Clearing Mesquite Trees in Texas With Forestry Mulcher

[@jonathanparker5375]

6 acres a day?!! Holy crap! I’m about to buy 4 acres with a ton of brush. Using this tool I wouldn’t feel so overwhelmed.

[@MagaRickn]

my question is does that machine grind up the mulch fine enough so I don't have to worry about the mesquite thorns in my tractor tires or my horses feet?? I'm interested if so, but if I have to scrape and burn the mulch to get rid of the thorns, then I may as well push the mesquites into burn piles. :)

[@MagaRickn]

Also, might be nice to see a view of your machine. ;)

[@MagaRickn]

Okay, so here I am back 9 months later, and still no reply. :( My land is only about 10 minutes from Joshua, so it's not a big road trip. :) I'm needing a 1200 foot strip cleared for a new fence if you are interested.

[@arailway8809]

Texas Tech had a pamphlet in about 1979 that showed a mulcher on a Massey Ferguson tractor. I later was in a sheep pen that had hundreds of mesquite thorns on the ground. I do not know if the two were related, but I would not invest in a mulcher for mesquite until after I had seen the ground.

[@gckshea]

Were these mesquite trees sprayed ahead of this clearing so that the tree removal will not result in resprout in a year, 5 years....etc.?

[@Mistik20071]

Theyll def resprout

[@jcraigshelton]

You can spray them and they’ll still resprout. Just like prickly pear, there is no one and done in rangeland management.

[@joedoakes8307]

IF you're leaving Roots in the ground those mesquite tree's will reappear at some point !