With such a short amount of time, it was tough to figure out what to work on, so I ended up doing what I always do when time is short...cut down trees.
The picture below shows three of my most important tools. A quad, a chain saw and a big gas can.
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I've decided a good place to start clearing is over by the cabin. Partly because it's mostly filled with smaller saplings, which are much easier to clear and partly because I'm thinking that this is some of the best land, since that's where the old timers settled. If anyone knew the lay of the land, it would've been them.
It's tough to take a picture that shows depth when clearing things out, but this one kind of gives an idea of how the thinning is going.
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I have a new land clearing technique that I'm experimenting with. I hook the bushhog up to quad and start driving through the woods.
I dodge the big trees and if any small (5-6" or less) ones get in the way, I cut them down and let the bushhog chop up anything left behind. It seems to work well, although the path gets pretty serpentine. It doesn't address the problem of really big trees, but it works great for thinning things out.
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