Clearing the Land: Day One

I hired Paul to clear the building site. He grew up around this very piece of land and had come highly recommended. I soon saw why: He works smart and fast.

I had set flags on a 100 foot grid to layout the building site. This was his first cut from the existing road 300 feet to the end of the building site (due North). This is tough stuff and after beating the woods into submission, we had what was beginning to look like a bonafide building site.

Initially, I intended on using the lumber to build with or as fire-wood. But as I soon learned, the trees are generally small and really close together, and so there isn’t much left after piling up the remains. So, I reconciled myself to clearing as little as necessary for the planned layout and waiting for some quality chain-saw time to harvest building materials and firewood.

By then of the day, about two-thirds of the lot had been cleared and some very large piles of brush began to accumulate. A good start.