BLSXJ
Gold Member
I just had 2 acres of forest cleared with the goal of pasture. My contractor was supposed to use a mulching head on his excavator (18ton) to mulch everything 4" and smaller down to the ground. Pull the larger trees, mulch the tops, bury the stumps and leave me with log piles.
Well.... due to the abundance of rock... mulching stopped 6-8" above ground and burying the stumps was a no go.
What I have now is 2 acres clear, all the stumps have been pulled (for better or worse). and piles of brush, stumps and logs.
He did offer to mulch the brush piles.... but in fear I now would have to burn the stumps I told him leave the brush.
What do you recommend now for piles of pulled stumps?
I'm on a limited budget and have 30hp tractor, 6" wood chipper, pallet forks.
from what I can tell my options for the stumps are
hire a tub grinder ($500/hr)
truck them to the dump ($100 per ton or ~$20 per stump form experience)
burn them (almost free but very time consuming due to fire limitations)
We went way over budget with contractor #1.... I should have sent him away after day 2 and bought my own excavator.... but focusing on moving forward...
NOW WHAT?
Well.... due to the abundance of rock... mulching stopped 6-8" above ground and burying the stumps was a no go.
What I have now is 2 acres clear, all the stumps have been pulled (for better or worse). and piles of brush, stumps and logs.
He did offer to mulch the brush piles.... but in fear I now would have to burn the stumps I told him leave the brush.
What do you recommend now for piles of pulled stumps?
I'm on a limited budget and have 30hp tractor, 6" wood chipper, pallet forks.
from what I can tell my options for the stumps are
hire a tub grinder ($500/hr)
truck them to the dump ($100 per ton or ~$20 per stump form experience)
burn them (almost free but very time consuming due to fire limitations)
We went way over budget with contractor #1.... I should have sent him away after day 2 and bought my own excavator.... but focusing on moving forward...
NOW WHAT?