4 Ways to Clear Your Commercial and Residential Lots

 

Whether you hire a professional or DIY your way through land clearing process, follow these 4 methods.

 

Whether you’re a landowner looking to get rid of a downed tree or need to create a firebreak, land management demands constant maintenance. It involves manual work, tools and equipment, and help from professional loggers to make the work manageable and make money by selling timber.

You can either do it yourself, hire a professional lot clearing service or follow a combination of both approaches. Let’s explore your options.

Lot Clearing Process

Whether you decide to do it yourself or hire a professional, follow this process to clear your property.

1. Size Up The Project

If the project is on a large scale, it’ll take more time. It’s important to inspect the land to make sure there isn’t anything that might hinder the land clearing process. If you don’t know how to clear the land or have time or equipment for the job, it’s better to hire a professional service.

Based on the nature and complexity of the project, you’ll have to hire a lot of clearing services for all or part of the job or do it all yourself. For instance, you may feel confident to fell small trees or clearing brush but enlist a logging service to clear large trees, sale of timber, and land clearing.

2. Check If the Project requires Permit

There might be concerns about forestation, soil erosion, and vegetation depending on the area you live in. before you take on the project, check with the land planning agency in your area to see whether you need a permit.

Quick Tip: If you hire a logging service, you won’t have to worry about these formalities because they acquire a permit for you.

3. Budget Estimate

Lot clearing contractors offer a fixed price. If your project is large, the cost will likely rise. However, clearing land yourself will also have added cost of maintaining and running the equipment, purchasing supplies and tools and paying for transportation of timber, dumping, and removing debris from your property.

The cost of contractors varies based on the location and tools needed. If you’re based in Maine and New Hampshire, you can hire William A. Day Jr. & Sons to clear trees at affordable prices and sell timber to increase your income. This can also help pay for the rest of the lot clearing project.

4. Demolish Existing Structures

If there are any stables, structures, or old buildings on your land, you’ll need to demolish them first. Use heavy equipment, a wrecker, or a bulldozer for a quick job.

5. Remove Debris, Fell Tree, and Protect Vegetation

Standing debris such as trash, rocks, and fallen limbs should be cleared out of the way. You also need to mark and save desired vegetation that you can’t move. The project is small, and you can handle a chainsaw and fell the trees. Otherwise, hire professional services.

6. Grub, Clear, and Fill in Holes

Remove tree stumps and clear out vegetation. You can use hand-held trimmers for vegetation but needsa shovel to dig down the roots of a tree stump. Later, fill in the holes and grade the land if you plan on constructing something on the land.

Methods of Lot Clearing

Here are 4 methods of lot clearing that professional services follow:

1. Grubbing and Dozing

Grubbing and dozing cover most parts of the land at a quick pace. However, grubbing leaves large holes in the land, giving it a messy and rough finish. Nonetheless, this finish is acceptable for some landowners as long as they don’t need the land for haying or pasturing animals.

2. Burning Method

Burning is another fasted land clearing method. It’s effective, but you need to be careful of the following considerations:

· Selective vegetation and tree elimination aren’t possible.

· Fire may get out of control leading to unwanted property damage.

· Fire can heat the ground, making the land sterile and impossible to grow for some time.

· The risk of erosion can increase.

3. Hand Clearing Method

Head-clearing isn’t the most popular lot clearing method because it’s time-consuming. This method is, therefore, deliberate and selective. However, it’s a suitable option if the project is smaller and can finish quickly.

4. Mulching Method

Mulching is a better alternative to burning and grubbing. Whether it’s a drum or disc mulcher, you can selectively eliminate vegetation and trees. Mulching involves putting organic material back on the land while removing underbrush and trees. This way, the natural barrier remains intact to prevent the regeneration of invasive species.

 

Hire Professional Lot Clearing Services in Maine & New Hampshire

If you’re looking to clear your land and make profits from it, hire William A. Day Jr. & Sons for professional land clearing services. They offer lot clearing, trucking, and forest management services. Their loggers are trained to fell and clear trees and help you sell the timber at maximum profitability so you can pay for the land clearing project.

Their forestry services also include timber resource valuation, timber harvesting, and lot assessment services in Maine and New Hampshire. Hire them today!