Trail Blazing Experiences

[Jerry-B-WI]

I'm talking about a simple trail…. Something to use walk quietly around the property border. Wide enough for a 4 wheeler. Clear enough so a person isn’t tripping over roots and 2 inch stumps. I figured the box blade and shanks would be a good option to pull out the roots and 2-3 inch stumps after clearing a bit with the mower.

Save the wear and tear on your equipment and your time. Hire a mulcher. The guy that did mine had a mulcher that was 6 feet wide. He was a good operator and did two small plots and about 300 yards of trail. All done in one day and everything flat and level with nothing to trip on. Total cost was under $2500.

 

[SwampCat]

I'm talking about a simple trail…. Something to use walk quietly around the property border. Wide enough for a 4 wheeler. Clear enough so a person isn’t tripping over roots and 2 inch stumps. I figured the box blade and shanks would be a good option to pull out the roots and 2-3 inch stumps after clearing a bit with the mower.

I had about three miles of trail like that cleared with a mulcher. Most of it was in ground with few rocks and no stumps at all remained after mulching - just chips. No brush to contend with after clearing. About a 1/4 mile was upland with some rock and there were half a dozen 3” tall stumps I had to remove with a chainsaw afterwards.

This is representative of my trails. Looked like this about 18 months after mulcher went through. I marked the trails where nothing bigger than about 6” dbh was removed

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[SwampCat]

This is what my mulched trails look like after 18 months

 

[Walleyeguy13]

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This is what my mulched trails look like after 18 months

Very nice!

 

[Walleyeguy13]

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This is what my mulched trails look like after 18 months

Very nice!

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This is what my mulched trails look like after 18 months

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