bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Yep I'm going to be flush cutting stumps once the snow is gone. Should be good fill in during break up. It was a job I logged in a county park last winter. They had strict stump height regulations when I cut it. 12" for sawtimber. 4" for pulp. I basically clear cut 5-6 acres and they had me leave 5-6 large oak trees per acre. At the time they planned to leave the stumps and brush cut around them to maintain it during the summer. The first snow we had last year was a wet one and froze hard to the trees. Every damn tree I had to chop out with my axe before I could cut it and attempt to get their stump heights. I told them when I was done I would not be happy if they decided they needed to flush cut the stumps. Well like I predicted brush cutting around all those stumps didn't work too well. Wonder why. Anyway I got a call from the county to put a bid on the job. 250-300 stumps. Due to the fact that it is an indian burial ground the soil can not be disturbed by equipment. So its just flush cut the stumps to about 2" above ground level. Anyway I'd like to run a semi-chisel full skip. I suppose I could just call some manufacturers, but its more fun to ask you guys and I may learn something. I've also seen the carbide tipped chains although they are so damn expensive and I've heard they cut slow. Thoughts? Suggestions? I won the bid by the way. They called me because they knew I would bid to get it.