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<blockquote data-quote="bball" data-source="post: 1260270" data-attributes="member: 23752"><p>Opened up 20 acres or so this winter. Was heavily wooded. Neighbor has a tile and excavation business. Told me to figure on 2000 an acre to get it ready for crops. I opted for cleared and stumps out, cost almost 1200 ac for that. Two very large track hoes, couple dozers, one with root rake, and a few loads of stone to get in and out. They had everything burned down and rough finished in about one months time, working off and on at it. Me and the family went I and picked up any excess debris and loose roots, drug it with a chain harrow and had to disc a few real rough spots. Now, it needs lime and fertilizer, but was too late in the year to get the lime on so I broadcast spread some Ky31 and perennial rye grass to try to anchor something on it. Weeds have exploded, grass so so. .needs sprayed, but weather hasn't cooperated for that at all. One final thought, this guy has some huge heavy machine that busts the stumps out in very large pieces so they don't dig them out. They just cut the trees off, he comes in and busts the stumps out, leaves much smaller hole and stump is gone, smoothed out with dozer. Very satisfied with results. Having said all this, still have 40ac of some wooded group d to work through. Will do this a bit at a time each year myself, leaving stumps to rot or pay him to comeback down the road. Broadcast some clovers and pasture mix. Has worked well in other woods to pasture we have converted. Only spent the money on this as an investment for the kids, if they want to build a home or what not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bball, post: 1260270, member: 23752"] Opened up 20 acres or so this winter. Was heavily wooded. Neighbor has a tile and excavation business. Told me to figure on 2000 an acre to get it ready for crops. I opted for cleared and stumps out, cost almost 1200 ac for that. Two very large track hoes, couple dozers, one with root rake, and a few loads of stone to get in and out. They had everything burned down and rough finished in about one months time, working off and on at it. Me and the family went I and picked up any excess debris and loose roots, drug it with a chain harrow and had to disc a few real rough spots. Now, it needs lime and fertilizer, but was too late in the year to get the lime on so I broadcast spread some Ky31 and perennial rye grass to try to anchor something on it. Weeds have exploded, grass so so. .needs sprayed, but weather hasn't cooperated for that at all. One final thought, this guy has some huge heavy machine that busts the stumps out in very large pieces so they don't dig them out. They just cut the trees off, he comes in and busts the stumps out, leaves much smaller hole and stump is gone, smoothed out with dozer. Very satisfied with results. Having said all this, still have 40ac of some wooded group d to work through. Will do this a bit at a time each year myself, leaving stumps to rot or pay him to comeback down the road. Broadcast some clovers and pasture mix. Has worked well in other woods to pasture we have converted. Only spent the money on this as an investment for the kids, if they want to build a home or what not. [/QUOTE]
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