Blstr88
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We do it like this, Case 350 dozer goes in and clears the brush...lays over all the larger trees we want down (under 10"), moves the bulk of the dirt around, then the Tak comes around and piles up the mess, does a little back filling and grading. Stacks up the debris and brush. The dozer is hooked to a military trailer to haul the brush over to our brush dump (embankment). The Tak is used to fill the trailers, but we use an old 33" tire and tow strap to empty the trailer loads onto the ground.
The finally the John Deer compact tractor (1984 650) comes with the bucket and box scraper to level and do the final smoothing. We have rakes and spreaders for our atv, so the girls drive around picking up the final sticks and spreading the Pacific Northwest ground cover (clover, grass mix)
So far the results are awesome! We have about 3 acres looking like a park, 3 more acres in the debris cleanup stage, and 3 more cleared of brush...pretty soon we will have increased the size of our usable land by at least 9 acres....in one short summer!! Machines are awesome.....worth every $$$$$
Thats great! Post some pictures, its motivating to see progress like that. I'm hoping to do similar work to our property in the coming years.
Im jealous of all the work you've done on your machine! I have a similar machine in similar condition and havent had any time to work on it...its been sitting for months. Im hoping this coming weekend to fix two small leaks and at least do a temporary fix I figured out to get the machine moving again.