CEE Custom Services: Land Clearing & Severe Duty Tillage CEE offers the custom services of complete land clearing and severe duty tillage utilizing the equipment developed and used in our own farming operation.  The wheel loader is our choice of equipment for clearing land. We’ve utilized track machines and found them to be slower, more difficult to transport from site to site and higher in  maintenance. The main advantage they offer is traction in adverse conditions, which directly correlate to poor land clearing conditions and dramatically increased costs. We utilize a large 30 ton machine with different attachments for optimal productivity in varying conditions to tackle and complete large jobs when conditions are favorable.  The same equipment utilized for land clearing is directly applicable to severe duty tillage. In the past we purchased a new subsoiler for custom tillage work, which only survived 3 years. We then built a ripper able to withstand the harsh rocky conditions of this area.  We utilize this equipment for custom tillage or offer it as a rental unit for those preferring to provide their own tractor and operator.   Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer Land Clearing: Complete Clearing of Large Acreage…Removal Above & Below Surface -  Removed: trees  -  stumps  -  roots  -  brush -  Brought to surface: boulders  -  rocks  -  roots -  Material raked/windrowed/stockpiled -  Wood: process wood…harvest lumber/fire wood...chip roots/brush/branches...burn stockpiles Benefits: Load/transport material off-site Hedge Rows Removed – increased productivity & profits: Increase productivity by reducing number of headlands Less time spent turning around… applies to tillage – planting – harvesting Less traffic – less compaction – higher yields Reduced fuel consumption Increased acreage – over years hedgerows can easily become 50 to 90 ft wide (75 ft x 2,000 ft=3.4 acres) Clean Removal Separation of soil from material…  all soil remains on site Ripper & rakes break-up sod – even in heavy clay soils Soil passes thru shanks as material raked Material grappled & lifted for transport/stockpiling/loading no topsoil scraped into windrows/stockpiles as in dozing material along surface Capable of complete burn-down by end of clearing process Brush/tree piles free of topsoil material loaded onto top of burn pile Green wood dried periodically stoke fire w/ grapple rake Unburned material separated from subsoil remaining on tree roots material piles screened for complete separation of fines/soil from larger objects No stockpiles to work around stone piles screened to remove all topsoil Topsoil remains in field maximizing yields Quick Process…Utilize Large Articulated Wheel Loader Heavy operating weight Large break-out force Large load carrying capacity Fast shuttle speed & highly maneuverable High dump clearance Wide Attachments wide paths cleared/raked Large quantities grappled                  Land Clearing - Equipment Articulated Wheel Loader – Terex 7261 30 ton machine 75,000  lbs breakout force 31,000  lbs lift capacity Quick Coupler  Wheel Loader Attachments Severe Duty Duplex Grapple Ripper HD Duplex Grapple Rake Severe Duty Ripper – 2 Shank 5.5 yd Spade Nose Bucket  90 hp Skid Steer – John Deere 280 Roll’n Rock Screening Bucket Rock Bucket  GP Bucket  Severe Duty Trailer Ripper  6x6 Dump Truck – FWD 24,000 front axle w/ 445/65-R22.5 Floaters 44,000 rears w/ 12.00R20 Tires 14 ft Steel Dump Box – Rock Body   Severe Duty Tillage — deep tillage 18 – 24 in depth penetrate hard ground tilling recently cleared ground bring-up roots, rocks & boulders for sub-surface land clearing fracturing of subsoil break-up hard-pan up to 30” deep increase water intake & reduce run-off retain more moisture for roots/plant growth                       RENTALS — Specialty Equipment for Severe Duty Tillage & Land Clearing Severe Duty Trailer Ripper Multi-Shank Unit – Virtually Indestructible >10,000 lbs operating weight 425/65-R22.5 Floaters 30”  max penetration 43”  shank spacing 15° shank swivel – each side of center 18”  beam clearance – full penetration 15” axle clearance 3”   shank – thickness 10.25” shank – width 60”  shank - length