We bought a 1.17acre home in the city of Allen TX. (Northeast DFW area) The area across the back of the property was an overgrown little forest about 20ft deep and 140ft across. We have cleared it down to just short stumps sticking about 1-2" out of the ground. They range in diameter from 1" to big clumps around 12". (Most of them are around 4" in diameter.) We kept a few trees, mostly the Chinese Pistache.
My task is to clear the stumps and big roots from the ground. On one side, we plan to have a concrete pad that will be behind a 2-car garage/workshop that will hold the tractor, attachments, and landscaping gear. (The garage is a few years from being built, as is that concrete pad behind it.) The rest of the area to be cleared will be planted with other trees, flowering bushes, and lawn. My understanding is that you do not want trees stumps or big roots where you will have concrete because as they decay, they will cause cracks in the concrete. Also, most of the trees that were removed were Privet, which grow back easily from roots, so removing as much of the root as possible is important. My plan thus far has been to dig all the stumps and large roots out using the backhoe on my 1025R. So far, I've got an area of about 20x20' cleared of stumps, but am still sifting through picking out any roots larger in diameter than my pinkie finger. But even after you get the stumps out, there are all kinds of roots going every direction, many of which are as big around as my forearm and several feet in length.
Besides my 1025R with Loader and Backhoe, I have a subsoiler, tiller, and box blade. (Also a 60D MMM and TerraKing, but obviously those are of no use here.) I was thinking that after digging out the stumps, that I might use the subsoiler to rip through and drag out the big roots, then after picking all the larger roots out, use the tiller to grind everything up (dirt and smaller roots still remaining) and then the box blade to grade it all level. My immediate concern is to get the area where the 50ft x 20ft concrete pad will eventually go clean, level, and compacted so that I can use it as a staging area for my tractor and attachments. (Under a metal carport kit.) I may even put down gravel there for now, as that shouldn't be a problem to put concrete over. (Right?)
Any words of advice about how to best go about this project using the equipment that I have (or, if really necessary, rent) to complete this task would be greatly appreciated. This is my first tractor, and I only have about 125hrs on her since purchasing in Jan 2021.
Thanks
My task is to clear the stumps and big roots from the ground. On one side, we plan to have a concrete pad that will be behind a 2-car garage/workshop that will hold the tractor, attachments, and landscaping gear. (The garage is a few years from being built, as is that concrete pad behind it.) The rest of the area to be cleared will be planted with other trees, flowering bushes, and lawn. My understanding is that you do not want trees stumps or big roots where you will have concrete because as they decay, they will cause cracks in the concrete. Also, most of the trees that were removed were Privet, which grow back easily from roots, so removing as much of the root as possible is important. My plan thus far has been to dig all the stumps and large roots out using the backhoe on my 1025R. So far, I've got an area of about 20x20' cleared of stumps, but am still sifting through picking out any roots larger in diameter than my pinkie finger. But even after you get the stumps out, there are all kinds of roots going every direction, many of which are as big around as my forearm and several feet in length.
Besides my 1025R with Loader and Backhoe, I have a subsoiler, tiller, and box blade. (Also a 60D MMM and TerraKing, but obviously those are of no use here.) I was thinking that after digging out the stumps, that I might use the subsoiler to rip through and drag out the big roots, then after picking all the larger roots out, use the tiller to grind everything up (dirt and smaller roots still remaining) and then the box blade to grade it all level. My immediate concern is to get the area where the 50ft x 20ft concrete pad will eventually go clean, level, and compacted so that I can use it as a staging area for my tractor and attachments. (Under a metal carport kit.) I may even put down gravel there for now, as that shouldn't be a problem to put concrete over. (Right?)
Any words of advice about how to best go about this project using the equipment that I have (or, if really necessary, rent) to complete this task would be greatly appreciated. This is my first tractor, and I only have about 125hrs on her since purchasing in Jan 2021.
Thanks
