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We enjoy watching all your videos. Thanks for sharing. Mike be careful on those hills. Melissa I hope you get better with your cold.

With the modern day idea that Forrest fire are a “ no go “ we have let our timberlands strangle themselves with vines and small trees. Great to see someone take care of their timber lands....👍👍

That machine would certainly be the stuff, cause I let where my timber was cut has grown up. However, I have it again this winter and fall to a local deer Hunter, but it would be perfect for next spring to clear things up. And maybe replant certain areas with pines. Oh and the best way of getting better is to admit your problem, but really everyone else has the same problem.LOL!

I thought I had it easy with my Stihl Fs130 with a carbide tip blade, that machine is too awesome. It would have taken me many hours. You accomplished it in 15 minutes. I live in Northern Kentucky and we have a lot of multiflora Rose as well as other invasive species. Thank you for your great videos!

Nice work Mike.

This is contagious...while watching, I'm thinking Oh, go there or missed that spot or maybe just clear a little more over here! Great machine and great video!

Mike, Try planting a cereal Rye, the Deer like it a lot more then regular rye.

Hope you spray it with some triclopyr in the spring so it doesn't grow back in that

I hate the grape vine and multi-floral rose bush.

My wife really laughed when she saw this post. She reminded me about how I got into brush & forestry clearing. I rented a machine to cleanup a right-of-way on our land. When she returned on the Sunday, I damn near clearcut a third of the property. I JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF! She says I clearcut it but in truth I "cleaned" it up....just like you've done. That was 5 years ago. Now I own 2 C.T.L. machines. One has a Diamond Rotary cutter/mulcher and the other a Denis Climaf drum mulcher & that thing is truly addictive. I came out of retirement to play with these machines 6 days a week now. I've no shortage of work/demand. 👍👍👍

Mike reminds me of a kid in a candy store with that machine. He just can't get enough and keeps going for more. LOL

Gonna have to rename the channel "Outdoors in Morgan's Park". Looking good Mike.

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. LOL.. Looks good.

I've said it before, and here I go again.....the best time to plant a tree "is 20 years ago" and 2nd choice is today! Planting your favorite trees will ensure the unfavorables don't take over. You have a great piece of land to do exactly that...love your videos, that machine is great!

Sometime when your having fun you just don’t want to stop. The deer are going to really like a private pasture deep in the woods. Looking forward to the 333G cockpit video. That’s got to be a blast to operate.

Mike: That is exactly the tool you need for that much acreage. Just think of all the other attachments you could put on that skid steer.

Here's my comment from video #592 few days ago.... "Now Mike don't have to much fun and get into it and the next thing you know you turn around and look to find out you've cut the whole hillside about bare...😀😀😉" Now, like most all men, I know I'm right about 99% of the time, but when I get documented evidence of it I'll toot my own horn!...lmao!...😂... Hey Mike, after the winter Rye put in a few Apple trees or Persimmon trees down there for those deer.

Wouldn’t it be nice if they were affordable enough that “Harry The Homeowner” with some land could have one 😏👍🤠

Murphy better pick up their toy, or the Morgans will end up with a golf course instead of the woods. I cannot see the Morgans as greens keepers.

Another great video from Mike and Melissa Morgan! I love what you have done to your land! I thought I was the only one who went after the vines, while my neighbors look at me like I am crazy.

Hey Mike, it’s 14 days to germinate for rye grass and it’s 9 pounds of seeds per 1000 sqft of area.

Give me one of those bad boys.... I would not have a tree left on my property. LOL . One question....How does Deere have equipment painted Yellow. I bet that would look far better in Green....any day of the year.

Hi Mike, How have the cutters on the underside held up? Have you had to change out any of the cutters?

Nice clean reclaimed LAND

That far hillside at 5:13 minutes in, looks a bit like Hickock 45's shooting range!

First to vote for a pool for Mellisa !!!!

YOUNG MAN , THEY HAVE ANOTHER KIND MULCHER / WHAT I LIKE THE BEST / THE ONE U WAS USING " BRUSH CUTTER " THIS WILL CUT DOWN 4 " TO 12 " TREES EASY AS PIE PLUS + UNDER BRUSH TOO !

It's hard to quit , when you are having so much fun!

Planting winter rye sounds like a good idea to me. I have heard if you don’t plant something after you clear out the invasive species, the invasive species just comes back.

Opening next Spring....Outdoors With the Morgans Campground....beautiful open camp sites and firewood available....lol Looks great!

💥 LOL, all the thumbs down, too many people like invasive species I guess. Great job Mike!! Take care of good trees. Keep on tractoring!

Hey, Mike, Ask Mellisa if she'll back off on her workouts, when she's got a cold, since her immune system is under siege! Developed pneumonia, years ago, when I got a cold and wouldn't slow down while training for a marathon. We're plowing, today, in western-slope Colorado. Early winter, and this stuff's headed your way. Love you and your family, brother. You're a great steward of the land, my friend.

You're loosing many of your ash trees. Do you have Emerald Ash Borers around there?

Looks fantastic! I wouldn't have been able to stop! I mean, I think would have cleaned up the whole north 40. Lol.That machine is awesome!

Thanks for the music - It’s a jungle out there - Have a great day

Good job, I know what you mean by just couldn,t quit when clearing the plot ,lol

I Bet that Was A Blast Operating That Wild Beast!!👍👊

Mike! Did you get a little carried away?

i love that machine!!! looks like so much fun!!

New business, you an Cliff go in together probably set rate 125.00 hour !!!!!!

Aww man and i thought i was having fun yesterday with my weedeater🤔🤔😂. If i had one of those Mike i would have been like Tim the toolman Taylor (wooh wooh). Just not breaking stuff 😁. Geertings to The Morgans from New Zealand. All the best to you and yours for the upcoming winter as we head into summer, love summer 😎😎

Nice group of videos on trail and forest maintenance. Thanks

I wish I was smarter when I was younger. I spent all my money on alcohol (lol) and didn't end up investing into property until last year. Currently have 6 acres but can afford half the equipment y'all have. I love it though! Currently saving to get a Gator for driving around the property.

Man, the way you did that picture-in-picture was cool. It’s neat to see both angles when your tackling brush like that. Your video editing skills are always improving!

I'm about to go crazy with some honey suckle in my woods, I cleared an area this weekend with a brush cutter on my skid steer, I would love to find one of these to rent.

Oh can relate to the "I couldn't help myself". That might be a good spot for the second mini cabin.

You now have more useable space for family and the wild life will be happy too.

I could watch that machine all day

MIKE, great choice on the background music, It definitely fits! If you had more daylight, I'm sure you could take CLEAR 300 yard shots come Buck season! LOL !

Did you have any issues with the vines getting wrapped around your equipment? I liked it when you said “...I just kept mowing, I couldn’t help myself”......It reminded me of Forest Gump when he said “I just kept running”. That was a great movie and you and your family have a great channel👍

GREAT Split Screen view, Mike. Very interesting & informative to watch...Thank You!

Feel Better Soon there Beautiful One !!! You make Flannel Attire Looks Sooo Good. Good Tractoring there Mike that is one Heck of a Machine. Just wondering would the Brushhog clear out some of the small Brush also ??? Safe and Bless Family !!! Hey to Rest of Family. As Always #thatmelissasmile !!!

Too bad that Diamond Cutter requires such high hydraulic flow. This would be great for clearing & maintaining pasture land with a 30hp compact tractor with a quick attach loader. I guess with a 3point hydraulic power pack & tank it could be done for about $5-7k.

Hi! Mike & Melisa, my friend Carl in the community has been looking for something like the Diamond Forestry Mower. For the used John Deere 160G LC excavator he & the community is working on. I think the winter is always a good choice, do you have any Persimmon Bushes. I know the deer here in Georgia love them. There have been rumors the Georgia Forestry Commission are going add a hybrid ash tree to their list of sapling. The Northeastern Red Oak I put out are now over 10 years old & are producing viable acorns.

Mike, the views of the different areas of your property we’ve seen while you’ve used the Johndeer has been so amazing! The setup you used to show your working from up higher and back aways was so unique. Thanks for the extra effort that had to take to give us a better understanding of what you were trying to accomplish. Again, I’m taken aback by the beauty of the Morgan’s world in your woods. It’s really a blessed place! Your hard work, your love of the area you’ve come to know throughout your life, your commitment to it and your principles make it a blessing you deserve. Thank you so much for sharing! Have a Day y’all.

Ya cleaning up so much work so fast that you know would have taken forever... such a hard time to exercise self control in the old "Crush Kill Destroy!" mode. I find your feelings most understandable.

Melissa, My Grandmother's cold and flu remedy works great. Two fingers of your favorite flavored brandy in a coffee cup. Stick it in the microwave till it's hot and then just sniff the fumes and sip the brandy. My doctor says the alcohol fumes will condense on the soft tissue in your lungs and acts as a topical antiseptic that may or may not help, BUT... he also says sipping the brandy will make you sleepy and that will to help kick a cold.

BS"D Mrs. Morgan You said that you took honey and vinegar, every change of season I use to get cold , someone told me to take for the whole year Vitamin C ( speak one ) ESTHER C , thank GOD the last three years FELT very good, you may want to try it

Mike, A long from the apex of the Gulf of Alaska, but which are the "evasive" species? I expect everything east of the Mississippi River has been logged over at least twice?? What to plant to enhance wildlife habitat and realize some reward within the remainder of our lifetime... . I imagine a later date, you go out with an electric go-cart to observe and enjoy!

I knew you would not be able to control yourself with just a path on that hillside. Good thing the machine is temporary or we would never see any more firewood, milling and hunting videos. You just cannot control fixing up the property with that beast. I feel ya!!!!

Folks see these awesome videos like these with this machine & to them you're clearing the ENTIRE woods. When in reality, when you have the size place you guys have, you are hardly scratching the surface but they can't see that on a video. I have just under 60 acres & have been working nearly 2 years since I bought it to have a 4,500 access road nearly all the way around it. Lots of trees & brush cleared to make it happen but when you walk around my place you realize I've hardly touched it compared to all the trees that are there. The deer & wildlife are there as much as ever, they watch me work on a dozer & tractor all the time. I plan on keeping it that way & if I hadn't bought it a developer most likely would have as one was looking at it when it was up for sale but we acted quick when we found it. In that case it would've ALL been cleared instead of just a small access loop road. You can't get perspective from a RU-vid video & it's much different than the 1 or less acre lots than most folks live on where if they took down 3 trees they wouldn't have anymore. You're doing great work Morgan family.

"Help! I can't STOP!" "Hey were did the woods go?" LOL. Love it. Great video Mike. Hope Melissa gets better soon, remember, "Five days coming-five days staying-five days going", colds are the pits. Thumbs up.

It’s kind of like when I start my power washer, I start washing the driveway, walkway and end up doing the house and everything that is not running away from me😃

Back in Maine from PA looking to relocate. Saw 3 of your JD tree shredders. Before, I never would have known what was attached to the front.

Its really easy to go overboard from what you had originally planned,done it many times my self.Get caught up in the moment and next thing you know,there you are ! Always enjoy seeing wild turkey,have quite the flock where I hunt waterfowl at. Get better Melissa !

That’s why I always back buried my far every year. I would use my big 7740 and an eight foot bush hog with a stump jumper to clean up fire breaks and mow down small thickets and then back burn what was left,in late winter. It is a hard job but really cleans up this kind of mess.

Forestry clearing is so satisfying, I am from CA and it beats a crazy wildfire coming through your land.. Great video loved it..

Looks like you may have some chinese hedge. A terrible invasive. Greedy canopy, no sun gets through. Spreads fast.

Come to WI, we have plenty of buckthorn, and Asian honeysuckle for you to play with. It's hard work to keep it under control.

Would love to have one come out and spend a day mulching. Cant afford it though. Oh well, chain saw, pole saw, axe, weed trimmer, brush hog, rock rake and a burn pit and time will have to do.

Can't imagine how long it would take to get rid of all that invasive junk with pruners and small chain saws! When you have the right tool for the job, you use it. Maybe you could plant some native trees now that it is cleared so it doesn't just go back to invasives. You might need to sharpen the cutters before you return the machine. After all when you borrow something it should be returned in at LEAST as good a shape as it was when you got it.

The vinegar is really good for Melisa I thought that was a Pa Dutch thing. My mom would can a lot of vegetables back in the day and it was always pickled with apple cider vinegar it is good for you. Thanks for the video Mike and Melisa.

I had grapevines and very evasive vine brought in from Europe that just about destroyed all my trees. They were leaning 45 degrees or twisted like a pretzel. I lost 15 trees on an acre of land. I'm planning to replace with crype myrtle.

Very nice starting to look good

Mike, looks like you have come down with the Deere Brush Fever... prescription ...take 2 days off to cure the fever, take plenty of videos and all is well. Hope your bride feels better.

What a machine!!! You have to do some math..... The value you are adding to your property.... The added enjoyment you are going to get from recovering Useless acreage.. You're going to retire sooner than later so it's another tool in the arsenal.. Add a little income once in a while.. Just saying..

Go back and spray all the Multi-flora Rose stumps with "Crossbow" to kill it or the roots will run to make a bigger patch next summer. I hate that stuff. Very cool toy you have there.

We have an invasive in our woods, here in Michigan, called Autumn Olive. It grows very thick and has a type of thorn. It sure looks a lot like the stuff you said 'you can’t even walk through this stuff'. Even though I cut it down to the ground it regenerates. I discovered you need to put a chemical on the root to prevent regeneration.

Looks like quick work for making trails. Knowing your not "intending" on hitting rocks but with all that underbrush it may be hard to see some of them or a old stump... Trust it held up well.

Really does Look Like something from Thunderbirds (Original Series).

Addictive isn't it Mike. You'll need rehab when they pick it up. Lol God bless

Oh hell Mike, I know what you mean with the clearing! I’ve set in to clear out for a fence row and just couldn’t stop. I didn’t get any fence built that day, but I did get 2 or 3 acres slicked off. 😎

it must be awsesome just keep clearing I don't think I would've stoped either just keep munching

Wouldn't mind seeing the shape of the knives during your walk around. That rotary head looks to be about a 1" thick.

Melissa, Fire Tonic look up sow the land youtube channel and search fire tonic. Honey, ACV and lots of other stuff, it will change your life lol

Swales to help control/redirect water flow on the steep parts. Maybe plant some persimmons or other hardy native under story fruit trees along with a perennial deep root pasture mix to anchor the soil. Local biologists/wildlife/forestry folks could suggest best practice methods. bol with the food plot.

Mike I have really enjoyed the series of videoes with the mulcher. I know you have enjoyed using it and been very productive but I want to say thanks for taking the time to set up all the camera positions and all the editing, it has shown us all a great insight of what the machine is capable of . I'm sure your sponsors Murphys must be delighted what you have achieved and the way you demonstrated the machines capabilities whilst filming. Melissa, I always chew on raw ginger when I have a cold it works a treat, try it.

loved the last few videos on the forestry mulching setup, dam they look good. If you could swing an excavator with a mulching head to do a comparison that would be very interesting

I'm going to look on Google and see if I can find the "bald spot" in Eastern PA...lol.... Need to rent one for this place.... great Video...

Hello Morgans, I am very curious as to how neighbor cliff property has turned out, in particular is the grass growing ? Mike said that it should grow even though it is late in the year for planting grass and I would agree especially since there has been some rain in the last several weeks. An update on the progress would be nice. Thanks so much for the videos I love them.

Just wondering if you sent that email to the teacher about Bucking Billy Ray. Would be something if Billy showed up at your daughters school and did a demo

The nice thing with brush hogging is the erosion is not as bad as clearing because all your roots are still there.. FYI my family watches your channel on our 75" and it looks great....

We are trying to burn down Calif., and some say that’s a good idea. But it show what hands off forestry can do, once a fire starts, get out of the way!!! Keep clearing Mike!

In Australia bushfires take care of all that undergrowth rubbish. Our trees are used to fires and some tree seeds will not even germinate without fire. That saves on equipment and fuel. lol. Great little machine though for your neck of the woods.

Your spot on Mike. Get some winter rye in there quick and that will be a great spot.(Sycamore Ranch)

This could be the greatest ManToy you have tested. I would rent this in a heartbeat as it did a great job. Now you need to manage the areas and keep after them. Cutting some of that brush will come back without the proper management plan. Good luck and thanks for sharing.

This could be the greatest ManToy you have tested. I would rent this in a heartbeat as it did a great job. Now you need to manage the areas and keep after them. Cutting some of that brush will come back without the proper management plan. Good luck and thanks for sharing.

That looks so therapeutic Mike! I get why you couldn’t help yourself. Looks great.

I keep wanting to steer the machine when you are looking out the front. Like "no get that grape vine to the left, you are right there. " Of course some times I would be trying to press the nonexistent brake pedal when I am in the passenger seat too. That is a terrific machine. I have been clearing the edge of my paths with a Gravely brush cutter. This takes is to a whole different level.

How about a drone video of the entire property describing where all your activity takes place. JIM