RunninB
Member
Hey everyone.
I have a question for those who clear land or have learned by trial and error when it comes to "grubbing" mesquites.
I have an EQUIP contract with the nrcs. I have two pastures (20ac and 45ac)that I will be working on over the next couple of years. Both of them have a considerable amount of mesquites with an average size of 2"-5" in diameter along with agarita, persimmon and your typical Texas hillcountry brush. The requirements of the nrcs are that I grub them to be able to get below the bud line. I have been weighing the options on how to go about doing this. So far my choices are a Bobcat T300 (cab and air) which I was told it had a 3000lb lift capacity with a stump bucket that I can borrow from a friend, a D5 with a 6 way blade and rippers or some even recommended an excavator. All of these would be something I would rent for a week at a time. The dozer and the excavator would have a 40 hr limit on them while the rental place told me the skid steer has unlimited hours. Difference in price is about $1000 for the week between the dozer and Bobcat. I know that you do get beat up on these machines but I will be sharing the workload with my son. What do you guys think would be the best course of action on this when it comes to price vs efficiency vs learning curve while doing it properly. I have run skidteers but not a dozer. That's why I put learning curve in there.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
I have a question for those who clear land or have learned by trial and error when it comes to "grubbing" mesquites.
I have an EQUIP contract with the nrcs. I have two pastures (20ac and 45ac)that I will be working on over the next couple of years. Both of them have a considerable amount of mesquites with an average size of 2"-5" in diameter along with agarita, persimmon and your typical Texas hillcountry brush. The requirements of the nrcs are that I grub them to be able to get below the bud line. I have been weighing the options on how to go about doing this. So far my choices are a Bobcat T300 (cab and air) which I was told it had a 3000lb lift capacity with a stump bucket that I can borrow from a friend, a D5 with a 6 way blade and rippers or some even recommended an excavator. All of these would be something I would rent for a week at a time. The dozer and the excavator would have a 40 hr limit on them while the rental place told me the skid steer has unlimited hours. Difference in price is about $1000 for the week between the dozer and Bobcat. I know that you do get beat up on these machines but I will be sharing the workload with my son. What do you guys think would be the best course of action on this when it comes to price vs efficiency vs learning curve while doing it properly. I have run skidteers but not a dozer. That's why I put learning curve in there.
Thanks in advance for your advice.