va3mnr 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2017 Can anyone recommend a contractor (or someone private) for clearing 5-10 acres of land? Looking at putting in a large food plot in the Silver Falls area. Ground is primarily clay with a couple inches of topsoil (turns into a mess when wet), with the majority covered by 10-15 year old thick regen poplar (3" - 4" diameter). Had someone come out with a mulcher out last year and while it worked great for making trails, I really want the poplar roots ripped out/soil broken up even in areas that have some rocks near the surface. Was hoping to find someone with a bulldozer and a root rake to remove rocks/roots/etc while leaving the limited topsoil, so it can be maintained in the future by a small tractor/ATV. Open to other clearing options though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
back country explorer 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2017 give us a call. dave buob trucking ltd 577-1988 we have done several jobs of this nature, we would be more then happy to take a look and give you a price here is a couple pictures of a similar job we were on recently Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunt or be hunted 59 Report post Posted April 13, 2017 U also could look at buying ur own small mini dozer, for cost of a contractor and big equipment it might even be cheaper to buy ur own machine do the work urself and then re-sell the equipment and the only thing it will have cost u is time and fuel or unless u keep ur equipment. I'm in the same area as u and just ended buy a small dozer for 5 grand and building my own food plot, same ground conditions pure clay under the top layer of soil, just a thought ! Cheers and good luck ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MetalFishing 84 Report post Posted April 14, 2017 Topic of land clearing: anyone know how to get into harvesting work? Looking to learn how to run a feller buncher but the college doesn't do training and I can't find anything online, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunt or be hunted 59 Report post Posted April 15, 2017 The college used to about 12-13 yrs ago they ran a one yr heavy operator program for bush equipment but it only ran for 2 yrs as their wasn't enough student enrolment and funding wasn't cheap, try getting in contact with trannis training they might know someone in the private sector willing to give u shot at using their equipment for a fee possibly other then that the only way to get hired on by a bush contractor and learn from scratch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
