James K
Member
I’m new to this forum (first post), just interested to see how many other people out there do what we do and if they do it any different.
We do tracts that are anywhere from about 40 acres being the smallest all the way up to 1500+ (we’re moving to a 1500 acre cut in 2 weeks). Right now I’m cutting about a 120 acre clear cut that’s part of a 550 tract of cut pine/hardwood.
We go through and shear all the stumps off flush with ground level and row the trash then come back with a bedding plow and plow the land to be replanted. Currently we’re running a 3 man crew of 3 Cat D6T LGP dozers (we had a D7 but it wasn’t an LGP and it just wouldn’t stand up in the mud), all are running v-shear blades and we bed with a Savannah bedding plow. I cut on average about 1 acre/hr-1.5/hr depending on the ground and time it’s been cut. Bedding goes a lot faster at about 3.5-4 acres/hr.
We do tracts that are anywhere from about 40 acres being the smallest all the way up to 1500+ (we’re moving to a 1500 acre cut in 2 weeks). Right now I’m cutting about a 120 acre clear cut that’s part of a 550 tract of cut pine/hardwood.
We go through and shear all the stumps off flush with ground level and row the trash then come back with a bedding plow and plow the land to be replanted. Currently we’re running a 3 man crew of 3 Cat D6T LGP dozers (we had a D7 but it wasn’t an LGP and it just wouldn’t stand up in the mud), all are running v-shear blades and we bed with a Savannah bedding plow. I cut on average about 1 acre/hr-1.5/hr depending on the ground and time it’s been cut. Bedding goes a lot faster at about 3.5-4 acres/hr.