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Ten Point
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Colorado County
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I have a lot of cedar on my property, most of it is fully matured. When I lived up north I knew of a company that would come in and clear the cedar. The took payment in the form of the lumber. Anybody know of companies that will do that in or around Colorado/Austin County?
Any cedar that isn't big enough for lumber I plan on cutting and hitting with a prescribed burn when it dries out. Last edited by yotethumper; 05-10-2019 at 02:54 PM. |
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Spike
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Austin
Hunt In: anywhere and everywhere
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Good luck! If you find a company like that, let me know! I hunt a lease that is overrun with cedar and we are looking into options as well. None that I have found so far look cheap...
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#3 |
Banned!!!
Join Date: Sep 2018
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You are either going to have to bust out the work gloves or the checkbook if you want the cedar to disappear
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Ten Point
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Katy, TX
Hunt In: New Ulm and Pearsall
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#5 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Houston
Hunt In: Colorado County
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#6 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Hunt In: Bosque County & Lubbock
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I have a experience with this on our place. The cedar cutters will go into a tree and take out the pieces that they need...so...basically the straight pieces they can sell as fence posts. They will then leave the rest of the tree. They do makes some nice trails but we found they made more of a mess than anything...Good luck
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#7 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Jarrell Texas
Hunt In: Lee and Fayette Counties. New Mexico
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There is a herbicide that targets cedars
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#8 |
Four Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Brazoria, TX
Hunt In: Junction, Texas
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You might check with your local NRCS office. They paid my landowner to clear his cedar 10-12 years ago. There is some re-growth coming back, so he is currently waiting to get approved so we can remove it again. I think you front the cost, and they reimburse you for a designated price per acre. He bought a dozer, pushed the cedar & burned it, and sold the dozer when he was finished.
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#9 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Sisterdale
Hunt In: Sisterdale and el dorado , Jeff Davis, refugio/sinton , San perlita
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The buyer was furious and wanted some money knocked off the deal ![]() I sat him down and explained how he was really the winner for having the fire remove all that old dead cedar “ his place looks a 1000% better post fire “ so make sure you burn anything gradually or you may have a ugly mess |
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#10 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Brazoria county
Hunt In: Somewhere in TX
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Don't have any personal experience with it myself but a family member says he got Texas A&M/ State of Tx to clear cedar on his 400 acres a few years ago (probably about 15). He didn't go into details but it may be worth looking into. He is outside of Gatesville. I think it had something to do with getting rid of invasive species. Maybe talk to the county extension agent to see if they can help. His place is a working farm and that may have something to do with it also.
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#11 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Texas Panhandle
Hunt In: Panhandle
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If you plan to burn it, just burn it from the start. Eastern red cedar is not a root sprouter, so burning the top will kill the plant. Will have skeletons for a while (years).
ABSOLUTLEY A MUST - Get professional help for prescribed fire! Holler at your TPWD Technical Guidance Biologist. https://tpwd.texas.gov/landwater/lan...ounty=colorado |
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#12 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Leonard, TX
Hunt In: N. Central and N. East TX
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#13 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Aledo
Hunt In: Izoro
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#14 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Leonard, TX
Hunt In: N. Central and N. East TX
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I'm thinking now it would be preferred to bull-doze them ... no stumps left and if was dry enough, you could right ahead and plant the native grasses back ??
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#15 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Lake Jackson, TX
Hunt In: Montell, TX
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The issue with that is what to do with the bulldozed brush? We slowly burn ours but it takes a long time if you want to keep it controlled.
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#16 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Leonard, TX
Hunt In: N. Central and N. East TX
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yeah, even one of these things makes a decent pile. Got about 7-8 ac. to clear with hardwoods and fields around that. Hopefully we could pile it all into 2 or 3 very large groups and let the cleared land be the fire buffer from the rest of the property. Depends on the weather too ... ? A lot of work.
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#17 |
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2019
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we have a lot of cedars on 80 acres. its not very flat and rocky so its hard on equipment. Neighbor had a dozer track break on him. Wondering if a cedar eater would be worth it?
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#18 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Floresville
Hunt In: Everywhere
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I ran a 100 hp Cedar Eater this year for a couple weeks for a friend, it was a beast of a machine and we wiped out a huge amount of cedar. Will probably do it again in February while it is cool out. This time we will use that big one and a skid steer size for getting into the low branch area and shredding the smaller ones.
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#19 |
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2019
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good to hear. Was there any concern with grass growing once the cedar was chopped up and laying on the ground? Has it been long enough for. the grass to grow where you cleared and left chips in place?
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#20 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Floresville
Hunt In: Everywhere
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I have not returned but we did leave the cedar laying where it landed. Grass is pretty tough and will probably come up through without much problem.
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#21 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Waxahachie, TX
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As long as the mulch isn't too deep, there are no issues with grass coming back and it does really well.
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#22 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Austin
Hunt In: Somewhere in the hillcountry golden triangle
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Anyone who says the words "free" and "cedar" is a liar. The cost is the cleanup after they take what they want. Best thing about the "free" crew I had to run off our place was they left six perfectly straight post that I used for a project. Unless the dozer operator is VERY skilled your cedar fields will turn in the rock fields in the hill country.
Two ways we clear cedar: 1) Skid steer and a shear on the easy to get to stuff 2) Three man crew with two cutting and one stacking by hand and/or skid steer. |
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#23 |
Four Point
Join Date: Apr 2013
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They need to cut the stumps at the ground either with a saw or shear. Then they must burn or mulch what they don't use for posts. The problem is the cedar brush doesn't rot like other wood.
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#24 |
Pope & Young
![]() Join Date: Aug 2008
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Hack and spray method-google it and watch some vids
Velpar L Herbicide We are about to start on our place |
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#25 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Leonard, TX
Hunt In: N. Central and N. East TX
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For those of you who have land too far away from a water supply, do you find that rural, volunteer fire depts. will help out with keeping the initial blaze down until it burns down somewhat. ?? |
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#26 | |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Lake Jackson, TX
Hunt In: Montell, TX
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We usually wait until it is a serious rain going on and get a fire started. Once the fire is going the rain will keep the embers from traveling but the fire will burn anything thrown directly on it. |
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#27 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Lake Jackson, TX
Hunt In: Montell, TX
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We also have a good spot that is about 10,000+ sqft with nothing around.
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#28 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Leonard, TX
Hunt In: N. Central and N. East TX
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#29 |
Four Point
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Pasadena
Hunt In: Fredericksburg
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