Ideas to dispose of land clearing waste

[Hay Dude]

Man they wouldn't like it where I live. Loggers are required to burn slash piles here, we have wildfires every summer, controlled burns are a regular occurrence in the spring and fall and grain fields, hay fields and often lawns are burned every year. I burn my "lawn" (calling it a lawn is quite generous) in the spring.

That’s because, for now, you live in a state that has more freedom to do with your property as you please. Mine isn’t too bad, but each year, more rules and regs on freedom are put into place.

 

[fustsgt]

I always burn at first snow. An inner tube "accidentally" placed under the pile adds a lot of heat, but not too much smoke.

Times change. I'm 83 and my first job at age 16 was burning brush piles for my uncles tree service. Step 1, find an old tire....

 

[qualsite]

If you don't need to use the land right away, and have extra dirt, you can always try the old method of laying the small logs and organics in rows, then covering them with dirt. They quickly break down, and make great planting rows for something. I can't remember the official term for it, but it's an old method of using up what you're trying to use up, develop new soil, and get some use planting in the meantime. If you lay them out in rough rows, then scoop up the soil between the rows to cover the organics with. Once the rows decompose and you have nice soil rows, then it can all be levelled. Looked it up... hugelkultur gardening Hugelkultur Gardening Method & Hugelkultur Raised Beds

 

[coast40]

OP- If you had your city and state listed we'd be able to give you better advice.

 

[Hay Dude]

If you don't need to use the land right away, and have extra dirt, you can always try the old method of laying the small logs and organics in rows, then covering them with dirt. They quickly break down, and make great planting rows for something. I can't remember the official term for it, but it's an old method of using up what you're trying to use up, develop new soil, and get some use planting in the meantime. If you lay them out in rough rows, then scoop up the soil between the rows to cover the organics with. Once the rows decompose and you have nice soil rows, then it can all be levelled. Looked it up... hugelkultur gardening Hugelkultur Gardening Method & Hugelkultur Raised Beds

Great for gardens, sure. But burying logs causes pockets of trapped methane gas and eventually results in large sink holes

 

[BlueKnife]

That’s because, for now, you live in a state that has more freedom to do with your property as you please. Mine isn’t too bad, but each year, more rules and regs on freedom are put into place.

I do. That's a part of why I moved here. I think this particular issue though is more about an understanding of/familiarity with forest ecology and wildfire. They do the same things over the border in Washington and Oregon. You mentioned freedom to do with your property as you please. When it comes to slash piles from logging, it's quite the opposite actually (for good reason). If the logs were sold to a commercial sawmill, you are required to burn the slash, like it or not.

 

[dodge man]

Put an ad on Marketplace for free firewood and when people show up tell they have to cleanup everything. That seems to be how those ads work.

 

[EscapedSuburbia]

Put an ad on Marketplace for free firewood and when people show up tell they have to cleanup everything. That seems to be how those ads work.

I've seen those ads and wonder if there are actually any takers. Dealing with cleanup is not trivial and some dude with a chainsaw who wants a bit of firewood isn't going to have the equipment.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I'd be concerned about liability, someone getting injured on my property plus strangers seeing what you have.

 

[RayIN]

Yeah. I am looking at renting this for a day. 12" chipper

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If you can clean up/chip that mess is one day your are a better man that I.