Razor stubble

GMan5465

5 year old buck +
F6003AEE-0985-427C-8A08-6C1920968D12.jpegMy neighbor brought his skid steer and brush cutter up and we cut an access trail around half of the property. Plan is to get the trails smooth enough for electric bikes. After cutting, it looks like the trails have razor stubble in spots where it cut through brush. We can bring up a root bucket and dig those spots out, but wondering if anybody has other ideas. Was thinking about getting a flail mower this spring? Would that work? Other ideas?
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Might need to dig those spots out if it keeps coming back. Discing might get rid of it. Those stubs are hard on tires. If you can straddle it when you work it you might save some wear and tare on your tires if you use a tractor. If it was me I'd use my excavator and pluck the bad spots out and blade them into a pile when I'm done.
 
Might need to dig those spots out if it keeps coming back. Discing might get rid of it. Those stubs are hard on tires. If you can straddle it when you work it you might save some wear and tare on your tires if you use a tractor. If it was me I'd use my excavator and pluck the bad spots out and blade them into a pile when I'm done.

I agree, looking like tire attackers for tractors and ATVs once they dry.
 
Anyone have any experience with a forestry head, would that do the trick?
 
Anyone have any experience with a forestry head, would that do the trick?

Yes o you could backdrag right over that, also wonder if a root grapple would pop them out also.


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yeas a forester rotary cutter will grind them down flush with the ground
but, WHY spend the money renting one, not to mention they can be pretty aggressive to get on the ground smooth like as they hit and toss things! and why most true machines have thick glass /cages on doors and such rated for impacts from things!

SO?
If you have access to a skid steer now right??
why not just cover things with stone or dirt, as odds are that can be had on site from near things,, IF by chance anything starts to grow thru, just hit it with brush killer spray,

OR pending your need to have done, if you let them thing DRY out, you can simply push them flat with a bucket, they will shear off when there dried out, like breaking a dry stick

and a last option, is, you can also try running things over the OTHER way with the brush cutter you have, or raising and lowering it on things,
as when you use a brush hog type mower on a skid steer, things tend to get pushed /folded over, thus NOT allowing things to all get cut,
but if you RAISE the cutter and lower it on top of things,(boom up, then lower on them) it will cut them lower, NOT flush to the ground, but will cut them lower than what you have
you just need to first straighten them out again, but pushing the other way slightly
this might be more time consuming than one wants to do, but does get you a lower cut on them!

me, I'd just bury them, as right now there LOW spots and as such they will also hold water making puddles and soft spots
so filling them in will kill two birds with 1 stone, by getting rid of future mud holes and getting rid of the tire pokers at same time!
 
We brought a big brush mower through our place last year so I fully understand. Was a little rough on the implement but we used our box blade with the blades all the way down. It pulled the roots and stumps up. We then came back with the landscape rake and raked the areas smooth. It took quite a while but we cleared about 8 acres total.
 
Thanks for the replies. Planning on getting the skid steer back up there so just might have to play with a couple of the attachments/buckets to see what works best.
 
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