Caustic Burno
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Jogeephus":2yi8doa7 said:Here a turn key job without any bells or whistles or government help would be no more than $70/acre.
How I do it. I use heavy planters that you pull with a tractor. Each planter weighs around 2500 lbs and will subsoil, scalp and plant the tree in one pass. If you didn't have access to this type equipment and it was in a pasture you might want to first check for a hard pan and if present pull a subsoil shank threw the field every 12 foot to break the pan then come in behind this and plant the trees just to the edge of the furrow. This can be done by hand or with a machine.
Jo they use a similar setup here with a small dozer with a shear blade in the front pulling the planter.