I have been absent from this forum for a while as I had finished the build of the shop at my current home and didn't have anything worthwhile to share. Here is the old shop 3000ft2 Hot Rod Shop
I was fortunate to be able to buy 7 acres beside a lake. The land is ~300' wide and long going from the lake up to the highway. There is about 200' of elevation gain with three flat shelfs on the way. The property was heavily treed up until 2021 when a forest fire came through and burnt right down to the lake, it took all the trees, the old cabin that was there and even a piece of the dock. The owner at the time was quite old and ended up passing away shortly after. The burnt trees were all fallen and logged with a bunch of it milled and left behind covered in tarps. Fast forward 4 years and the family put the property up for sale and I bought it. The lot was untouched that 4 years and had become over grown with tall weeds and the nicely milled wood was rotting and weathered.
I drove out with my trailer, rented a skid steer and chainsaw for a week, and went to work! I wanted to clean up the water front area (80' deep by 300' wide) to get it ready for a camper being placed there this summer.
I loaded one load of wood on my trailer to take home and then used the skid steer with forks to try to move the rest up to the back of the lot away from the waterfront. It was 30ish loads and I had to cut many of the pieces in half to be able to get them up the narrow road. I used the chainsaw to section a bunch of fallen trees and move them out of the way as well. I used the bucket to cut off the weeds off the top and also used some of the material to smooth out the access road ramp down to this area. Also found a bunch of landscaping blocks buried in the wood piles too. So many fun little surprises! It was 5 hard days of work to get it all cleared up.
My family came out for the weekend and they had a great time pulling weeds, swimming, fishing and just exploring the land. Can't wait to do it more with them in years to come. I put some non-pressure treated wood down to get access back out to the dock. Out of picture attachment capacity so continuing in the next post!
I was fortunate to be able to buy 7 acres beside a lake. The land is ~300' wide and long going from the lake up to the highway. There is about 200' of elevation gain with three flat shelfs on the way. The property was heavily treed up until 2021 when a forest fire came through and burnt right down to the lake, it took all the trees, the old cabin that was there and even a piece of the dock. The owner at the time was quite old and ended up passing away shortly after. The burnt trees were all fallen and logged with a bunch of it milled and left behind covered in tarps. Fast forward 4 years and the family put the property up for sale and I bought it. The lot was untouched that 4 years and had become over grown with tall weeds and the nicely milled wood was rotting and weathered.
I drove out with my trailer, rented a skid steer and chainsaw for a week, and went to work! I wanted to clean up the water front area (80' deep by 300' wide) to get it ready for a camper being placed there this summer.
I loaded one load of wood on my trailer to take home and then used the skid steer with forks to try to move the rest up to the back of the lot away from the waterfront. It was 30ish loads and I had to cut many of the pieces in half to be able to get them up the narrow road. I used the chainsaw to section a bunch of fallen trees and move them out of the way as well. I used the bucket to cut off the weeds off the top and also used some of the material to smooth out the access road ramp down to this area. Also found a bunch of landscaping blocks buried in the wood piles too. So many fun little surprises! It was 5 hard days of work to get it all cleared up.
My family came out for the weekend and they had a great time pulling weeds, swimming, fishing and just exploring the land. Can't wait to do it more with them in years to come. I put some non-pressure treated wood down to get access back out to the dock. Out of picture attachment capacity so continuing in the next post!
