Land Clearing

You killed my plan. (HA HA) I was thinking after having 3 boys I could finally get some work out of them and have them get started cleaning my land for a potential house or mobile home. Do you think that the price would be reduced if we cleared some of it. I am a single mom now and I am trying to figure out a plan.

Thanks
Cheryl

i have some land that i want to put a house on.it needs to be cleared.how do i go about starting this

Sabrina,
Read the above column slowly this time. :->

Good information.

I have been in the process of clearing five acres for a couple of years. Everything suggested in the article was good.

We sold the pine timber off the property first. I then hired a dozer with a root rake to pile the mess up. I then burned the piles.

Now at the stage of building. I rented a mini/medium excavator and have been removing stumps from where the house pad will be. I have also done other work with the excavator to improve the property.

Some projects you can save on by doing your self. Others projects may cost more in funds but save you time and headache in the future. You have to weigh which is better for you.

I have a small amount of land that I have started to clear. I pulled out much of the brush, cut down the trees and will grind the stumps in a few weeks. Now I'm left with a mesh of roots that makes the ground sort of spongey in some places. Can I just plant grass over the spongey land or do I have to scrape it off? Thanks

Erik,
You can. The roots will eventually turn to soil.

I read your article on land clearing. I am preparing to build a home. I am trying to decide how I would like the trees removed. In your opinion Tim, what is the best method to clearing the land? Would pushing the trees over be better or cutting the trees and grinding the stump? If you push the tree over will it leave a hold and will I have to bring in dirt? I have heard if your house is built over the roots and when they rot they have a smell and it will get in your house. Is this true? I'm having a problem on deciding which method should be used.

we are interested to clean 10000 hc bush land we need machine

we have been clearin land for our dowblewide and we cleared a section and we have cleared all the trees and everything off were just stuck with alot of roots from smaller pine trees and other trees that stick straight up and they stick up all over the place n it just doesnt look good we used a fourwheeler and the springs of a mattress and drug it behind the fourwheeler but it cleared some of the roots but were still left with alot how can we get these roots up without havin to get them up one by one?