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Aug 27 •
Bamboo
Anyone have any experience with a bamboo forest? I've got three acres of really dense bamboo. You can barely squeeze through it. The stalks are about the size of the base of a baseball bat, 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter. I have no idea what a rate could be on this. I'm thinking a half acre a day, but again, no experience. Anyone who has any insight, I would appreciate
1 like • Aug 28
I don't have experience with bambo, but I deal with a lot of alders and small black spruce trees about that size that can be very dense, alders especially. If they're stringy and soft like alders are, then 1/2 acre a day is about all I can get through. At that point I charge my day rate, which is all around $2500-2700, higher for more dense brush. So if I were bidding a job like that, I'd bid at least 6 days at your crew day rate, maybe an extra day or two in case you run into trouble s. I can charge more up here in Alaska because of the terrain and other factors. Hopefully that helps!
Aug 4 •
Need help with Brush Piles
I have a pricing calculator that works off of acres, terrain, density, slope, things like that, but I keep running into quotes where people have bulldozed their trees. Now I just have these giant, dead, dried-out piles of brush and logs that have root balls, dirt, and rock, and I really don't have a pricing model. How do you guys look at a pile of brush and then know how to price it? I added a picture of two of the seven pals this guy has on his property.
3 likes • Aug 5
@Billy Malady That sounds like a pretty good starting quote. If you get the job (I hope you do), then that'll give you a really good benchmark for the future.
0 likes • Aug 6
@Ron Mattson Yeah, the cottonwood and birch here can be brutal to grind. I've spent so much time on some jobs just unjamming the head from it. It's not a lot of fun. I found that taking it slow and easy helps, but I still jam a lot. How do you I jam your machine?
Jul 11 •
Mulching Rocky terrain
What are guys doing about mulching rocky terrain? What teeth are you using? Are you just billing the replacement of teeth into that specific job?
0 likes • Jul 12
@Mike Friesen I seem to have nothing but rocky terrain. I use exclusively carbide teeth because they're more durable. But I still break them a fair bit. If it's super rocky I try not to grind into the ground a lot and I'm upfront with the customer about that as well. They've been pretty understanding if I explain that to them. Yes, I built replacement teeth into my crew day rate. I figure on a really rocky job I'd loose 2-4 per day.
Jul 11 •
CRM Choices
I'm new to the site. I've been doing jobs and buying equipment. I haven't selected a CRM yet for this business, but I'm looking at Jobber and Horizon 360 by Toro. Does anyone have thoughts either way?
1 like • Jul 12
@Neil James I also run Jobber. I switched from another CRM to Jobber because it runs a lot better and so many other programs integrate with it, like Zapier. I have the Connect plan but also added on the pipeline feature and a couple other features as well. I'm pretty impressed with it so far.
Jun 30 •
Growth Opportunity
Something I had learned from was not planning well enough or educating myself enough, and I pride myself in researching and running the pros/cons . Case in point. I have a bobcat t86 and mulching head that weigh about 16k lbs total. Pair that with my bumper pull trailer we are over 20k lbs total. I thought the hard part was to find a trailer that could pull this without doing the gooseneck (I just didn't want to mess with a gooseneck and wants the bed space and found bumper pulls to be a better priced) Here is the lesson I learned was that Class V hitched only go up to 18,500lbs. I failed to realize finding something that can pull 21k lbs was difficult and limited. The only flabed manurfacture that offers this capability is CM which has a 24k hitch. So now I am having to install a new flatbed on my truck a $6,300 learning experience. So anyone wanted to do a bumper pull trailer with a heavier machine take note!
2 likes • Jul 4
@Trent Barga Yeah, equipment weighs more than you expect!
1 like • Jul 9
@Trent Barga Yeah, they are a pain. I prefer gooseneck trailers over bumper pull for almost everything, especially equipment.
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@john-tyznik-3099
I started a land clearing company in Alaska to provide for my new family. I come from a family business and farm and have an entrepreneurial drive.
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Joined Feb 2, 2026
Palmer, Ak
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