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    JD Lewis Construction is about as good as they come in the piedmont of SC. PM if you would like their contact information. They have doing work for me going on 15 years now. Alot of guys on this site can vouch for them as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    Skid steer rental with a forestry mulcher is going to be more than $1k/day by the time you price delivery, pick-up and taxes. Then you have to factor in time to run it and become proficient with it. Not a quick DIY option.
    Thanks, my old club hired a guy he made quick work in thinned pines but a cutover with oak and hickory stumps slowed him down.

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    pm me if you need some information

    Got good friend that has plenty of big equipment, does road construction . Actually lives in lower anderson and his shop is down that way

    Keep in mind most all of them are going to charge you from time the leave till the get back, those suckers eat money

    Not sure what you looking at but like others said sometimes a track hoe is better

    Just had some stuff done yesterday by friend of mine with his skid steer at the farm. It was mostly small stuff but he could pull up trees about 4-6” in diameter ok , just dug roots up and pulled them up

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    It will cost $4800 a month for a 320 excavator with manual thumb,if available. 60k machine
    $3200 a month for a 308 excavator with hydraulic thumb. 20k machine
    It will cost about the same to rent a week or a month.
    You can do a ass of work if your operator skill are average.
    It will cost you $300 delivery and pickup.
    PRO -TIP : Digging up stump is the easy part. Getting roots up and separated from dirt is the most time consuming, when you think you got them all dig some more.


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    If I was popping stumps I’d use a 336 size backhoe.

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    If you need to rent a machine, holler at Davis Lee at United Rentals.

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    I’m usually up for a DIY but not on this one. Thanks for the suggestions but I have a guy who’s quoting me something that seems reasonable. This thread just confirmed the quote was reasonable. I don’t have the time or the know how. It’s not rocket science but it’s not as simple as plowing or bushhogging either. If I had the time I might would give it a shot.

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    He has squirrel hunted with me before as well.

    Always seems like a good guy whenever I’m around him.
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    1200 a day for dozer work

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    How would he get the stumps up with a mulcher?
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    The mulcher grinded the stumps to ground level. We added some potassium nitrate to them and the next year the disc broke the stumps up. The first year was a little bumpy but we did not break any disc.

    If building a structure I would remove all the roots but not for a food plot. On leased timber land we went the cheapest root we could find.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigtimber2 View Post
    we went the cheapest root we could find.
    That's what you call a mistake of youth...

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    ha. this hits close to home....

    going from a pine stand to a field is not a simple task. its more than pulling stumps and it aint cheap.
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    That's what you call a mistake of youth...
    Sometimes, the landowner was 85 then when he passes the children will finished clear cutting and sell ASAP.

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