We have a 25 acre hay field that was cleared by hand by the original owner back in the 40's. I can't imagine the amount of work those old guys did without much machinery. I am in the "work smarter, not harder" mindset myself! Great video! - Kevin

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

me too! Boy one thing I can tell folks....look for land that's cleared and fenced! I'm working myself to death lol

Slow and steady, wins the race.

Josh there is one thing you never seem to lack, and that’s work to do. Great work so far.

I admire you for all you are doing Today I used my pole saw, tractor and pallet forks for three hours to prune my 730’ driveway Cannot imagine dealing with dirt and stumps on such a field. Fortunately my place is already cleared Keep the videos coming, highlight of my day here on the compound

Howdy Josh. I used to be a landscaper years ago and did a fair amount of ground prep for sod or seed. My choice of tool was called a "Super Gill SU-200". I've used just about everything you have at one time or another and that Super Gill out performed all others. Not saying what you're using doesn't work but this one tool once you learn how to use it, is like a 3 in 1... Just amazing! Work hard, play hard!

Josh, throw some of those stumps in your ponds for fish habitat!!

Josh, try rolling the pile before picking it apart. You'll have to break off a section at the time, but it works. I've just finished doing 30 acres with the same setup you're using. Also, mother nature will help alot when you get it down on the ground where moisture can work in your favor. Awesome progress man. Stay at it, you'll get there!

@jamesellard8454

4 жыл бұрын

Also, save some for your mill, the stumps will make some unique pieces.

Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

You are full of passion. You will one day be a great man. God bless you .

@satnambawa0711

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Stoney Ridge Farmer intresting fact about your name 'Josh' that, 'Josh' meaning in Hindi language is 'passion'. Your name fits on you.

Eat it up Josh one bite at a time! You are killing it way to go!

Drop and Roll the stumps, seems to be working well. The new grass is looking good too. Always a pleasure Josh.

Picture the old homesteader, with an axe and ox clearing virgin forest to make fields with which to grow crops.

@davidhickenbottom6574

4 жыл бұрын

I do all the time. I live in New England every stone wall. I hunt in New Hampshire way back in the mountains stone walls everywhere some poor bastard did all that by hand.

@AbandonedMaine

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidhickenbottom6574 Oh yeah. Grew up in an 1809 farmhouse in central Maine. House and barn made with hand cut and sawn lumber.

@davidhickenbottom6574

4 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMaine we think we know what hard work is, not even of course life span was what 48 for a man. I live in Massachusetts can you imagine Maine in 1809 probably more people live in there then or close

If I may suggest: why not mount a small 12V fan in the cab? You'd be amazed at how much heat relief it can give you.

Man, You got a pile of work in front of you Josh. Best of luck

Josh , I'd say that grapple design was made for just what your using it for . Picking up odd shaped stuff . I agree it'll take some time , but there's no way those stumps would dry out with all dirt in there . Thanks for taking us along . God Bless .

Saturday and Sunday videos. Nice thank you Josh.

there is much more satisfying than working hard clearing your land and then one day see the fruits of your labor as pasture with cattle on it....we are doing the same thing at our place, just purchased another 100 acres that was clearcut by other, got a lot of hard work ahead of us too....enjoy your videos, i dont know how you take the time of have the patience to constantly have to set up and move cameras around all over the place while you are trying to work, i have a hard time just pulling out my phone and take a couple of pics when im working on the farm....

Can you imagine over a hundred years ago they did that all by hand

@countrycuts5796

4 жыл бұрын

Never mind 100 years ago.. I have a 54 acre farm that is mostly bush.. I only have hand saws and a hatchet, weed eater, brush cutter ( hand held ) and a chainsaw.. right now I am in the process of clearing a 1300 foot fenceline through the bush and install a high tensile fixed knot field fence... and to top it off, my husband passed away a few months ago, so I am mostly doing it all by myself, with the occasional help from friends ... brings a whole new meaning to blood sweat and tears

@barryfigel9957

4 жыл бұрын

@@countrycuts5796 yeah it does good luck to you

Thanks for sharing. The work is never done on a farm..haha..thanks so much for sharing..

Josh you have a long and sizable workload ahead of you. Good luck to you. Take care.

Keep going Josh! Hope you have your plans and visions written down. This will be awesome for you kids to see one day!!

I think that you are going about this the wright way getting rid of the bad and saving good material keep on doing it your on dang way have a good one wooooo

Looking good! Baby steps!

Great job looking good for the land Nothing is wasted.

Hey buddy, I literally finished off a 10 acre clearing project earlier this spring. I think you may regret this method with the hours invested, hours on the skid steer and fuel costs. Let mother nature do the work. Bury all of this next time and spend the budget on a few truckloads of top quality soil. You need to bury those rocks anyway. You'll definitely get the job done with enough time invested. But wouldnt you rather be working on getting that shop built?

Great video josh your getting on great! Been watching u for years fron the UK🇬🇧 keep up the good work and never give up your going a great job the John deeres alot handyer than a chainsaw and spade trying to breck the roots keep up the good work

Looking good! Keep plugging away at it and you'll be done soon! I suggest trying some "Loegering" over the tire tracks, when doing this type of work, because of the wet spots you will encounter. Traction is unbelievable with these tracks. Will really help when using the root rake grapple. I leave mine on almost all the time. Saves tires too, only 1 flat in 12 years of farm use. Keep up the good work, it will payoff! 👍

Josh, I had to laugh with poor old Skiddy Bop ripping through the pile. In the time lapse, it looked like he's taking a bite then "vomiting" it up because it was so bad! Hehe. Thanks again.

TYVM🌟🦋🌟Stony Ridge Farm Josh always enjoy your videos🌟Listening from Mass USA🌟Hello everyone

Skiddy Bop has a high tech 360 air conditioning system. LOL

on the bright side....a lot of city folks have to pay to get in a sauna....:)

awesome

Good stuff. I just love 5he music.

I been clearing land with a chainsaw and a 1950 te20 tractor. I'm not the healthiest person working out in the Texas weather cutting heavy 3 to 8 inch brush on land that hasn't been touched in 6 years. Time, patience, and stubbornness is key. Great videos

I wish I could help you with this I love working with a skid steer clear of land 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚜🚜🚜

Oh yeah, you have a job going way forward. Guess you've watched Chris on Letsdig18 on the stump maneuver. Pick it up and drop it to remove the soil, then do the burn pile. Good luck.

Great job !!! I’m sure so many subscribers were praying you would do that to those piles of stumps. And yes it does look fun. To bad we’re in a pandemic situation. I’d volunteer for that job . Lol. I work for food . Lol. Thanks always entertained. Craig

It's your land do what you want

Hi Josh,awesome equipment,like your vlogs

@stuartsplace100

4 жыл бұрын

please keep posting the vlogs u are doing.i like what u do and how u are going about it,restore that farm.awesome work Josh

At least you have proper equipment. My tractor has a front blade, wish it had a bucket.

trackhoe/excavator should do a good job if the operator knows what to do. Dig LARGE hole(s): 15' deep,40' long,8' wide. Fill with cleaned stumps,brush,etc. Start the burn,continue to fill with the cleaned trash from clearing.Keep burning. Fill hole(s) when burned down and done. Around here a person figures $1000.00 to $1500.00 an acre for it to be done right. Rough clearing(like you're dealing with in the video) is $400.00 to $600.00 an acre and land owner deals with the mess.Of all of the videos I've watched on clearing LetsDig is probably one of the best.I did my own with assorted dozers over the years but I was never in a hurry.Didn't log any of the trash timber: knock it down,pile and burn. Bury the remnants.Dozer with a good root rake is great for clearing.

Great footage Josh .. you def have your work cut out for ya.. I'll leave you alone so you can get back to it .. have a great day

Could you dump the stumps in a low spot like a gorge rather than burning ?

@geo52041

4 жыл бұрын

Josh has actually done that

Hey Josh. Missing your videos. Is all well at Stones Ridge. Best wishes.

my fingers bleed for ya, I bought an old used CAT 320, just a whole lot easier to dig a big hole and do a stump burn if they will let you in your area, wait till a rain is coming and lighter off. you did great with what ya had..............

I think the burn pile is a good idea and should be good for your soil.

A D9 with a big brush rake would be the best for that job

Looks like the guy with the track loader left you a mess.

Well I'm doing the same thing on my tree farm after it was logged off but I have stumps rotting to be disced or plowed in.

You had nice machine for this type of work 😉

Could you use a forestry tiller to mulch the stumps into the soil?

Looks like Mother Nature is running the show.

Good morning Josh hello from wilkes county

Josh, have you considered renting a brush hog for your skid steer. I seen Mike Morgan cleanup several acres using one, in very little time. The one he had would chew up, eat up, and/or cleanup anything in its path. Check out his handy work on " Outdoors with the Morgans". The machine he had will definitely make you a believer.

@karlschupp8552

4 жыл бұрын

Mike's wasn't a brush hog, it was a forestry mulcher that uses a disk with teeth. SkinnyBop doesn't have enough power or a high flow hydraulic system to power it...

skiddy bop needs some fans in cab

You'll get it done! Look what you've accomplished already. I'm not a farmer but it's exciting to watch you build your future! ❤😁

That crawler loader operator guy didn’t know what he was doing, all that topsoil in the piles could’ve been avoided by him curling his bucket down and using the teeth as a root rake

I know you don’t like to hear it but if you had a good dozer operator you wouldn’t be having to go through the second down and clean all that dirt out. Because every time I’ve seen it done by the time they rake it up to a pile is ready to be burned

@amossnowdaharleyman9179

4 жыл бұрын

amen.

@ccswede

4 жыл бұрын

Bull dozers are not the greatest for removing the trunk and roots. When I cleared some land the operator started with a bulldozer and ended up using a backhoe. A trackhoe would have worked better. He just dug a little around the tree then lifted it up and shook the root ball to remove the soil. We were removing live oaks and elms to make a lake. When the dozer hit one of those tree it stopped in its tracks. A root plow on a dozer would have problems getting those stumps out. The root plow is to remove roots not stumps. Of course there is equipment that removes stumps up to a certain size. Very few operators have such equipment. Josh explained before why he was using the method he did. Roots and stumps last years in the soil and don’t add to the soil for years.

@jasonac

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was done to a budget, but i seriously believe there are heavy equipment operators that think dirt burns.

stony ridge whoooooo...

Coupon code isn’t working. Tried a few times. Been wanting to get one for a while, only so much you can do with just a 4 in 1 bucket.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

I'll let them know asap

@meadowviewlawncarellc8079

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer THANKS!

@meadowviewlawncarellc8079

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer discount code worked. I called them, got one on the way! Thanks!!

Awsome vid bud and I need to send you the solar share matt for you so when working in the tracters you can still charge stuff .but anyways bud love ya and godbless

would this grapple work to clear out honey suckle and autumn olive shrubs and trees? I was thinking i could run into it with that to push it out of the way and rip it out of the ground

Hahaha, messing up Frank's nice and neat pile he made!!!

Ever consider building a screening box sir?

You need to rent a dirt sifting system will save alot of time when using the skid steer. Keep up the videos...

Is your skid loader foot-hand controls or hand only controls?

After clearing so much land this way, in hindsight do you think clear cutting the trees, then grinding the stumps down ground level with a beefy 34” stump grinder would’ve been a better option? I have 12 acres (and likely much more after that 😬) that I need to do. The previous owner clear cut so I just have the stumps and some slash (which I’ll rake together and burn) to deal with. I’m thinking just hack away at the stumps with a premium stump grinder-as tedious as that is-over the next several years. There’s really no good solution.

Can you make a shop tour and explain more about the company who built it for you?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

bhahhahah...if I could see the walls inside it...it's crammed full of stuff!

Why don't you use the treds on skiddy bop?

You have a lot of work a head of you it will be nice when you get it done

Will that grapple pick up a round bale?

Have you ever watched Letsdig18? He is North Carolina too. When he clears an area like that, he uses an excavator and digs, cleans, and sorts the material as he goes. Maybe hiring someone with an excavator instead of a track loader would be more efficient? Just thinking out-loud lol

How do you handle this onn alpine non-flat land?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

3 жыл бұрын

excavator

A permit is asking the government permission I will never ask the government permission to do something on my property every man to their own

@haydenlindsey6481

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh but he’s a public figure now so he “has to do things by the book. At least on the surface ;)

@augustreil

4 жыл бұрын

@@haydenlindsey6481, Better than getting a hefty fine also !

@kylanm7053

4 жыл бұрын

Some things are not allowed to be burned in NC like trash and anything bigger than a certain diameter log. A NC forest service burning permit is free and is just filled out with basic information. You can be ticketed by the NC forest services if a fire spreads to a neighbor's property while you're burning.

Hey Josh, good work, with hindsight, do you ever wish you had gone for a bigger skidsteere?

I enjoy your videos! My dream is to buy some more land and be more than a half acre homesteader in the city! I want meat animals and a family dairy cow just for my family.

WOOOOOO ! 🇺🇸 The farm is looking great Josh 🇺🇸 your hard work is paying off I have learned a lot from watching your Vlogs keep doing what you do 🇺🇸🇺🇸 it's Hot in Alabama 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚜 🚜

I have the same skid steer with the same grapple. I can’t get the grapple to open. Did you have to turn a valve to operate the grapple? TIA

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

no sir..however you may have your handle partially locked on your sticks? That's the only thing I can think of

@nicholasdorendorf7491

Жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thank you. I am dumb. I didn’t realize the handle went both ways. Thank you for the reply

You and Mike are doing almost the same thing!! Check out his new toy!!! Its really cool!!

I bet the colonial guys would have piled it up, covered it with some dirt and lit it- to make charcoal. Some people do that and till it in to ammenda the soil and call it biochar. I don’t know much about it, but it might be worth investigating. Way out West is a nice Irish Channel and they have a series of videos on this m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZt_l6aQc7DQaKQ.html Best wishes, Frank

Push it up into a pile and let rain wash dirt out then burn!!

Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoyed it but I seen somebody on KZread I'm just saying that left the stumps in the ground after he cut the trees and then draw the couple holes on the side of it in the stump and then one in the middle and then lit it on fire but who knows how long they were there before he lit it on fire because I know you have to season a wood but not everyone tells the truth like you do but I have seen it done on KZread

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

He had hundreds of stumps. Not sure if you are suggesting that he should have done it the way you described, but it would never get done that way.

Put a stump or two off to the side now that you have the Wood-Mizer. Would be pretty cool to have some live edge tabletops in the future building, shop classroom made directly from the farm. 🚜-Woooooo!!!

My sympathies.... here's a typical progression here in NE Texas. Man gets a little bit of money and wants to have a place "in the country". Improved land with a house seems pretty high compared to raw land with timber or some tall regrowth so he buys the raw land. How expensive can it be to clear it? Only thing you need is a chainsaw and an old Ford 8N right? The chainsaw and 8N method lasts for about a month of weekends or until it gets hot so he brings in a timber company to clear cut it. He asks about the mess and stumps and the timber dude says no worries, it will rot real fast. Man gets a very small amount for the timber a looks at the mess and thinks well a man with a dozer can fix this cheap...Man with the dozer comes in and says wow, this will take a while. You should have left the trees standing: whole lot easier to clear. Man with dozer starts pushing and tells the man with the land to burn the windrows. Man with the land asks what about the dirt? Man with dozer says no worries I'll come back and bury that:costs more though. Few more years down the road man with the land thinks country living is kind of expensive and improved land is pretty dang cheap compared to clearing,profiling,planting,and on and on.....

I don't know if you have checked out letsdig18 but I wonder if his way of clearing land would be cheaper in the long run because he gets the tree down and removes the stump in one process. I'm sure it must be faster to get to cleared ready to seed land, but I don't know if it would be cheaper. His method disturbs the least amount of soil i think also.

Give me a call when you're done and I'll take you out for a beer.

Might be worth the cost of the chipper since all those chips will degrade into some valuable pasture soil.

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

He just told you it was too expensive.

@heartlandokie4485

4 жыл бұрын

@@watcherofwatchers yeah, I get that which is why I said that the fertility he would gain may be worth it. #parrotFTW

What ever happened to venn tracks that was on skinny bop?

. Like your channel. Keep up the good work.

You sure can't do that on a windy day😀

You have days and days to do that work.

tractor with rear remote's. i made hose'e to run from rear to the front. works great. i now can use grapple, 4 n 1, ect.

I would put all the Tree 🌳 Stumps in the Middle of the Field, before Burning🔥Just Saying👍

@GM6.7

4 жыл бұрын

That's what he's doing. Best to do multiple piles otherwise it's a waste of time and fuel to make one huge pile

You might get less flack on burning stumps rather than chipping if you explained the virtues of biochar. The indigenous people of Brazil incorporated that and it is still enriching soils centuries later.

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe people should just keep their flak to themselves. Not every decision has to be justified to the Internet, and even if he did, that justification would just be argued and critiqued by people who have no skin in his farm.

@GM6.7

4 жыл бұрын

Farmers around here burn their fields every year. It is used all the time

How about turning those stump into wood chips .... is it too much cost?

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

He literally said so in the video.

Have you ever look into getting a mini excavator with a thumb

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Tune in about 3 weeks from now! Got a big boy coming out..a rental big excavator!

It might be worth renting a mini excavator to expedite the sorting of dirt and wood for cremation.

You need to get up with Letsdig18 have him come over and he will show you how to clear land efficiently he’s a KZreadr so he may like to team up he’s in NC too

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Can't you just let Josh do his own thing and not try to boss him around? It's just rude!

🇺🇸👍👍👍👍🇺🇸

Dirt dosen't burn so you have to sort it