Here’s my situation.
I’ve bought 10 acres connecting to my parents property, they have 36 acres. There is another 10 acres next to my property that I want to buy in the future. I’ve been clearing trees for the past year, as all the acreage that I bought is wooded. The property is mainly a steep hill with a flat spot on top, about 1-2 acres of flat ground (well it’s flat enough for around my parts) I need to be able to bust out the stumps that are left(I kept them 2-3 foot high so I could push on them). Im currently working on my old backhoe, it’s a mf40. It should run just need to rebuild the injection pump, hopefully the backhoe works even if it leaks some. I’m thinking I’m still gonna need some piece of heavy equipment for cutting in a driveway(about 200yds) and for a house pad/leveling the backyard area some. Also, I have a lot of acreage that could use some dozer work so here is my thinking. I’ve been looking at old used dozers, they ain’t mint but they will get the job done and then hopefully I can sell it(on not I don’t really care). I can rent one for a month, I’m sure it will cost me 4-5k plus fuel. Or have someone do it (I really don’t know how many hours it would take them to do the minimum needed) I’m sure it would cost around 5k or so.
I’m curious on what you would do, and any recommendations. I’m mechanically inclined and don’t mind workin on broken stuff. So buy an old dozer doesn’t sound half bad, but honestly if I can just pay someone to do it all that ain’t half bad either.
My other question: Is a dozer best for this job or a mini excavator?
I’ve bought 10 acres connecting to my parents property, they have 36 acres. There is another 10 acres next to my property that I want to buy in the future. I’ve been clearing trees for the past year, as all the acreage that I bought is wooded. The property is mainly a steep hill with a flat spot on top, about 1-2 acres of flat ground (well it’s flat enough for around my parts) I need to be able to bust out the stumps that are left(I kept them 2-3 foot high so I could push on them). Im currently working on my old backhoe, it’s a mf40. It should run just need to rebuild the injection pump, hopefully the backhoe works even if it leaks some. I’m thinking I’m still gonna need some piece of heavy equipment for cutting in a driveway(about 200yds) and for a house pad/leveling the backyard area some. Also, I have a lot of acreage that could use some dozer work so here is my thinking. I’ve been looking at old used dozers, they ain’t mint but they will get the job done and then hopefully I can sell it(on not I don’t really care). I can rent one for a month, I’m sure it will cost me 4-5k plus fuel. Or have someone do it (I really don’t know how many hours it would take them to do the minimum needed) I’m sure it would cost around 5k or so.
I’m curious on what you would do, and any recommendations. I’m mechanically inclined and don’t mind workin on broken stuff. So buy an old dozer doesn’t sound half bad, but honestly if I can just pay someone to do it all that ain’t half bad either.
My other question: Is a dozer best for this job or a mini excavator?