got squished!! Yikes it was a close one.
Terry
If you could do something at felling that would make this stage easier, what would it be. Many of the stumps seemed to be re-growing- would a fully dead stump snap off easier? Asking because this is in my future. Thanks.
A lot of stumps will start regrowing. Some will continue to grow while others eventually die on their own. It depends a lot on the species. One reason they have regrown so much is because we have been doing such a large area over a long period of time. We just do not have as much time to work on the land as we would like. I don't want to use poison so I am not sure what would be a good way to kill the stumps. There are organic ways of killing off plants but we have never used any so I can't really give advice without knowing for sure. Sorry I don't have better answers. Glad your still watching!
Terry
Pallet forks and a skid steer is a good choice for removing stumps.
Have not thought of that. Interesting. How big of stumps are we talking about?
Terry
@@ForestToFarm my dad uses an S175 bobcat with standard pallet forks, he can pick pretty big stumps like huge stumps, you just have to be careful and don't lift too fast, my cousin almost got killed when he tried to pick up a 6000+lb stump, he and the machine flew forward but that fastener saved him from flying and hitting the stump, the stump teetered the machine and you could barely move it.
But it worked effectively with out renting anything. Hope everything is going well.
Cool and things are going great!
Terry
@@ForestToFarm if I were to guess the size of that stump, probably around 3.5-4 ft in diameter. It was pretty big. The skid steer could barely move it. I would say the stump was 6100-6200lbs it was tipping the bobcat but it was manageable.
Fun stuff.
Terry
I think it's good training for me
Great! Glad to help.
Terry
Ty Feb 2023
Welcome.
Terry
I'm looking to buy one, do you feel that the horsepower was sufficient for what you had to do?
I would say 90% or more of the time it would do all we need. However there are some really big stumps that required a 44,000 pound excavator to remove. In that case its best to rent or pay someone to do those few huge stumps. From our experience paying someone would be the cheapest way to go in that instance. Hope this helps.
Terry
Will the tree grow back if you leave the tap root?
Some times but they are usually not rooted well and will be a cluster of smaller trees. Some species do make it OK but its a species specific kinda thing.
Terry
Any videos on operating the mini excavator?
Not yet, but we definitely plan to next time we rent one.
Why not do work on several stumps at once from one position ? It takes a lot of time to change positions frequently.
That’s a possibility. However it might get complicated when you need to move around. Some stumps take a lot of work from multiple angles.
Terry
Are maple stumps tough to get out?
Yes they are very tough if any size at all.
You can put your blade behind you and the machine is alot more stable. It will not lift in the up in the front. Just something I learned over the years.
Thanks!
Terry
Which is the incorrect way to use it . The blade should always be towards where you're digging. It stabilizes the machine and bites in to keep the excavator from being pulled to where you are digging. Just put it down and move forward a bit to allow it to bite into the ground. Just something I learned as a operating engineer.
This is correct. On bigger machines blade in front but smaller move to back to help stabilize and not constantly lifting the machine.
The next time u guys do this dont cut down all the trees and try to get the stumps out.You can use the trees as leverage to push out the stumps.the weight or the tree will push the stumps right out of the ground.10 times faster
Thanks Jay.
We have tried that and depending on how much rain we have had and what kind of stumps it does work well at times. However with our generally dry hard red clay some of these trees do not want to come up and once the tree is leaning sideways and still in the ground it becomes a dangerous situation. The soil can be hard as a brick at times. The roots will not give up and in that situation they have to just break/rip in two. If the trunk decides to snap under the pressure that would not be good as it is likely to come into the mini on top of you. I guess we are just trying to play it safe with our lack of experience. Better safe than sorry. We have seen videos where in places like Michigan who have sandy rich soil the trees just pop right out of the ground. That would be nice. Also with our work schedule we have to get in there when we can and with renting the mini excavator its not cost effective for us to rent it every time we get a few minutes to get any work done so we just cut a few trees here and there and then when we have enough work in the form of stumps needing removal and time available we rent the mini and do what we can.
Terry
Gum bemelia and hackberry are the hardest to get out in my area. Cat claw acacia, ash, and mesquote are much much easier.
Its crazy how each tree type tends to have its own unique growth pattern. Dig down just a bit and most places its hard compacted red clay which can make about any type a challenge.
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Terry
For some really good instruction on using a mini-ex, look up Andrew Camarata here on CZcams.
Will do, Thanks!
best machine guy on the planet!
He's a natural!!!!!!!!
Agreed, I watched all his stuff, he is amazing with equipment
@Mojo Andrew Camarata wouldnt make much for a cowboy Im thinking so you must not be talking about him?
Can't you put a backhoe attachment on your Kubota?
Yes we can. Its around $8000 and the tractor would be a little slow at getting the job done. We decided it would be wiser to rent when we need serious digging done. Saves the life of our tractor as well.
Terry
Isnt your blade supposed to be behind while digging for stability and maximizing digging power?
If the blade was behind the mini excavator would end up in the hole with the stump, lol. When you pull at the roots it tips forward very easily. People tell us this all the time but for us it works best out front while digging stumps. When digging dirt i can see where if your force is downward you would want the blade out back because it would tip to the rear. However when pulling at stumps the force is pulling the mini excavator toward the stump.
Terry
Whenever I use the bucket, the blade/dozer is on the opposite side. The stump I am working on/work area is where the bucket is and dropped to the ground. Same principle when you are using a backhoe and a bucket. I always drop the bucket for stability and is at the opposite side of the backhoe. Just my normal way of working I guess.
We will try that next time. We are not experts ha ha. We just try things till they work and then go with it. Thanks for the info! Either way its a blast running the mini and skid steer.
Terry
no.
dig over the idelers,with the blade in the front.
Superman is my favorite superhero
Lol he was full of himself that day. :)
Terry
Why did you cut the trees?.. you could have pushed them over and used the tree as leverage.
We cut down a lot of trees. If we rented the mini excavator to do all the trees we cut down it would have cost us a fortune to get them all down and processed over a long period of time. We cleared a 650 foot driveway around 50 to 60 foot wide and then about two acres where the house are going plus other areas along two property lines. So we cut them down then made as short of work of those stumps as possible to keep our costs down. Time is money on those rentals. We are doing the best we can with as little as possible.
Terry
its uncanny how your dad favors Rick Flair. I saw the larger stumps there how did you handle those
Ahh actually I was thinking Rick Flair looks like me lol. If you look farther into the series we ended up hiring a guy with a 44,000 pound excavator for the really big stumps. It would have cost us much much more to rent one and do it ourselves.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm Tell Rick to pay you for borrowing your style. Thanks for the response. I have a about 9 acres to clear most of the oak and ash I want to mill into lumber for future use I’ll call around and get quotes.
We rented the mini and then dug up all the smaller stuff to gain experience and learn how each type of tree grows. Then worked on up to bigger trees. Eventually you will know when you have reached your limit on getting stumps dug up. The more you can get done the less your gonna have to pay for rentals. Just my opinion. Good luck!
Terry far as Rick goes, I figure let the little guy run around feeling special because he thinks he looks like me 🤪.
I just bought an excavator today
Congrats!! Wish we owned one. Maybe some day. For now we accumulate a volume of work then rent one and go wide open till we are finished 😁. Enjoy and thanks for watching.
Terry
Honor and Respect.. to Others watching... Use the Thumb its there to grab.
Thanks!
Terry
A carrot is a tap root.
True.
Terry
I honestly clicked "like" just because of the Batman song lol
Hahaha thank you!! The machine goes so slow that I get bored sometimes.
nananananananananana BATMAN
LOL
The thumb is your friend. Or could be.
Comes in very handy. There is a learning curve. The longer we use these machines the better we get. We will be laughing in a few years looking back at the first steps we took to get this job done.
Terry.
Forest ToFarm, fantastic reply.
Thanks for commenting.
them damn ol sweetgums'll give ya hell everytime
Sure do.
I find that it's easier to dig out the tree while intact then let the weight of the tree rip out the stump and root ball for me.
I understand. However I have heard some horror stories about that process. The tree can snap part way up the trunk. Then depending on the tree it can be thrust back at you. I actually had a tree snap. Then the trunk came flying back at me. I was inside the cab of a skid steer. No place to run. It was about a foot in diameter and stopped about a foot from my chest. I will never try that again. I have been involved in the cutting of hundreds of trees. Several looked very healthy but had the entire center rotted out. They would have been a serious risk allowing them to Pull the roots out as you are suggesting. Be safe. Hope you never have it end badly. Thanks for watching!!
Terry
average how many stumps did you pull in a day
Honestly I can not say for sure. Some stumps are very hard to get out while others are much easier. Also it depends on how hard it is to get to them and how far apart they are. We never really counted. We just go at them until they are out. Also the size can make a huge difference as well. Those in the video maybe 20 or 30 a day or more if things are going well. Soil type can also be a big factor. Clay is hard while good dark top soil digs easily. Bigger stumps can take a long time. Pine stumps can be easy most times while sweet gum stumps are awful at any size.
I wish we could give an accurate answer but its just tough to say for sure.
Thanks for commenting!
Terry
Terica R *
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Thanks for watching!!
Terry
unit keeps pausing on all vidoes em
Must be the internet or maybe CZcams. I have had problems looking at other peoples videos in the past. maybe try again later?
Sorry, Terry P.S. I just tried and it seems to be working fine now.
Stump grinder is so much faster.
Yeah but those Loblolly Pine stumps go far deeper than the grinder will go. A few years down the road and you end up with rotting stumps and large roots down there as well. Then you have sink holes and not to mention Yellow Jacket bees/wasps love to nest in these holes. We have many on the property from selective cutting of these trees over the many past years. Where we live now we had 34 white pine stumps ground and some sweet gum and a few maple. Yellow jackets have moved in several times over the past twenty years. I kill them off and a few years later they are back again. Its the perfect environment for them.
Plus a lot of them fall under where the shop is going.
Terry
How about 36" red oak?
I think that would be a bit much!
Terry
@@ForestToFarm I got a bunch of them stumps around my property. Wondering what to do with them. I have a Komat'su PC60.
I'm about to buy a ripper tooth to avoid having to dig out such a big hole.
Check out BXpanded. He has some excellent stuff!!
Terry
Those mini excavators have some scary power for their size!
For sure!
Thanks for watching!!
Terry
Its worth it to pay someone like me to do that job, you would have saved more money because it wouldnt have taken near as long.
I don't think we would have had near as much fun.
Thanks for watching!!
Terry
why didnt u use the thumb
Not sure, ha ha.
I thought you were holding the camera and taking to yourself in the third person
Ha ha!
Put the blade to the rear when digging
That works great when just digging downward. However when pulling on roots and stumps we find it helps to have the blade out front. Otherwise the bucket just pulls the mini into the hole.
Terry
Which is the incorrect way to use it . The blade should always be towards where you're digging. It stabilizes the machine and bites in to keep the excavator from being pulled to where you are digging. Just put it down and move forward a bit to allow it to bite into the ground.
you don't like using the excavator's thumb? hmm..
This is our first large project using heavy equipment. Theres a bit of a learning curve 😃.
Thanks for watching!!
Trrry
I wish I had one of those machines........................🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
We hope to own one some day. For now its just rentals. They sure get the job done.
Terry
Seams like you woulda used a chain too to pull the stumps out but, different strokes
In this hard clay they are very hard to move until you get all the dirt out from around them.
Terry
More digging less jawing
If we are breathing we will be Jawing. That's who we are.
@@ForestToFarm Ok, but Batman serenades? Really?
Can tell your verry green
We get it done. Having a great time with it as well. 😁
Terry
And....
I agree. :)
Your dad looks like Ric Flair lol
I get that quite often, lol. I like to think Ric Flair looks a little like me, :) .
Terry
Wooooo!
LOL!
I do my stump removal with a kubota tractor and a backhoe implement. The mini seems to be a bit more powerful than my set up but I get the job done. Here is my hack for dealing with stumps. czcams.com/video/DoXWbYDKRIk/video.html
We hope to get a backhoe one day. It will take a little extra time but saves a lot of cash. We like saving cash, ha ha.
Thanks for the input!
Terry
4 scoops, what a nightmare )
Rough job! ha ha
Terry
Yeah you’re supposed to have the blade behind you to prevent the tilting. It’ll also be a lot easier to dig too
On the smaller stumps I would agree it would lift less in the front with the blade out back. However when you get to the point of digging at the roots and/or larger stumps it is impossible to dig with the blade in the back. That little mini E32 will just tip forward into what ever you are digging. Without the blade in the front in those situations this machine is useless. For general dirt digging where you are pushing the bucket straight down into the soil the blade out back is best. Not so much pulling on stumps in our expirience.
Terry
Forest To Farm good to know! Thanks! I’m gonna be using one for my yard soon
They are a blast to use. Its kinda like those backhoe sand box toys you play with as a kid only a lot bigger, lol. Don't count on what I say as an expert advice because we are far from expert heavy equipment operators. I can say we do get the job done though, maybe not always graceful but done. :)
Terry
Which is the incorrect way to use it . The blade should always be towards where you're digging. It stabilizes the machine and bites in to keep the excavator from being pulled to where you are digging. Just put it down and move forward a bit to allow it to bite into the ground. That's what I was taught and learned as a operating engineer.
This is too much work. I’d just cut it off at the surface and inoculate it with some fungi and plant around it for the first few years. Reishi mushrooms are the fastest growing on trees like that. They’re medicinal too.
They are in the middle of our house sites and driveway area. Plus we have a bad problem with yellow jacket wasps in this area. They love to make nests in rotting stump holes. Not going to have that close to the houses. However in the fields and other areas away from the houses there will be lots of stumps left in the ground.
Your daddy couldn't say you ain't his kid.
You got that right. We were cut from the same mold, ha ha.
Terry
A-a-a-a-a-nd...
Still working on the project!
Terry
10 inch diameter? Lol. Was that Canadian inches?
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@@ForestToFarm 12:44
At 4 minutes you said nothing in it when in fact nothing in you 😂😂
OK
Poor rental equipment 😂
It lives for the abuse! Lol!
Terry
You do a lot of unnesassary digging making more work than needed.
Not the first time I have heard that. What type soil do you deal with? Ours is for the most part compacted hard red clay. They don’t come out easy.
Terry
Awesome videos ! I won't be rude , but you speak too much ! All the best from switzerland Daniel
Thanks and I appreciate the honesty!!
Terry
Why wouldn't you just rent a bulldozer and go to town? Seems like it would take 20% of the time.
Long story, ha ha. I don't want the soil trashed and don't want a big pile of rubble to deal with. We want to use all the possible debris from the trees that we can for fire wood, wood chips and possibly some of it will make it to a saw mill if we get the mill before the bugs get the logs, lol. We currently have about 140 2 to 3 foot diameter (at the big end) 14 foot long lob lolly pine logs stacked up. Then a few hard woods as well. There is some pretty good soil here for our area. I see what a bulldozer can do to that soil. Its pretty much hard red compacter clay when they leave. We have managed to preserve the soil to some degree and it is currently covered in native grass already this summer. We did not plant a thing. As far as the wood chips we are going to be doing a permaculture type of gardening where you use organic matter like wood chips, compost, manure and other stuff for fertilizer. Our goal is to use what we have on the land to produce as much as possible to eat and raise a few chickens and maybe a cow and pig or two.
We are old school and hard headed but its all going to work out in the end. I agree your way would be faster if our only concern were to clear the land off and build. We have plans for all that debris so its the long road for us.
Terry
Why the wide bucket. I would use a narrow bucket, less digging, more power.
Its what they had available at the rental place. It gets the job done. I agree small would be better.
Terry
But it's hair commercial grade hair, don't be ashamed of it.
If ya got it flaunt it!! LOL!!
The blade should always be behind you on these lightweight machines. Keeps it from raising while digging and rolling over while climbing a grade or on the trailer.
Thanks!
U dond know opreting
Its bad
We think its good. 😜 for rookies.
Terry
Its not proper opreting
I guess it all comes down to experience and opinions.
Yes and i have 7yers of experience
Don't give up your day job.
Haha, I don't plan on it. Just doing the best we can with what we've got to build a homestead and make a better life for our families.
Brian
Dont listen to the negative comments from people with one subscriber..😂 You did a great job for someone that doesnt do this everyday. I started out the same way. Im also clearing stumps and brush to build a cabin. Ive been on heavy equipment for 20 years now, I do it everyday. It just takes time but its fun learning. Great video from you 2.
@@schaffersoutdooradventures4071 Thanks Jamie! Yeah we do not let things get us down. We get all kinds of comments. Some good and some not so good. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. We are not experts at much of any of this nor do we claim to be but I can tell you one thing. When finished we are going to have two houses worth over $200,000 and likely closer to $300,000 paid for in cash and a homestead, barn, shop, chicken houses and a few other buildings all paid for in cash and built by our own two hands. I have had people criticize me for many years saying I would never get ahead but I never let that get me down nor stop my progress of working toward fulfilling this little dream. I have taken the time to help others in every aspect of construction possible at least to some degree just for the sake of gaining knowledge for this day. Now some of those same people who were always telling me to give it up and enjoy life, spending my money on junk I don't need, ha ha, are now saying boy I wish I would have done like you when we were younger. They are all deep in debt and will likely be working into old age just to pay bills. Oh and you have to have think skin to post videos about your life because no matter what you do someone will criticize you for it.
Terry