wrwtexan
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2011
- Messages
- 558
- Location
- Cooper, Texas
- Occupation
- Indy Farm Wrench, heavy land clearing, rancher
I am starting a 600 acre clearing job which consists mostly of pulling scattered small cedars, roots and all, with my skidder and shear for a local farmer to grow organic grain for a West Texas dairy farmer, so no chemicals are to be used. There are several acres of doghair thick small elm, hackberry, pecan and honey locusts which will eventually need to be cleared. They are too small and thick for grubbing with a dozer and a root plow leaves the stump on top. I have thought about a Rome disc plow but few are available and I'm not sure they would pulverize roots enough for planting. My question is, has anyone tried shredding or grinding down to ground level, then using a road reclaimer/mixer/soil stabilizer to grind roots and residue down 6-10". I have worked on and around them on highway construction and they look like they might work, and there are machines or contractors available. Any thoughts or alternative suggestions I can offer him?