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Buckthorn is a common problem in and round the Rochester area. Landon Tree and Stump Removal Service can help remove this problem from your property. Removing Buckthorn sometimes (as in this case) almost completely devastates a wooded area. These property owners thought they had purchased a prime wooded area only to find out it was 90% Buckthorn. After removal of the Buckthorn they can now plant more desirable species and continue to manage the Buckthorn as it continues to grow back. On this job we cut the Buckthorn and applied a Buckthorn treatment recommended by the DNR to the stumps.

The property owners were in contact with the DNR to plan control measures for spraying the area. They also were planning to replant the area and to continue each year to manage the area against the return of buckthorn as the surrounding properties all are as thick with it as theirs was.

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THE LOT

This lot is locate South of 2nd St. and West of Hwy 52 in a new development. The owner thought they had purchased a heavily wooded lot.


BUCKTHORN

Having read about Buckthorn they asked us to remove it. It was summer when we did the bid and saw only the small sticks. We were told about the access be low the hill.


ACCESS

The access was from a street at the far end. A small catch basin at that end for water creates an obsticle, an incline.


OPPOSITE VIEW

Looking the opposite way at the incline going into the wooded area to the access. The MultiTrac could make it but required a running start.


CLIMBING

To make the grade the MultiTrac needed to follow some ruts already made in the ground and needed to climb the steep part at an angle.


THROUGH THE WOODS

Once up the incline it was through the wooded area to the lot. But the wooded area had deep ruts from big trucks that had been in last fall when it had been wet.


PATH

View of the entire path through the wooded area to the lot. The ruts can be seen through the snow.


CUTTING

Once the undergrowth died in the fall it was obvious that 90% of the hill contained Buckthorn and the lot did not contain very many trees that would remain once we completed the job.


MAJOR JOB

The removal became a major job as a lot of what appeared to be trees were large buckthorn.


LARGE BUCKTHORN

This "TREE" is a buckthorn. The home owner could not bear to remove it as all the folage had been removed from the hill. Even knowing this would produce millions of seeds next year... Oh, well.


PILES

Piles and piles of buckthorn as the job went on well beyound the estimated time.


PART WAY DONE

Part way up the hill and several days into the job.


MORE PILES


DEAD WOOD

The dead wood was also to be removed. Very little was seen when the estimate was made. When the folage was gone it was discovered that the brush from lots next door was pushed into this lot and covered. So there was a large pile of dead wood needed to be removed. Much more than estimated.


MORE DEAD WOOD

More Buckthorn, more deadwood, more time and a more difficult access than thought all lend to a badly underestimated job.


PICKING EM UP

Using the MultiTrac to pickup the piles of Buckthorn one at a time and carry them to the waiting trailer in the street at the end of the access trail.


DAY TO DAY

Several days were needed to pickup all the piles of Buckthorn and dead wood. We did not schedule pickup but rather did it when there was vacant time in our schedule.


STEEP HILL

MultiTrac had difficulty climb the steep hill to get all the piles. Some had to be rolled down to a lower level. Some were tied with a rope and pulled down.


MOVING A PILE

Moving a pile down the hill. It was a tricky manuever to lift the piles and carry them down the incline as the MultiTrac is not very stable on a side hill.


HEADING OUT

Heading out the trail to the trailer with a pile of Buckthorn.


THE LOT

View of the lot with the piles at the bottom of the hill removed.


COMPLETED

All the piles are removed and the job is completed. Stumps have been treated with stump killer. The piles at the top were removed by access through the backyard.


FORM THE TOP

Another view of the completed job from the top of the hill.




   

 

 

 

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