Land Clearing with a Chainsaw & Compact Tractor
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- In this video, we use our Kubota L2501 Compact Tractor and Husqvarna 572XP Chainsaw to clear a section of land.
The compact tractor has its limitations as compared to a dozer or excavator and much of the work is cutting down sizable trees and turning them into firewood rounds. We'll then use our Woodland Mills PTO Stump Grinder to get rid of the sumps and flatten out the site better.
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It was great to spend a few hours out here today; thanks for following along as we attempt to clear land with our compact tractor and chainsaw.
My fondest memories were cutting firewood with my dad.
Keep up the good work, new sub here
The conversations we have during these work sessions are invaluable.
Thanks, same to you! Looking forward to learning more sawmill tips and tricks from you. Leaning towards your route of setting the mill up in a temporary location while I mill its permanent base and prep the area better.
@Academy_Farm I have a lot to learn myself , I'll be looking foward to your progress. Congrats on getting nearly 1,000 subs.
Thanks for using our Sawhaul products!
It's my pleasure! These saws are too heavy to haul around without one!
Holy smokes! Your saw sounds like she has a Chevelle motor! Great video, sir!
Thanks! Almost as throaty as a Grom some would say.
Thank you for sharing, I enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks for watching! Fun little project here that's turned into more work than I anticipated.
Enjoy your content and congrats on 1K subs! Wish I had more time to clear more on my property, hopefully I will be able to do more clearing in the spring. Thanks for the video and nice job! -Tod
Thanks, Tod! I wish I had more time too... I thought this might be an 8 hour project but it'll be closer to a 3-dayer. Such is life!
Woohoo 1k subs congrats!! I know you weren't cutting stupidly large trees but get yourself a wedge you can bang into that back cut, no need to stand so close and you can really bully that tree in the direction you want instead of using your body weight. Cleaning up trees and brush + stomp grinding takes a deceptively large amount of time indeed! Cheers, Alex
Thank you, Sir! I just can't bring myself to carry two more things and "pushing" these little ones over makes me feel like I'm 5'-7". I'll bring the wedges next time! Actually, I had one in my chap pocket there...
@@Academy_Farm, a quick addition to Alex's recommendation to have a wedge with you for wedging the trees over. Make your undercut, facecut, or whatever term your area uses, no more than 1/3rd of the tree diameter. This will leave more wood for you to use the wedges and provide a safer felling experience. Definitely look for a class in your area or even an experienced faller/arborist that can come show you some safe methods and tricks to get you through safely.
Always enjoy the content. Perhaps consider getting something like a Gorilla cart - will save a few steps of only carrying a handful of logs back to your carrier, instead you'll move a dozen or more. You can also load/tow the cart with a few more logs back for processing.
That's a good point! Lots of bending over here. I think we'd get a lot of use out of one of those Woodland Mills forestry trailers here; but always looking for ways to make our jobs easier without tons more equipment. Thanks!
Nice job and congratulations on 1k subscribers. Keep up the good work.
Hey, thanks! I appreciate it.
If you were looking for efficiency, you should get the forks for the tractor and put them on pallets so you don’t have to move them twice at least.
Better yet, get a grapple for the front. Haul long lengths to the woodlot before you cut them up.
Nice family time. Make your facecut/undercut only like 10%. Then backcut (leave 10% for hinge) and use wedges from behind to your preferred direction. Hope that helps (take what you want from an armchair QB's). Looked dangerous with too big of a front cut and trying to push it over with saw in hand. Could have easily fell backwards and caused major damage/injury. I would also recommend a large saw bag with all your supplies (PPE, files, wedges, hammer/axe) and fuel/oil can. Throw em all in the bucket with saw and your in business. Look forward to the seeing the portable mill.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll take all the armchair QB-ing I can get. I'm all about building eachother up. My problem here is I went out in the woods with the mindset I was going to cut a handful of small trees and scope creep got the better of me. Next time!
Just found your channel. Nice video! Look forward to more.
Thank you!
Nice addendum about your son’s safety: your tractor can be replaced, kids can’t! One thought, have a better plan of your cuts on those bigger trees, you should NOT try to push those down especially with the saw in your hand. The first time you see a tree felling go wrong scares the c*** out of you! Really looking forward to seeing the mill up and running.
I'm thinking about taking a felling class from someone who knows what they're talking about. Seems like a high-stakes skill to try and "figure out". Thanks!
I should say that you have no shortage of firewood.
For sure, Gary. No shortage of trees or wood. Still tricky to make time for those few extra steps to process them into firewood...
Hello, what’s the plan for the stumps?
@@lynnbethea5608 we have a PTO stump grinder for the tractor. Makes quick work of stumps, big and small.