StickersNKickers
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Wondering what estimated cost would be for someone to clear pasture overgrown thick with cedars. Charge per acre? Per hour?
Cedar Tree Clearing Cost
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This type of work is usually bid lump sum or per hour.
Yep. That’s hourly cause there might be a gazillion or sporadic. How much time depends on size mainly. If a guy was ok with a sloppy job- I could run a 20’ batwing over them dropped down & take care of a lot. But the finish sure ain’t gonna be what a mulcher or cutter on skid steer will do. Or puller.
USDA has money for this both thru EQIP (federal) and REAP (state). Right now is a good time to be submitting plans for January 2024 selection. It's a process....
hillrunner
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I always thought this was kind of odd since you could buy cedar seedlings from the state nursery as well.
Tmayer13
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@IowaBowHunter1983 does Mulching and he could probably get you a really good estimate with adequate photos or aerial
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
The right 5 row tree line or screen with cedar is killer for wildlife . Nothing better in my opinion!
I like—
Cedar
Black Hills Spruce
Cedar/BHS/Pine mix
Oak
Plum or Chokecherry
smithhunter1975
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I had a skidsteer with forestry mulcher clean up a hillside that had 2-5” trees growing about 2’ apart. The guy charged $140/hr and did about 1.5ac per 8 hour day. My trees were extremely dense but not real big. He ground them up and then stuck the mulcher down into the soil and back drug it tilling the mulch into the soil.
whitetailserialkillers
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Good points. If you pay a crew to fell them it will be worth the money. It will be messy at first but you can burn the area in 2 years after them brown and dry out
I have a good friend in the tree business. Large chipper and chip truck.... 200k easy. Not practical for us lowly deer guys.
