Goats, Land Clearing and asphalt shingles

[cmjust0]

Also, just BTW...I sincerely doubt you're gonna get any takers on removing a huge pile of shingles by offering to let them keep the shingles. Brand new shingles really aren't *that* expensive, and I can't think of a single use for a huge quantity of used (or "old new") shingles. If we were talking about a pile of old steel equipment scrap or something, yeah...but not shingles.

Sorry..

 

[PinkFox]

i didnt think id find any takers on craiglist, lol. im hoping some of the "new" ones if i leave em out in the sun might be able to be seperated for my own use..., but there are places that are recycling asphalt shingles for road patch and stuff, theres certinaly enough to make it worth it for a big operation with the right equiptment to actually come out here...but dont know if they would...the closest company that i know recycles shingles is in nashville, almost 3 hours away.

i did get the place for a song though and the rest of the acreage is heavily brushed but doesnt seem to have been extensivly used for a dumping ground by the previous owners. i bought this place early fall and the brush was so thick that you simply couldnt get back there to even check it out...plain and simple,it was just a wall of leaves and brush. now the leaves are starting to drop you can see though and make pathways to get back there...
i bought the place for the space but the house itself was well worth it and the rest of the acreage while heavily brushed isnt acessable by vehicle, so much less likely to be so heavily dumped in...
, and ill be starting the goats off on the None so dumping ground areas and working towards this mass of WTF? lol.

most of the piles are so large and heavily stck together that moving them by hand is going to be dang neer impossible.


im told that goats will eat privet...theres a woman in this area using her cashmere goats as privet control, rents them out and privet is aparently a favorite...
i sure hope so because i have plenty of it lol.
i actually like privet whenits kept, but this has been left for so long its just leggy and out of control

once the privet starts to decrease theres a bunch of small trees that can start to come out too and itll be a whole different place...
especially if i can get those singles hauled away somehow...heck that alone would make one heck of a difference.

its realy kinda sad though, the parents of the pervious owner and the family beofre that aparently kept it as a lovely little homestead, then the son and his wife took it over and "didnt have time" and it turned into a mass of overgrown privet, weeds and greasses, and JUNK...
i mean theres a mini barn back there (about 10x10) thats got a date plaque on it stating its almost 60 years old...and suprisingly its in ok condition, the floor needs replacing inside and the metal roof would probably need changing out along with a few of the wall boards...but its SOLID, no rot in any of the structural beams that i can see and instead of maintaining it they just let it get swalowed up by masses of brush.

 

[77Herford]

Don't know how long the shingles have been sitting out there but from the description its been sometime. Many may no be in good condition but some maybe salvagable. Then like the others said you have the nails problem, which will take some time to get rid of most of them as I had pasture on an old barn site that burnt down and cleared it good but still find nails years later. In Tennessee I would be concerned about Rattle snakes and Cotton mouths under the stacks. Those piles would make perfect homes so be careful while clearing.