Hope everyone enjoys the video! This was a shorter project out on the farm. My goal was to build a wider road that goes to the back ridge of the farm. My boundary road from a previous video goes back there also, but is a much longer path to take equipment on. This one cuts down the distance. Hopefully I can get around to getting the big tractor and plow back there to start working the soil on my clearings!
Mainly because of the topography. The spur I’m building the trail on curves slightly down to the dam. You can kind of see the way it slopes from the drone footage. We’re in the foothills of North Carolina so straight roads aren’t too common. Building the road so I can get our bigger New Holland tractor up there to start working the clearings I’ve made.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback. Letdig18 mainly uses an excavator so he’s going to take down trees differently and going to be able to dig out bigger trees. I try not to use the track loader for anything larger than 4-5 inches. Most of my clearings and roads are in early forest stands and it’s primarily thick saplings or smaller trees. I do an initial pass just to get most of the vegetation out, leaving a few root stobs along the way. If I try and get it all in one go, all of the vegetation will just bind together and be pretty unwieldy. After I get most of the trees out of the way, I’ll pass again and dig up the roots that remained. Then I come through and do a rough grade at the end. Certainly not the most skilled operator but that’s my technique and the trees get cleared and I don’t break any windows.
Hope everyone enjoys the video! This was a shorter project out on the farm. My goal was to build a wider road that goes to the back ridge of the farm. My boundary road from a previous video goes back there also, but is a much longer path to take equipment on. This one cuts down the distance. Hopefully I can get around to getting the big tractor and plow back there to start working the soil on my clearings!
Like the video , but why not go stait . Ok your making trails for the wheelers .
Mainly because of the topography. The spur I’m building the trail on curves slightly down to the dam. You can kind of see the way it slopes from the drone footage. We’re in the foothills of North Carolina so straight roads aren’t too common.
Building the road so I can get our bigger New Holland tractor up there to start working the clearings I’ve made.
How not !!! to knock trees down . see Lets dig 18 and learn how to.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback. Letdig18 mainly uses an excavator so he’s going to take down trees differently and going to be able to dig out bigger trees. I try not to use the track loader for anything larger than 4-5 inches. Most of my clearings and roads are in early forest stands and it’s primarily thick saplings or smaller trees. I do an initial pass just to get most of the vegetation out, leaving a few root stobs along the way. If I try and get it all in one go, all of the vegetation will just bind together and be pretty unwieldy. After I get most of the trees out of the way, I’ll pass again and dig up the roots that remained. Then I come through and do a rough grade at the end. Certainly not the most skilled operator but that’s my technique and the trees get cleared and I don’t break any windows.
thanks for the feedback , cheers .@@groundhogland