Not a real problem to have a controlled burn in an area like that. We had one last year. I was super impressed. The NC Forestry Service pulled it off, had a whole bunch of guys in yellow suits and stuff, and trucks everywhere, and one big yellow helicopter. The helicopter shot fire balls, like a video game, every 50 yards or so, and the guys running the fire line started with the wind to their backs, using what looked like tomato sprayers, but fire came out and brush disappeared. They burned 75 acres, and were done in less than 2 hours.
Prep included a fire brake done with a track hoe/plow/bush machine. It cuts a swath about 10 yards wide, and wider when the trees might allow the fire to skip over. This monster would cut down trees in the way, and plow the earth under them to some where around 2 feet.. big bottom plow attached to a digger/grader type.. sorta a bulldozer on steroids with a plow behind (c: I have pictures. Don't know how to attach them here. (c: Cheers Richard On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:52 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <[email protected]> wrote: You have native gooseberries?? WTF. On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > On 3/26/2014 10:09 AM, Dieselhead wrote: > >> >>> >>> The local restrictions here are probably necessary because of constant >>> dry conditions and the subdivision being heavily forested with houses built >>> among the trees. The underbrush is like tinder. >>> Gerry >>> >> >> Y'all need to do controlled burns to eliminate the fuel and eliminate >> some of the brush. It does an excellent job around here with the state >> promoted invasive weed, multiflora rose. The fire kills them dead. They >> have a lot of oil in the bark, and it burns slowly, but nicely. Natives >> like oak and hickory and gooseberries thrive on the burned areas. >> >> Around here DNR provides training and planning for controlled burn. >> >> Either that or go out and pick up and burn or mulch/compost the >> underbrush fuel. >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> I wish we could do controlled burns, but I don't think you could do it in >> a large wooded subdivision of mostly one to five acre lots and a lot of >> standing dead trees on lots that don't have houses. I would guess that not >> more than one fourth of the lots have houses, and most of the remaing >> undeveloped lots are being held for investment and/or sale at very high >> prices. I don't believe the homeowners association could legally force the >> undeveloped lot owners to keep their wooded lots clear of underbrush. I >> keep my wooded lot clear of underbrush but many don't. >> > Gerry > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
