Your Options For Having Trees Cleared
Posted on: 12 April 2023
If you own a piece of land with a number of trees on it and want to develop the land and create a usable space that you can either build on or farm, you'll need to clear the trees to create a workable landscape. New trees can pop up each year, so it's common to have a mixture of large and small trees on a parcel of land that's not been in use for several years, and the size of the trees on your land will impact the clearance methods a tree removal company will use. Here are your options for clearing a parcel of land with mainly large or small trees on it.
Land With Mostly Small Trees
If you have land with mostly small trees that need to be cleared away, a tree removal company may use chainsaws to cut down the trees before digging out the root systems, which tend to be pretty lightweight. If it's not necessary to remove the root systems, which it may not be if you don't intend to build on the land, your tree removal company can leave them in place and use a stump grinder to ensure no parts of the trees are left showing above ground level.
Areas that are densely populated with small trees can be cleared quickly using a brush grubber. This is a piece of equipment that grapples the trees and is hooked up to a utility vehicle. The vehicle is driven forward and the tension created enables the brush grubber to pull small trees out of the ground whole. If you also have a small number of large trees on your land they can be individually felled.
Land With Mostly Large Trees
If your land is covered in large trees it would be too time-consuming and costly to individually fell each tree. So, a tree removal company can use a bulldozer to clear a large area quickly. The trees are bulldozed into a few central piles and, depending on whether you want to use the lumber, they can either be sawn into pieces that can be easily transported off your land or they can be burned on-site.
Large trees have dense root systems, so you can expect bulldozing to leave significant holes in your land when trees are pulled out whole. Depending on what you want to use the land for, it may be necessary to have a layer of topsoil applied to create an area with even ground.
If you're considering clearing trees from your land, ask your local tree removal company to come out and assess the trees you have. They will recommend an approach to clear your land based on its size, the number of trees to be cleared and the size of trees you have.
Contact tree clearing services to learn more.
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