Pine farm, just harvested 120->60 tons of stumps, more slash than I've ever seen. Piles taller than me. Owner wants day rate instead of per acre. I' be running a ftx150 on tuesday next week on a different job to test it out, but first time in the big boy machine 😊 how many acres of just briars no trees can it clear per day? (can i do 3 acres just briars with it 1 day?) And How about for post logging cleanup job how does it perform. I guarantee hes not gonna want my skidsteer out there lol Thanks

Do you guys have any insight on how long it takes to complete a job? For example standard forestry mulching setup for 1 acre? Nothing crazy, pretty flat. How long would this take? I’m trying to gauge this mainly because I will be renting equipment early on and want to make sure I can quote properly to still produce revenue. Bottom line is I don’t want to quote a job at 3k and have a setup for a day when a day rental cost $1900 just to not be able to finish it and have to rent another day and lose my butt. Thanks for any insight. Matt

Do you guys price these out and still use your regular skidsteer. Since im still in the renting equipment phase, should I buy a smaller mulcher for these types of jobs? Or skip them entirely. Thanks. 🙏

Hi everybody. My name is Bryan and I am starting a Land clearing business with my brother. I am more the admin side and he is operating side but I need experience operating when we scale or my brother can’t operate. My brother won’t be fully retired from the military until Nov 2027 so he is only available part time. I don’t want to wait launching the company because of how fast this niche business is growing. Is they’re a better option other than renting a machine and mulcher head to get some hours in?

Carved some trails for a perc test for him. Lots more work to do on his land, but he needed this small phase 1 done first. First time testing a 97-3 with 50 hours and new knives it was amazing…. Compared to the 75-3 I’ve been renting this thing was at least 2x more efficient. It got super dry at the end and I was the creator of dust storms. Makes it disorienting and super unsafe, few times I just had to stop and wait for the dust to clear. This is my 4th job completed since I started start last month. I priced one out and should be getting it here soon, I’ve quoted 65k of jobs so far in a little over a month. Completed 10k worth of jobs so far, I didn’t realize how long it takes for clients to close. They need a decent amount of time and coordination. Thanks to everyone in the group you have been super helpful! Thanks!🙏 I know it’s probably busy season and there will be slow seasons, but my projects look good! Anyways, keep grinding boys! Together we conquer!