I need to strip the land for my house, shop and driveway (pics attached). Mostly it's just grassy, but there is a fair bit of 1"-3" brush (mostly buckthorn) and a dozen or so 6"-10" pine trees.
I have a Case 1845C skid loader with a bucket, brush/post puller attachment, and a backhoe attachment. I have access to a BIG old chipper as well.
I will yank as much brush out as I can with the puller attachment. I'll "try" to dig the root balls out with the backhoe. It's sandy soil so I hope I can do it. Most of the brush and all the bigger trees are in the driveway area and some brush in the shop area. I can grind the tree stumps if I have to, but I think it would be much better to get them our all together, before bringing in the class 5.
Any suggestions/stratagies for this kind of work? Will I be able to get those bigger root balls out with the backhoe? Can I run the small root balls in the chipper, from the brush I pull....or is that really hard on chippers?
I have a Case 1845C skid loader with a bucket, brush/post puller attachment, and a backhoe attachment. I have access to a BIG old chipper as well.
I will yank as much brush out as I can with the puller attachment. I'll "try" to dig the root balls out with the backhoe. It's sandy soil so I hope I can do it. Most of the brush and all the bigger trees are in the driveway area and some brush in the shop area. I can grind the tree stumps if I have to, but I think it would be much better to get them our all together, before bringing in the class 5.
Any suggestions/stratagies for this kind of work? Will I be able to get those bigger root balls out with the backhoe? Can I run the small root balls in the chipper, from the brush I pull....or is that really hard on chippers?