callmefence
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On a related note.
The female trees. That produce Berry's have considerably more heartwood. And make better Post
The female trees. That produce Berry's have considerably more heartwood. And make better Post
my plan is to get my places where I can control burn themdun":3618jgg6 said:When I cleared another farm I used a shear and cut them just below ground level. The biggest pain was pushing them to a pile to burn. The grass in the area I cut is really pretty nice but it's almost impossible to get to with a truck because of the oak scrub that came up in place of the cedars.BRYANT":3618jgg6 said:Thanks for all the information.
I took out a bunch on another place with my dozer but the skidloader and shear is pretty fast and does not do as much ground damage.
That was my plan too. But other things got in the way. I didn;t even get over to that farm for a year before we sold itBRYANT":39qxqn6k said:my plan is to get my places where I can control burn themdun":39qxqn6k said:When I cleared another farm I used a shear and cut them just below ground level. The biggest pain was pushing them to a pile to burn. The grass in the area I cut is really pretty nice but it's almost impossible to get to with a truck because of the oak scrub that came up in place of the cedars.BRYANT":39qxqn6k said:Thanks for all the information.
I took out a bunch on another place with my dozer but the skidloader and shear is pretty fast and does not do as much ground damage.
like anything depends on the size, my dozer was a JD 650G and I have seen some that it was all it wanted to push them out and different soils make a difference on how they push also. The way the roots are they will do a lot of ground damage pushing them with a dozer.ddd75":1lr2mh90 said:they push out so easily I would never cut them.
BRYANT":2xv5v8v4 said:like anything depends on the size, my dozer was a JD 650G and I have seen some that it was all it wanted to push them out and different soils make a difference on how they push also. The way the roots are they will do a lot of ground damage pushing them with a dozer.ddd75":2xv5v8v4 said:they push out so easily I would never cut them.
Aint that the truth! And even worse are the berrys that cause the fence rows to grow up with them from the birds s(h)itting on the fence.Ebenezer":1d5zfzsy said:Red Cedar: a water sucking machine.
callmefence":g7ebbx50 said:BRYANT":g7ebbx50 said:I sure don't want to hire out shearing cedars I am only doing it on my own place. If they are not real big I just start to shear them , then I just spin the skidloader and it rips them out roots and all, everything else is cut smooth or slightly below ground level. BUT if I am going to remove them and could make a few dollars off them that would be nice.callmefence":g7ebbx50 said:Cedar chopping is a hard way to make a little money....bought like picking up aluminium cans.
We always try to push the stumps out. On the ones that won't budge we push the brush around em and burn em. I've been discing a field and their coming right out. I cut em flush to the ground...30 years ago.
Sure..
Around here some of the old growth post say 12' with a 10" top and really straight may bring 15.00
Imo the easiest money is when the mill is taking stays. Last time it got slow enough to chop cedar. Me and two guys cut close to 1000 stays in a day.
They paid .85 for yard grade and .60 for wire grade.
What does the wood mulch do to the soil ph?Big T":2d5lyazm said:I cut any good logs I could and had a portable Saw Mill come to me. If you have a skid steer you should check into a mulching head for the smaller trees. It will grind the stumps flush and no brush to deal with
Midtenn":2bv2cysr said:Not sure about ph but mulching wont let grass grow. I like to push them to a pile and burn or push in a ditch. Anything under 8" my skid steer will push out pretty easy with most roots.
Big trees either cut flush with the ground which will dull chains or dig up the stump by making a big hole which takes some time.
I am not into Quail hunting that much, but still would not mind seeing more Quail, I do see a covey fairly often. I might try that. Do you trim the lower branches off on the ones that you hinge cut so that it wont grow back?dun":2hepjjwx said:We do things a bit different here. We're trying to get quail re-established. It's worked pretty well on the current farm and I'm hoping it will work as well or better on the new one. If the cedars are out in the pasture or just along the edge of the timber we cut them and push them into big brush piles around the edges of clearings. If they are along the edges of a small clearing we hinge cut them about 3 foot above the ground and use that as a base for other cedars to make quail habitat.