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My family recently acquired 65 Acres in Copalis Crossing area in WA that was a mix of pastureland, harvested tree farm, and older growth Alder and Firs. I’m trying to decide between a 3039r, 3046r, 4044r/m, 4052r/m, and 4066r/m.
I’m not worried about the pastureland and we’re just going to be doing debris cleanup/trail building under the Alder/older Firs, my concern is the harvested tree farm area. About 30-40 acres were harvested and only about half that was replanted. It Was harvested about 10 years ago and in that time, the land wasn’t touched. Right now that land is full of massive BlackBerry brambles (yep, PNW’a favorite weed!), shrubs and saplings that are 2”ish in diameter.
I rented a small TLB from the local Home Depot (14 HP Yanmar) and it could not deal with the walls of blackberries and saplings. Hence my desire to go with a LCUT.
Throughout all of our land, we want to cut some trails as well as clear some of the overgrowth in the tree farm area so the young trees get more nutrients. The trails will be a mixture of walking as well as “Polaris sized” widths.
Enough context! My first thought is the 4 series as I think I’ll need to pull a beefy brush hog or flail mower to handle the overgrowth. But, my concern is it’ll be too wide for the trail building goals around the tree farm trees and under the existing forest areas.
Given all of that, what are peoples opinions on my selection of HP (too high? Too low?)
3 series or 4?
R level or should I explore the e/d/m trims?
Also, does anyone else from the PNW know of good auction sites or used tractor sites for our area? TractorHouse, EquipmentTrader, etc have zero tractors in the wester US.
thanks in advanced!
I’m not worried about the pastureland and we’re just going to be doing debris cleanup/trail building under the Alder/older Firs, my concern is the harvested tree farm area. About 30-40 acres were harvested and only about half that was replanted. It Was harvested about 10 years ago and in that time, the land wasn’t touched. Right now that land is full of massive BlackBerry brambles (yep, PNW’a favorite weed!), shrubs and saplings that are 2”ish in diameter.
I rented a small TLB from the local Home Depot (14 HP Yanmar) and it could not deal with the walls of blackberries and saplings. Hence my desire to go with a LCUT.
Throughout all of our land, we want to cut some trails as well as clear some of the overgrowth in the tree farm area so the young trees get more nutrients. The trails will be a mixture of walking as well as “Polaris sized” widths.
Enough context! My first thought is the 4 series as I think I’ll need to pull a beefy brush hog or flail mower to handle the overgrowth. But, my concern is it’ll be too wide for the trail building goals around the tree farm trees and under the existing forest areas.
Given all of that, what are peoples opinions on my selection of HP (too high? Too low?)
3 series or 4?
R level or should I explore the e/d/m trims?
Also, does anyone else from the PNW know of good auction sites or used tractor sites for our area? TractorHouse, EquipmentTrader, etc have zero tractors in the wester US.
thanks in advanced!