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How did it work out? Just got off the phone with a seller in Ontario, Canada, who uses Kijiji to advertise. Found a working JD 920 for a lot less.

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Yes, the evergreens compete with each other aggressively. Useful as a windbreak (that I don't need)? I have to be ready to use smudge fires, the chance of a killer frost in June is remote but occurred twice in my lifetime. Plus the various animals - deer, groundhogs, rabbits, etc.

Officially 11 acres, but the forest grew back over the years. If I clear or thin the trees, 5 acres. It's also a wood lot for wood heat.

Yes. I don't have to clear cut, if that's what you mean. Some trees (they are mostly evergreens) block the sun. Companion planting is also a goal.

Hello LittleBittyBigJohn, I am trying to measure the time and energy needed to clear the forested areas, remove stumps, timing the snow melt, gauging the tools needed, etc. So the trencher might make things harder because the debris (rocks, bits of cut up roots, etc.) will have to be removed...

Hi from Canada, Instead of ploughing and then tilling, would a walk behind trencher do both on never cultivated densely packed with root systems, underground roots and rocks in up to 3 inches of topsoil? Cost wise, the $ and time spent doing it the usual way seems much more. I would bring in...