clear cutting

[20cordayear]

Well I should have plenty of fire wood for the coming years being I. Am clear cutting at least a 10 acre section of woods full of ash pretty thick with large trees any body know the best way to clear cut

 

[smokinj]

Get a feller buncher!

 

[Danno77]

It's not the clear cutting that is hard, it's the stump removal that can be challenging.

 

[TreePointer]

It's not the clear cutting that is hard, it's the stump removal that can be challenging.

Bingo!

Therefore, the BEST way would be to hire an experienced large dozer/excavator operator.

 

[Danno77]

Get a feller buncher!

Says the guy with an 880! Go big or go home, I guess!

 

[CTYank]

Find a state forester for your area, and ask for leads and options.

You might just want to tie this into reforestation (and not monoculture.) Forester advise.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Clear cutting 10 acres is a lot of wood. Are you looking for someone to chip it? Sell logs? Sell firewood? And as stated, the stumps are the big problem and it can get expensive hiring someone with a dozer.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

What is your goal for clearcutting? Are you only trying to harvest the trees or are you looking to create edge habitat for wildlife? Are you planning on letting it go back to forest?

Matt

 

[JustWood]

Start at the back and work toward your exit road. This way you won't be fighting brush left from wooding it out.

 

[smokinj]

Get a feller buncher!

Says the guy with an 880! Go big or go home, I guess!

Thats alot of wood. Man hours felling would be that bad but moving it another story. Love to watch a big one fall, but then the 20,000 lbs have to be moved. One guy moving this....Its going to take an army!

 

[firefighterjake]

Clear cutting usually means a serious wood cutting operation . . . am a bit curious myself as to the reason . . . making a field?