Caterpillar 953D pushing over pine trees

[@JonsDailyHustle]

I always love seeing some heavy equipment in use. Long term I'd like to get into it a bit....but that's a few years away still lol

[@finallyitsed2191]

I've done a combination of cutting then pushing and under cutting then pushing, the latter taking a pretty good bit of time and effort. Cutting then pushing left you with stumps. Either way, it's just a ton of work to clear and grub a bunch of trees. You either need a large excavator (track hoe) or plan on spending a lot of time if your goal is to make a pasture out of a forest.

[@jameslindley924]

Why push one over then cut the other down ???

[@buck3409]

I had the same question. Too big for the dozer to push over?

[@kevincheely7159]

Hey they were too close to the asphalt and they didn’t want to tear it up with the root ball

[@jameslindley924]

@@kevincheely7159 Ahh !! Gotcha !!

[@kevincheely7159]

We ended up grinding them.

[@chevymudding01]

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[@GypsyPaz]

*cringe* dont fall trees on your knees. Even if your spry enough to get back on your feet like this guy, that 1/4 second it takes to stand can get him killed. Especially when you've got that 20 ton track loader shaking the widow makers loose.