So my father died and I moved back to my family farm and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I finally got the tractor working last year and everything is bushhogged, replaced some fencing, etc. Some of his tools are old and need replacing, others are scattered about piecemeal and I have no idea what goes to what.
I've recently been cutting down a bunch of dead trees and now I have a bunch of tree stumps to deal with. I'm going to drill them, burn them, and hack them up b/c that seems fun and relatively quick. But I don't have a drill that's adequate. What type and brand should I get that will do the job and get me bay on future jobs like building above ground gardens, building a chicken coop, building a new enclosure for the old tractor, building a new deck.
holy shit this is overwhelming.
How big of a farm are we talking? Post up pics of the parts/tools that you're not sure what goes to what. We might be able to help you figure some of that stuff out.
I like Milwaukee cordless drills for dang near everything I do. Once in awhile I'll get out a corded hole hawg or an air drill for a real big task.
20 acres. I can figure out what most stuff is but telling which battery goes to which gun or which drill bits to which drill has been a bit of a task. normally he was very organized but in the last few years of his life some of that went downhill. I'll look for Milwaukee's.
I'll see if I can pick one up tomorrow.
Milwaukee FUEL btfos every other drill/screw gun by a mile
imma be real with you
unless this is what you truly want to deal with, consider selling the farm
you have no obligation to continue your father's work if it doesn't make you happy
you are your own person with your own future
>unless this is what you truly want to deal with
it is
well..that's life changing. I've got the same Stihl he's using so I might go see if I can find a brush saw, too. thanks
if you go that route then I'd suggest using a sawzall instead of a chainsaw for any cutting near the dirt. Sawzall blades are cheap, dirt will frick up your chain.
drill or dig to bottom of stump
insert dynamite or whatever explosive you can get with minimal certification
game over
not sure how legal/illegal it is but ANFO would do the job
apparently it's totally legal to mix binary explosives and detonate them for your own personal use with no mass limit or anything
lmfao
so the only "problem" with ANFO would be setting it off legally
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannerite
As Tannerite is supplied as components, not themselves explosive, combining the components to constitute an explosive is regulated by laws on manufacturing explosives.[4] In the United States, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives advises: "Persons manufacturing explosives for their own personal, non-business use only (e.g., personal target practice) are not required to have a Federal explosives license or permit."[5] However, "persons falling into certain categories are prohibited from possessing explosive materials".[5] Those prohibited from possessing explosives include most non-citizens, unlawful drug users and addicts, those convicted or indicted for serious crimes, fugitives, and those who have been officially declared mentally defective or have been committed to a mental institution.[5] There are also restrictions at state and local level.[5] For example, in California a permit may be required to use or possess Tannerite.[citation needed]
Various regulations also govern the storage of unmixed explosives. As oxidizers and combustibles, there are some restrictions in the United States on shipping of the unmixed components.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-detonate-ANFO
problem solved
the agents assigned to me are seething right now
look up "stump burn" on youtube, it doesn't work. fire burns up, not down, so you don't get anything below the ground line. Even a stump grinder only gets it slightly below ground line. This is the most effective method I've seen for a homeowner without dropping big money on large equipment rental https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7HTmbSbL7g
Maybe pairing this method with a pressure washer would help you get deeper by eroding the soil between the roots
>look up "stump burn" on youtube, it doesn't work.
it does if your stump wood isn't green and you're not a moron. and a stump grinder goes all the way down and will take out the larger roots too, of course if you're not going to fricking bother to do it right again: moron.
stumps are a frickton of work, and the best remedy is time.
How many tree stumps do you need to deal with? If you're in no big hurry potassium nitrate makes them decay faster.
Just leave the dead trees bro that's where woodpeckers live
the softer rotting wood is all they can excavate, they don't make homes in live trees.
also put up bluebird houses to atone for your sin.
If he loved you he wouldn't have left you in such a pathetic state.
he was 77.
I have no desire to. It's 20 acres in a very homogenous area. it's quire arable, is a stone's throw from a decent sized spring-fed lake and has a stream running through a little wooded valley on its eastern side. Deer are everywhere and its great land to develop and have forever.
It's got a 6 bed 3 bath farmhouse sitting on it. Granted, the house is full of problems and will be a money pit, but that's how it goes.
Starting this year.
im jealous as frick op, good luck
>t's got a 6 bed 3 bath farmhouse sitting on it. Granted, the house is full of problems and will be a money pit, but that's how it goes.
If you're going to fix it up yourself just take care of the essential stuff first like makes sure the foundations are good and the roof doesn't leak. Once you've got the situation stabilised take it one room at a time. It doesn't matter if it takes you a decade to do just plug away at it and it will eventually get done
This 100%. Don't try and do everything all at once. Focus on the most important things first. Then as the other anon said once you have things under control then pick one thing to work on at a time. Keep plugging away at bigger projects by cutting them up into more managable pieces
Yeah doesn't matter he'll be a decrepit childless loser living in a dilapidated shack like his old man, gotta keep busy y'know.
you poisonous c**t. find happiness
Depending on the trees gou could coppice them for a constant supply of wood. Probably more useful and cheaper then getring a fricking digger.
Or pollard above the browse height if you plan to run livestock or the deer are a menace
>be me height of the wood shortage
>own timbered land
>call around to see if I can get it treed for profit
>"lol, no son. I've got parking lots full of timber we can't move, you won't find nobody to come timber your land, we can't give the wood away!"
Jogs the noggin'.
happy for you bro I have no idea why people are naysaying it, it's a great situation other than your dad passing
>I have no idea why people are naysaying it
Because they're jealous c**ts that will never own anything and don't want anyone else to ever own anything.
Well yeah, my dad died and didn't leave me shit, so is the rich heir here going to share with me? No? Then he can go frick himself.
Owning land doesn't make you rich.
Oh nice so I can have it all then? I only wanted half initially, but since it's so worthless to you I'll have the lot. Thanks.
You need to stop living your life this way. It has to be miserable.
Yeah no shit? I'm poor and I'll have to kill myself soon, you think I like it or something moron?
Maybe your life stays bad because you have a shitty attitude. I wouldn't want someone like that on my payroll.
Just world fallacy much moron?
How? Give me a job that allows me to save up first. Oh right you won't homosexual.
>Give me a job
go get a job you lazy c**t
You're a miserable person. It's as obvious as a third eye on your forehead. This is why you are failing at life. You have the cause and effect backwards. You've internalized that your life is shitty so therefore you get to be a miserable negative butthole. The truth is that your life is shit because you like being an edgy, negative loser. Your choice.
See
Get a job, any job. You have to start somewhere. Most jobs are filled with people who don't care and don't try very hard. If you simply show up, don't complain, and do your job, you are already on the right path. Management is constantly trying to promote the right people - those with the right attitude and willingness to work. It's actually really easy if you're willing to put forth effort. Half of the population has an IQ below 100. There is no excuse, other than sheer laziness, to not make it in life.
Ok give me one if they grow on trees in your rich imperialist country.
Where do you live?
>Half of the population has an IQ below 100
lol
So work your ass off to get something you can leave for your kids so they don't hate you as much as you obviously hate your old man...
I'm sorry about your dad's passing. But on the bright side, I'm glad he left you his land even if there are chores to be done on it. Best of luck to you.
Regardless, make sure to make a farmer friend or two who can guide through the extremely important steps of finding grants, banks, buyers, contractors and orgs to join, from most important to least.
Whatever anyone tells you i dont think you should sell a piece of the land. Your father worked for it and i imagine he wanted it to pass onto to someone in the family. If you csnt handle all of it you can try abd get some of your distant family involed or lease some of the land to nearby farms.
As someone who is buying some land soon it would dam break my heart to know my kids just got rid of the land me and wife are going to work our lives on.
Should've made something with the land, if it was a profitable chinchilla farm or some shit with 5 people working on it, obviously no one would sell it. If it's just a fricking shack???
>Whatever anyone tells you i dont think you should sell a piece of the land.
This. Don't ever sell land. That's exactly what the israelites want you to do.
Land is forever anon
Keep fighting the good fight.
Also, raise livestock for max profit
Sorry about your dad, dude. When it comes to the stumps you’re going to be most efficient with just renting an excavator with a thumb and go to town with it.
Ah yes i forgot to say sorry to hear about your dad in my posts above. 77 ain't a bad run. Lost my old man in 2020 due to prostate cancer at the age of 71. Wish he could have stuck around a bit longer, but he kicked ass until he just couldn't anymore. I farmed/ranched with him my whole life up to that point, and am still at it.
There were a few years there toward the end where we were still farming but not making a ton of improvements, probably mainly because he was just tired. Then the first year or so after he died my wife and i took over the farm completely and had to.get some cashflow coming in before we could get to improving stuff again. But now I am back in the thick of it buying more equipment and making improvements.
whoever the limp dick in this thread is that's trying to discourage op from doing anything, have a nice day homosexual
This wtf, getting demoralized on fricking diy
There is no "finish" moron
Farm sounds like a lot of hard and boring work and life there must be boring. Sell your farm anon and move to a big city like Chicago or NYC. There are plenty of jobs there and the hustling and bustling of a big city will energize you. There's always so much to do.
Just think of all the muggings you are missing out on
Big city life sounds tiresome. All that running around trying to impress people that don't give a frick about you.
Farm life is hard work.
No two way about it.
But it is healthy work as long as you aren't stupid or greedy. In both body and mind.
If OP don't have workers, he should plant fruit trees in about half of the land for long term while going for the cash crops for the rest.
For getting rid of tree stumps that I can get with the tree puller, I cut the tree so the stump is like 4 or 5 feet tall and crash into it with my tractor until it's loose enough to pull with the grapple or backhoe. If you've already cut them down low then I'd say just rent a stump grinder and get as much as you can. If there's any stump left in the ground see if you can get it with a backhoe or whatever you can dig with.
it's not a speed race. I spent 10 years cleaning up my last property. on the stumps if you leave them for a year or two you can just burn them out. you only need to drill them if you're going to put chemicals to make them rot.
the only special drill bits look like metal bits with a less steep flutes and wings on the tip are stone/masonry bits that need to be used with a hammer drill. hammer drill will be bigger and have a side handle and an extra switch.
get a nice tool chest and put up a pegboard. start organizing stuff into there. and stop being so goddammed city about everything. you've got all the time in the world now, stop rushing shit.
>>it's not a speed race.
Yeah he can just die before he finishes like his dad did lmfao.
>20 acre
>chicken coop
Unless you have a busload of illegal Mexican workers working for you, I will simply assumed you have only your own family to help you out aside from one old farmhand at least.
Don't do livestock if you don't have cheap labour at hand and you have more than a single arce. The smell is atrocious.
Hey OP, I'm glad you got the family farm despite the unfortunate succession of the property.
If you're looking for resources on making the most of it I can't recommend the book "Gaia's Garden" enough. I'm not exaggerating when I say it gave me a whole new outlook on the stewardship of my 40 acres and made my life an order of magnitude easier. I sometimes get frustrated thinking about how long I went about things before reading this book. Now my land isn't my main source of income so I don't experience the same financial pressures most conventional farms do, but the whole permaculture mindset this introduced me to has made growing food cheaper with less effort, less fertilizer, less irrigation and a greater variety of food. Hell after getting into permaculture heating my house got easier.
I hope you have a great time making your land into something you'll be proud to pass onto your own children.
Omg this is like freaking Stardew Valley I hecking love that game! Don't ask me why it is the best game it just is, ok?
The sales figures dont lie
Well, if you're a pyro, the old time settlers used to blow stumps up with dynamite. Probably the fastest method, other than ripping it out.
Time to marry a farmgirl who knows her shit and has some brothers who can help out.
>Time to marry a farmgirl who knows her shit and has some brothers who can help out
Mmmmmm farmgirls... my weakness!
Isn't this the plot to farmville?
He should do some fishing at first so he can get some starting money.
mfer ova there playing stardew valley irl