BrokenTrack
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- Joined
- Jan 13, 2018
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- Maine
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- Tractors, Skidders, Bulldozers, Forestry Equipment
I took on an ambitious project this year; clearing 70 acres of forest and putting it into fields.
Normally I do the logging myself, but property taxes and getting cancer has really caused me to contract that part out this winter, and I have been pretty happy with the result. They can do in 1 week what would take me two years! Obviously I do not make anywhere near the money that I would doing my own logging, but all the brush and tops are removed and chipped too.
Of course in land clearing, logging is the easy part; stumping, removing rocks, grading and seeding down takes the most time and effort, but is also what makes the pay off worth it. Right now at least, where I live; tillable farmland is going for more money then even house lots, so once the work is done, the pay off is substantial. When I am done I will end up with a new 30 acre field, a 40 acre field, and then a 10 acre field.
Normally I do the logging myself, but property taxes and getting cancer has really caused me to contract that part out this winter, and I have been pretty happy with the result. They can do in 1 week what would take me two years! Obviously I do not make anywhere near the money that I would doing my own logging, but all the brush and tops are removed and chipped too.
Of course in land clearing, logging is the easy part; stumping, removing rocks, grading and seeding down takes the most time and effort, but is also what makes the pay off worth it. Right now at least, where I live; tillable farmland is going for more money then even house lots, so once the work is done, the pay off is substantial. When I am done I will end up with a new 30 acre field, a 40 acre field, and then a 10 acre field.