Brush Munchers

Google Earth photos of previous job sites we’ve done clearing on several years after.

We are pretty much Northern California and northern Nevada, so if you’re in Montana we probably won’t do much good...but our friends at Ridgeline Montana INC will be more than happy to do an excellent job for you!

This is why we always tell people to stay as far away as possible. These machines throw pieces. Big and small pieces. Far and fast. This piece about the size of my leg was thrown a good 70’ up in this tree.

This should give a good visual of why we have forest fires the way we do. The North Star Mine powerhouse in downtown Grass Valley. Not sure the exact year of the photo, but the powerhouse was built in 1895. Look at how sparse the vegetation is in the picture. Compare with the two more recent photos. A LOT more fuel!

Even after thinning things out a BUNCH, the equipment still disappears into the woods

You don’t realize how steep the hill is until the sunlight starts shining through. Still ridiculously thick in there.

One of my favorite before and after.

Amazing how this madrone grew around the other tree.

Sometimes ya just gotta stop and take it all in. California is beautiful.

Stumps make it easy to lose a track. We hate stumps.

When a hydraulic motor blows a seal, hydraulic goes everywhere. We use Schaefer Eco-shield environmentally friendly hydraulic fluid for this reason. It’s expensive as it gets, but these machines take some real abuse and hydraulic fluid gets out.