Tools & Equipment Used for Clearing Land 

I am such a newbi and have never done anything in my life like this but.. I'm so motivated to own my own and be more self sufficient that I am contemplating renting equipment to clear a piece of land myself.. THANK YOU for the information and detailed cost explanation... It really helps city gals like me trying to go off grid!🤣✌️👍

My sister in law just purchased alot of land, Oh I cannot wait to see the beautiful things She and her Husband will be doing.

I love you and I am amazed...I have land that is a jungle and you have renewed my spirit for a job I thought was impossible for me

VEry helpful video on all options & equipment. Deciding whether I should rent or pay someone to clear a small 3 acres in FL. No experience here, lol. Thanks for sharing your project.

INFORMATION IS MONEY.. WE OWE YOU. THX

just posted a video to my RU-vid channel of my 1 ton excavator and a TMK150 tree sheer. crazy how efficient It is!

You have answered many questions others have now with their videos thanks .

Thank you for getting straight to the point and providing transparency into the land clearing costs.

Man you are a hard worker. You deserve a lot of credit for that alone.

Thanks so much for doing this video, I truly appreciate everything I've learned watching this video.

Brother, thank you for this outstanding piece of information. Subscribed!

Wow .. what a great help that is !!! Thank you so much !!

youre a smart worker good job

Thanks for this video big help to me! I’m ready to save!

Very instructive, thanks!

Quad Cities here great video I love Des Moines!

Thanks brother.. Awesome video. Straight to piont, sharp ideas, an knowledge. Very helpful to me . Keep up the good work..

Thank you for this video

Great info 👍

Thanks I got 11 acres I’m redesigning. But I’m kinda far out so crews are slim to find and rentals unlike near town !

The big question is how many tons of timber have you excavated from the 4 acres? I'm asking including the low grade bushy sticky trees. Those are worth $20+ a ton to the right mill that makes pressboard ect or to the bioenergy plants depending on the state you're in. I wonder if the timber if sold would actually have paid the equipment costs to clear the land.

This is what we're doing, in the cleaning process (land was never maintained) old sheds, garbage, crap everywhere

Great info. I just bought 20 acres and I want to clear about an acre. I have a dump trailer and a Kubota 3400 tractor

I'm clearing an overgrown fence line, mostly saplings, vines, and brush. Due to budget, I have to decide between either a skid steer/track loader, or an excavator. Which is the most productive, bang for the buck to make best use of time and capabilities?

Problem with renting specialized equipment - takes a while to become proficient in using the equipment if one has not used it before. This is true for most DIY users. Therefore there is a substantial learning curve. This time/cost has to be taken into account when coming out with real numbers for rent vs. owning the equipment.

So I have a question as a complete noob at land development. What would you use to clear and level a wooded hillside property with large rocks and boulders?

Did you ever explain how to make the driveway? Why do you have to dig it out? How much do you have to dig out? What size gravel and how thick is the layer of gravel? Same question for the place you want to out your house. Thanks.

For trees about 12” big would you use a skid steer or a mini excavator?

Whats a food plot consist of?

What if the lot is .25 acre and heavily wooded?

Is it a good idea to rent out the equipment like a bobcat and excavator to do jobs until saving up enough or is that counter productive ? And better off just buying the equipment first? I want to start a business here in central fl but stuck on how I should start. And can you make a video on quoting as well?

How many acres did you clear?

I want a bobcat now

$545 a DAY to rent a skid steer where I’m at. Brush cutter attachment is extra $150 per day

Bobcat is 400 a day now with 200 delivery

This is a good plan for cost containment if the land owner does not have to pay for truck loading, truck hauling and dumping costs of the debris. If the land owner has to pay for load, haul and dump then the costs sky rocket. Charge for a dump truck haul, dump truck unload at an approved site plus a track loader or big hoe to pick up the brush and dump into the tandem truck is easily $1,800 to $2,000 each day in my area. How do I know this? Because I am clearing now and this was the best price I found after three bids. Some counties will allow dig, bury and cover brush on the land owner's property. Always ask....

That’s what I am going to do. rent out machines with attachments otherwise every time I call someone for estimates they want few thousand dollars to clean it

What did you do with the debri?

Do u have a get certified to operate the Bob cat?

Do I need to have a tree business to get approved from my local town to allow me to cut trees and land ?

$475 a day plus $150 per attachment I wish I could rent it as cheap As you can , you can’t even rent a toro dingo $250/ day

how many acres you clean

Kindly write it like a list of equipment so we can follow and understand better. Thanks

$225 a day to rent one of those... NO WAY! It cost $400 per day to rent a small 25hp Kubota tractor at Home Depot. I think you are way undershooting rental cost.

You did not do a 500' driveway in 4 hours. Remember you own your machine and have experience using it. There is a learning curve on this equipment. A professional is not doing much more than an acre a day with much better equipment than you used. Your time and cost on this project are not accurate. Yes your premise that you can save money by renting and doing it yourself if you don't include your time involved. Add the cost of your time and it most likely costs you more.

Okay. So straight up. If you buy land. You need all this basic equipment to own the land. Don't rent it. You need it every day of the week.

time waste

Renting is a joke