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Recent content by James K

  1. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    Somebody tried to tell me before that they could dig the stumps as fast as we could shear them but obviously he didn’t know how fast we truly cut these things. I could see where it might work better if your just clearing a few acres and want it really clean for like a pasture or something but...
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    Random forestry site prep pics.

    It’s all replanted with pine and they still plant them by hand around here.
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    Random forestry site prep pics.

    I have a post in Forestry Operations titles dozer site prep that goes into more detail. We currently have a crew of 3 D6T LGP dozers, 2 have the Savannah v blades with the teeth pictured above and the third has a slightly narrower blade with teeth but not as aggressive as the shear blades, it’s...
  4. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    Your right the stinger is an excellent pitchfork for grabbing trees, it is next to impossible to cut a stump that has logs thrown across it and they have to be moved to be able to cut the stump underneath. It also works very well for hooking trees that would otherwise fall in a road or across a...
  5. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    We actually had a guy on one of our shear dozers do exactly that yesterday, he backed into a tall stump full throttle in second gear and it climbed it and threw him into the side window. He said he was seeing stars and about to throw up, it bent the track pad down into the shape of an L.
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    Random forestry site prep pics.

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    Random forestry site prep pics.

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    Random forestry site prep pics.

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    Random forestry site prep pics.

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    Random forestry site prep pics.

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    Random forestry site prep pics.

  12. James K

    CAT d8k with a rome plow

    I don’t know about using a Rome blade specifically but I run a Savannah blade and a Savannah plow on my D6T LGP and I shear between .75-1.5 acres/hr when I’m stuck shearing and about 2.5-4 acres/hr when I’m plowing.
  13. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    We just started plowing for this year this week and this is the job I’m currently on. First picture is the area I just finished this morning, my first row started at that trachoe in the back and was about 28 acres give or take and took about 11 hours total. Second picture kindve shows what the...
  14. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    We just added this bad boy to the crew today, the blades not the best because it’s not for cutting, just for pushing the trash out the way for the plow to come through but the tractor is super strong and those deep pads make it dig through just about anything.
  15. James K

    Dozer site prep.

    I know Patterson and Sons are nearby in Williamsburg county and they run a crew of 4 LGP D6s but they’ve been doing it for a long time. That’s about the only crew I know of anymore locally that does this but I’m sure there’s some smaller operations nearby somewhere.
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