How Much Does It Cost To Clear OUR Land?

[@gusswenson7811]

Well.. The end goal was to have a safe a nice place for your kids to make memories and you did a good job.. Now as they get older you can add things as you go.. You had a plan and you did it. It will add value to your property so win win.. I cleared a field behind my house over 30 years ago and I am enjoying it every day. It doesn't look as good as yours but it's also a bit bigger. Hahah I planted some apple trees and we enjoy watching the deer enjoying them now. Keep up the great work as a dad and husband.. Stay safe and always be kind. Go 603.

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Gus! This area is worth every penny for sure! My oldest loves it and my youngest (6months) will enjoy it next year haha wow that’s going to be crazy having the two of them running around like banshees lol! I deff think it’s a value increaser for the property for sure! I’d like to think so! I want to plant some apple trees too! Just don’t know where there isn’t much sun cause we are surrounded by 100ft pines hahah anyways thanks for tuning in Gus! God Bless! Go 603!

[@kellychase2564]

WOW, This is So Pretty, Inviting and Safe for Your Little Ones. YOU were such a Hard Worker and it Really Paid Off. I had NO Idea it would cost that much but the Entire Area looks like it has been there from the Inception. Just Beautiful. Thank You So Much for Sharing the Real Numbers too-:)))

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Kelly! Glad you enjoyed! God Bless!

[@Aaronzap15]

Clearing land can get very expensive. A tree company wanted 30000 to clear my lot and take all the wood. Almost all oak. So I’m doing it myself. Learn by doing 👍🏻

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Aaron! 30k WOW! How big of an area we talking lol? That’s wild numbers! Good luck doing it yourself! I loved the tree clearing part that was the funnest part! Thanks again!

[@heavymechanic2]

I'm clearing the trash trees off a 1/4 acre to plant a small fruit orchard. The smaller saplings, I bust them out with a pick and cut off the rootball and chip the rest. My tool investment was a wood chipper, chainsaw with several replacement chains, and some other tools such as a basic hedge trimmer, pole saw, reciprocating saw and pruning blades; around 1200 in expenses. There is a local guy who grinds the stumps because an excavator will just trash the soil profile... If you are wondering about the hedge trimmer, its awesome to cut vines off the fence wire, saved me a lot of time when dealing with thorns. Also purchased a 1/2 inch tree rope, necessary to pull leaning trees or rig the limbs to avoid damage. The firewood is cut to length and donated to the needy in our community (we have oil heat). My estimation of the work done on a half acre of neglected land would have cost me 5-8 thousand from various contractors.

[@SeKeshtuMePelqen]

How much $$$ is going to coast me 2.8 acer?

[@timthompson5885]

Hey Jay!!!! It's not cheap to do anything like that. By me here in Wisconsin to clear land it's anywhere from $3500-$5000 an acre. That's just to pop the stumps out and push them with the brush into piles. It's alot of work to clear land. I think you did an amazing job on it!!! Stay safe my friend!!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Tim! Yes the land clearing could have been huge money but luckily I got some serious saw time and loved dropping those trees. That 97ft pine I dropped was my favorite! I had a small 8ft window I had to drop it in and BOOM she landed where I wanted LOL I loved it so much! Cant replicate time on the saw! Thanks again Tim! Stay safe!

[@phillippeerboom4340]

Do you live in southern Wisconsin? Who did you use to clear your land? How many acres?

[@Rob-iw4xn]

I agree with you with your pricing. I’m in same boat in Wisconsin

[@ericsims2078]

Got a giant slope I need turn turn into build-able land. That's gonna be a project. Great vid, end result looks awesome!

[@HomesteadJay]

You can do it! Sometimes building into a slope isnt bad! At least you have material to move around!

[@aarongwatson1]

I’ve done that in my yard. That’s grown man work right there. Lol. Good luck to you. Hope it turns out good.

[@mikey79655]

Great Video. Im planning a project in the UP of Michigan. This will really help me out. I dont see your breakdown for cost per stages, tree clearing, stump removal ext...I wish to make a spread sheet and use your info and a guide line. please tell me where i can find this. Thanks

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Mike! Just keep a spread sheet of the following: 1. Tree removal 2. stump removal 3. fill brought in/top soil 4. grading 5. seeding 6. permits etc... These are a good starting point for any land clear project.

[@fozzybear8878]

It's beautiful, Jay. :) Great video.

[@HomesteadJay]

Thank you Fozzy! I invite you to subscribe!

[@ranchomagnolia5353]

Wow, clearing land is the most costly thing in homesteading! We recently bought our 18 acres. All wooded and started clearing it last week! It should cost us less than $5000 out of pocket! I will be posting how we did it!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Rancho! Thanks for tuning in! Glad you are making progress on land clearing! Its such a rewarding thing to transform land into something great! Stay safe and God bless!

[@tedpert8786]

It seems very reasonable

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes doing most of it myself was worth it! The fencing was the biggest cost!

[@georgealpic745]

Excellent video!!! thank you .

[@HomesteadJay]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@lonelylion3582]

Finaly we find someone break up the cost and explain

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes it varies lot by lot! No one lot is equal to another in my experience!

[@alanross3435]

Hey Jay, we just got back from being evacuated here in Oregon, big fire got within 8 miles or so. We got lucky our area survived, no damage! It looks like we missed a lot, will have to catch up on what's been going on with you!👍🏻✌🏻️

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Alan! Wow sorry to hear the evac news that’s crazy! Glad the fire spared your area! I’m sure it’s nerve wracking for sure! God bless for sure! Thanks for coming over and tuning in while you are in the middle of a crazy time! Stay safe!

[@Sh88379]

Awesome video thanks a lot

[@HomesteadJay]

Glad you liked it!

[@ritterjon]

Whew! Spendy! Looks good though Jay!! You’ll be enjoying that space for years to come. You’ll need a shed for all the kids toys soon. 😁 *Keep on tractoring!*

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Ritter! Yes it’s money well spent for sure! Can’t complain there haha the kids love it! They are already stacking up quite the toy list lol I may need a small shack for sure!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Great investment Sir and you had value to your land too Cheers !!!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Dave! Yes it was a lot of work but worth every penny!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@HomesteadJay 😊👍

[@DIYMyWay]

Hi Jay! Thanks for the cost breakdown on the playground project! Wow! I had sticker shock on the fencing! Seems more like the price of a poured concrete wall! Okay, maybe a bit of an exaggeration but geeze! Thanks for sharing!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Martin! Thanks for tuning in! I couldnt believe the hit we took on the fencing lol it hurt haha!

[@hhunter4900]

Great job!🎉

[@HomesteadJay]

Thank you!

[@healyfamily4]

Your return investment will be well worth it in the long run, plus the added value of your property makes it seem reasonable. Great job!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Rich! It’s already worth every penny! The kids love it haha well my oldest is the only one who can play on it lol my youngest is 6mon old hahah next year they both will be running around like crazy! Thanks for tuning in!

[@nursegilbey]

Title is a bit misleading since the tree clearing was not included. I was wondering about the cost of "land clearing" with trees vs. cost of cutting trees down.

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Jeremy its impossible to diagnose a lot. Land clearing is a unique thing as every lot is going to be different. For example are you looking at a old growth stand with a boat load of timber trees? Are you looking at a lot thats all brush? There are so many different landscapes and lot thicknesses and species so its impossible to make a video on "land clearing in general" this video was prompted by a subscriber who asked what it cost to transfer the "playground" I transformed from woods to usable space! Thanks for tuning in!

[@nursegilbey]

@@HomesteadJay I didn't mean to say I don't appreciate the explanations you did provide, but when I saw the title I was hoping for something else. Thank you for the video.

[@HomesteadJay]

I apologize but that you for tuning in!

[@CarlosADasilva]

wow who knew fences were so expensive

[@HomesteadJay]

Neither did we! Biggest cost!

[@traviscover590]

I like your new video today you did a really good jop how you guy been doing buddy how is your kids doing buddy

[@HomesteadJay]

All is well buddy! God bless!

[@traviscover590]

This good buddy are family doings good too I just lost my mom this week she had a really bad cancer do nothing about it she got really sick she passed away

[@GoatZilla]

i lol'd at the cost of the swing set

[@HomesteadJay]

Expensive but think of all the engineering and material its deff worth it!

[@Keyumiz]

Damn. I am so surprised that fencing cost that much

[@HomesteadJay]

Yeah that was the BIGGEST cost for sure!

[@KevinHarvey-qw5mj]

Land clearing is just that clear the land not all the other stuff but you could of had a wood burner come and clean just for wood you naming all the stuff unless specified you want done i owed a land clearing business retired now but I would of looked around could of got better price and that wood behind you come off the land if so that's a savings on firewood figure how much wood you got and price 6:21

[@MrHodgeon5th]

Great informative video...

[@MrHodgeon5th]

The chain link fence..$7300 installed?

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes! It was mostly chainlink with the white primrose in the front.

[@jamiecone9151]

What is the acreage of your lot?

[@HomesteadJay]

Hey Jamie. Our total land is 18 acres. This play area is about 1/3 an acre

[@peloncitosbikes431]

Wow thats awesome you have a 3/4 acre if I'm not mistaken similar to what I want to do with mine..👍👍👍👍👍

[@HomesteadJay]

We have 18 acres total this project took up about 3/4 acres like you said! Its nice to have usable land now!

[@peloncitosbikes431]

@@HomesteadJay I'm impressed I'm starting mine soon and small and then progress as I go along into something like what you have but congrats on your hard work and dedication 👏 🙌 💯 💪 👍

[@HomesteadJay]

@@peloncitosbikes431 I appreciate you following along on the series. I have a whole playlist if you want to check out every step of the process! This is only one video lol best advice is just start working on it and see where it goes! We changed our course of action a few times and ended up a little different than where we thought we would but it all worked out! Stay safe my friend! Here is the playlist! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ami8gap4mdN9otk

[@crowdoftheavatar4042]

What were your labor costs?

[@HomesteadJay]

My labor was free! The cost of everything listed was all total cost of labor built in!

[@crowdoftheavatar4042]

@@HomesteadJay What would be you estimated labor costs? We can't just jot down "free" when it looks like $2000 worth of labor. What would you have charged someone else for it?

[@HomesteadJay]

@@crowdoftheavatar4042 Oh I miss understood what you meant by the first question. Its hard for me to gauge a price since I am not a tree service. I took 40 trees down of varying size and it took me almost a week to do it. So lets say $100 hour X 40 hours. Id say $4000? I dont know really. I am sorry but I cant put a exact price on it. if I was a tree service Id have to drop everything, limb it, chip the limbs, haul the wood away so theres all costs involved in that.

[@lpc5152]

9. Fencing costs: $73000, that's an expensive fence !

[@HomesteadJay]

Yes that was the main cost of the project. Lot of linear feet of black fencing and the white composite with two 5 ft gates is a lot of material!

[@Wittywidow559]

This is completely ridiculous. An Acre of land cleared would be $7000 in NH

[@HomesteadJay]

Well no actually it depends on the land. I.E. hills/flat also depends on how much timber is there to harvest or is it all brush? Is there any wetland set backs? Access to main roads? this video was for MY area we cleared but theres not clear cut "price" per acre to clear in any state there are so many variables to consider.

[@Amlandscaping413]

This guy is so full of it

[@cdelliodellio6011]

Enjoyed the video.. Hi from Southern Virginia!! We have 4.5 acres total but we want to get 2 acres cleaned up besides the 1 acre the house is on. The 2 acres were cleared for trees but the young trees are starting to grow back plus all the dead trees, stumps and brush the loggers left behind before we ever purchased the land. Just wana clean it up an make it green. Hard to find folk that wont charge the brakes off us.. Thanks for the tips!!

[@HomesteadJay]

Hello there! Thanks for checking out the channel! Please subscribe if you havent! I know I dont know all the details about your land clearing situation but sometimes lots that were logged and then never properly replanted and left to the wild are actually MORE work to re clear! We had a lot next to us growing up that was logged and then left alone for years and when it finally exchanged hands the guy who bought it spend a TON getting it back to usable area! He had no timber to get money for and had a rats nest of small saplings which took 2 skid steers with brush cutters almost a week straight to get it back so you could actually navigate the lot! It was insane! Your situation sounds similiar! Any more questions just reach out! Email/comment if you need any help! [e-mail]

[@b-chris8555]

Thanks for sharing! I dream to do this. I have 4 acres of dense forest in maine. Its gonna be pricey 😬

[@HomesteadJay]

Ill do it hahah! I loved clearing this lot! That was the funnest part!

[@b-chris8555]

Are you in Maine?

[@mattlow1689]

Nice I grew up in maine

[@theoisaac9948]

👍💯

[@HomesteadJay]

Thanks Theo!

[@theoisaac9948]

👍

[@ellococarnejefe1770]

Great video and love your honesty sharing this info. Unfortunately you got some stupid great deals and the pricing you're sharing is super unrealistic and misleading to the general public. Couldn't replicate this in 99% of the country. Looks great though and kudos on getting the deals.

[@HomesteadJay]

Im sorry to mislead! This was a analytic break down of the cost of our little project area we did! Sorry if you wasted your time!

[@americaninfidel9001]

Call me I will let you know clean job Veterans ownership

[@HomesteadJay]

What do you mean?

[@Amlandscaping413]

I think u are a bullshitter or people in your area are stuck with prices from 1970 Hydroseeding at a low end is 10 cents a sq ft he has 7800 sq ft so that’s 780.00 and he said people graded it for him and most Hydroseeding companies charge 15-20 cents he said a triaxle of topsoil is 200.00 what planet is he from try double that price like I said either this guy called a 1000 companies and found some guy sleeping

[@HomesteadJay]

I have connections so these were the prices I got. This was for a project I did at my home and people were asking the cost of things. Thanks for watching!

[@wasupsquare]

Not realistic at all! Once you start with the "hey I had guy"......! You're describing a hookup situation which not even close to usual! So this video is pretty much worthless to the average person undertaking a similar project!!

[@HomesteadJay]

Im sorry this didnt help this was just explaing the cost of clearing our land for our specific project! Apologies!

[@mergingbutterfly]

Can't you sell the wood or you can only sell it if you cut it down yourself?

[@HomesteadJay]

You can sell standing timber for sure. This case I didn’t cause I used it personally but if you have a lot you can have a logging company come out and they can price out what it’s worth in timber