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[tsigmon]

Just courious how many cubic yards or cubic feet of wood ash to make a ton ?. How many tons( approximately) of green mixed (various species) hardwood to make a ton of ash? Hydrated lime has a 40 lbs / ft3 if I remember right or ~ 1.9 yds3 / ton

[Carl Russell]

Mowing was finished this week, now to move the pigs out there.

[Tim Harrigan]

Carl, this is very interesting. Can you elaborate on what we see in each of these images?

[Carl Russell]

It is just a progression of work across an area that I have cleared over the last couple of years totaling about 4 acres. The Brontosaurus worked through all of the top-wood and berry bushed in the cut area. It took him about 18 hours to complete the task. In the foreground is a corral I use for pigs. We raised them there last summer through winter, and will be moving them back next week. We will create perimeter fences and will allow the pigs to work across the area throughout this season.

Carl

[Tim Harrigan]

It looks quite clean. How did you clear the under brush? Did you chip the tops and spread them over the surface? Stumps are right at ground level?

[Rick Alger]

tsigmon,

I don’t have any exact figures, but I have used both ash and lime, and my guess is wood ash is slightly lighter than lime – depending on moisture content.

No clue on how many green tons to make a ton of ash, but I’m sure it’s a lot.

[Carl Russell]

Tim Harrigan;19753 wrote:

It looks quite clean. How did you clear the under brush? Did you chip the tops and spread them over the surface? Stumps are right at ground level?

Tim if you look at the pictures I posted on Page 3, you can see that there is a chipper head on that excavator. He justed mowed through all of the underbrush and tops, and ground down the stumps to the soil all at once. The action of the chipper head spreads the residual all over the area as he goes.

Carl

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