Renting a bulldozer
12-26-2006 | 01:49 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Iowa
Renting a bulldozer
I am thinking about renting a bulldozer to clean out a patch in the timber for a foodplot. Anybody have an idea on what it will run me? I am guessing it will only take 3-4 hours.
12-26-2006 | 05:25 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
RE: Renting a bulldozer
It will depend on the size of the dozier and experience of the operator. You will be better off in the long run to get something like a JD 650 or equivalent and pay more per hour rather than getting a smaller dozier. Your work outputwill more than make up the difference in price. If there are many low cut stumps it will take a dozier a while to dig them up. In our area about $90 per hour, but most operators have a minimum amount of hours to move the machine..
12-26-2006 | 05:42 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Renting a bulldozer
By me it runs $325/day+ delivery for a 7 ton 65hp dozer (I looked it up). That's you operating the dozer. Most places won't do a half day rental on heavy equipment because of the time for delivery. Also make sure the place you are renting from doesn't require you to have operators insurance (unless you have that). Some places are set up to just rent to contractors who carry the proper insurance, other places, like a Grand rental Station, Taylor rental are full service rental shops which carry the insurance for you.
You might be better served hiring a qualified operator to do the work for you, you'll save time and money, just make sure that they are insured. I thought about doing it but we are have the logging company do it for us after they cut the timber.
You might be better served hiring a qualified operator to do the work for you, you'll save time and money, just make sure that they are insured. I thought about doing it but we are have the logging company do it for us after they cut the timber.
12-27-2006 | 12:40 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Coffeyville KS USA
RE: Renting a bulldozer
i did something like that a few years ago, but i used a chainsaw, a tractor with a boxblade, and a chain. it took me a couple of weekends working by myself to clear it all out.
12-27-2006 | 03:35 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Renting a bulldozer
I will trygive everyone a better idea of what I need to do. The piece I am talking about is about an acre and a half. It is in an area that was selectively logged about 8 years ago. There are no really big trees, but quite a few 6-10 inch diameter trees, mostly elm. Those aren't the problem. I can take care of that with a chainsaw. The part I am worried about is all the underbrush that has grown up, mainly thorn bushes and stuff like that, and the deadfalls that were left from the logging. I just think that if I want to get a good ssedbed going I am going to have to really clean it up. Plus a dozer or something like it would be nice for piling up the cut down trees and deadfallsin certain areas to get the deer to come into theplotnear stand locations.Hope this gives everybody a good picture of what I am looking at.
12-30-2006 | 09:52 AM
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From: Bay City MI USA
RE: Renting a bulldozer
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I will trygive everyone a better idea of what I need to do. The piece I am talking about is about an acre and a half. It is in an area that was selectively logged about 8 years ago. There are no really big trees, but quite a few 6-10 inch diameter trees, mostly elm. Those aren't the problem. I can take care of that with a chainsaw. The part I am worried about is all the underbrush that has grown up, mainly thorn bushes and stuff like that, and the deadfalls that were left from the logging. I just think that if I want to get a good ssedbed going I am going to have to really clean it up. Plus a dozer or something like it would be nice for piling up the cut down trees and deadfallsin certain areas to get the deer to come into theplotnear stand locations.Hope this gives everybody a good picture of what I am looking at.
I will trygive everyone a better idea of what I need to do. The piece I am talking about is about an acre and a half. It is in an area that was selectively logged about 8 years ago. There are no really big trees, but quite a few 6-10 inch diameter trees, mostly elm. Those aren't the problem. I can take care of that with a chainsaw. The part I am worried about is all the underbrush that has grown up, mainly thorn bushes and stuff like that, and the deadfalls that were left from the logging. I just think that if I want to get a good ssedbed going I am going to have to really clean it up. Plus a dozer or something like it would be nice for piling up the cut down trees and deadfallsin certain areas to get the deer to come into theplotnear stand locations.Hope this gives everybody a good picture of what I am looking at.
