clearing overgrown fields

shamu2new

Ive about 6 acres of land in north co dublin which has a mix of grass, yellow gorse, briars etc and is very overgrown. Land is fairly wet. I dont have farming background or any access to material - any ideas of where I should start - agri contractor? farmers themselves too busy with the bad weather having set them back. was going to start cutting back some of the gorse around my house - and could anyone recommend a saw type for this - loppers?? its about 14 foot high. I cant do a chainsaw - female not blessed with too strong arms for the kickback but Im deffo not afraid of hard work - would love some advice please? I just want to see if I can afford to tidy the place up. Thanks

delaval

Contact agri contractor, sounds like a job for an excavator just to clear and then see what you have. Excavator will cost in the region of €40-45/ hour, with a good driver you would be surprised how much clearing could be done for €1000.
I think this is the first step then decide what to do when you see what you have

IPFree

Definetly sounds like a job for an excavator. Like DeLaval said its amazing what a good driver can do in an hour. Choices for removing the material will be a controlled burn but notify the cc & fire depot to avoid call out charges and stuff, mulch it but may be pricey or just heap it up and call it a bio-diversification area!

A small handy chainsaw is easy enough to use too, doesn't have to be a 2' blade and you'd fly through gorse.

For the excavator, ask around a few local farmers for a good contact. Maybe even one of them may have one from the building craze of 08 and be thrilled to get it working. Even drive it yerself, they great crack but start away from house!

Dampintheattic

shamu2new wrote: »

Ive about 6 acres of land in north co dublin which has a mix of grass, yellow gorse, briars etc and is very overgrown. Land is fairly wet. I dont have farming background or any access to material - any ideas of where I should start - agri contractor? farmers themselves too busy with the bad weather having set them back. was going to start cutting back some of the gorse around my house - and could anyone recommend a saw type for this - loppers?? its about 14 foot high. I cant do a chainsaw - female not blessed with too strong arms for the kickback but Im deffo not afraid of hard work - would love some advice please? I just want to see if I can afford to tidy the place up. Thanks

I'd imaginge, you would get a farmer to let a flock of cattle in to help clean up any grazeable grass, due to fodder situation. Could even do that whilst the digger would be working away.
Farmer get a bit of fodder relief, and you get a bit of clean up done.

MfMan

Land could be host to red water tick if wet and not grazed regularly. Mightn't be the best idea to graze with cattle, sheep better.

Coola Boola85

It might be worth giving these lads a call. They called Landmax Mulching IRL 00353 876618696, are based in Louth but travel all over the country clearing similar land to what you have described.

They have a Class Challenger (on tracks) and a big hp Renault with a mulchers. They have a few videos up on youtube : The Challenger is a beast of a machine. Worth a watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bx1yg_P-xk

http://youtu.be/Volb4HrYioo