Forestry Mulching

[Baymule]

We have a 2 1/2 acre so called horse pasture that is thickly wooded. The horses did a lot to trample out trails, but it was still an impassable thicket.

I checked into Forestry Mulching, costs are $250 per hour, 8 hour minimum plus delivery and set up. At $2000 per day...….we just kept looking at the mess. I saw an ad on Craigslist for $150 per hour and no other fees. I sent an email asking for the phone number, we were interested but it would be a few months before we were ready. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I got an email asking were we ready now, I replied no. I got a reply with a "special" of $100 per hour for that week only. I read that off to my husband and we both concluded that we just couldn't pass that up. With great anticipation we waited for the mulcher and operator to show up.

It arrived.

Before pictures.

 

[Baymule]

After pictures.

The back ground in this picture is clear now!

 

[Baymule]

More before pictures. There were 5 big dead trees that we had taken down in 2017. They laid on the ground, we couldn’t get to them to haul to the burn pile. You can see 2 of the trunks in the above before pictures.

I took this picture last fall.

I stood st the fence today and took this picture. We can actually walk down the fence on the inside now!

Wow, just wow!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Wow just wow .....holy cow, what a transformation in just a few days....you both must over the moon with joy !
Machinery is such a time saver, so happy you got that deal and it worked for you and your neughbors !
Now....what are your plans for it ? ...way to go Bay & BJ

 

[Baymule]

We had 2 neighbors with about 3/4 acre apiece, not enough for an 8 hour minimum. My husband asked the owner of the mulcher if we could include them as part of our property. He told the owner that we would cut the fence and the operator could go from our property to theirs and not have to move the equipment. He said yes. Our two neighbors were excited. In the below picture is our neighbor, Jimmy’s property at our side fence. We cut the fence where the small gate is. There are pipe posts for hanging the walk through gate, but it was never hung because nobody could walk through the back of Jimmys place. The green gate is what he brought over to cover the down fence REAL good!

 

[Baymule]

What you see as cleared in the picture above, was a mass of green briars, small scraggly trees and brush. It was totally unusable. Now the fence line on both sides are cleared and Jimmy can finish fencing his place.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

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What you see as cleared in the picture above, was a mass of green briars, small scraggly trees and brush. It was totally unusable. Now the fence line on both sides are cleared and Jimmy can finish fencing his place.

It looks inviting, like I wanna come and take a walk out there

 

[Baymule]

A couple more before pictures. These were right on the fence-all clear now!

 

[Mini Horses]

HUGE difference!! Fast is good. Another doing it is BETTER. At $100 per hour, it was a fantastic deal! Heck yeah!

At least now you can bush hog & keep it clear and usable.

Looks like you will now be able to trim up some trees of those low branches. Here, my goats would do it for me. Like a park when they get through. Maybe the sheep will do some??

 

[Baymule]

There is still some fine tuning to be done. There are several standing dead trees to cut down. I've joked with my husband that now that he can actually see our big beautiful trees and walk up to them, he will be trimming the dead lower branches off. We will be out there working this fall and winter. The briars and vines are still hanging in the trees, we'll pull them out and take to the burn pile. We will selectively cut a few more trees.

Our total cost was $1800, each neighbor got their places cleaned up for $300 each. What a bargain! We are wildly happy with it.