We met with the underbrushing contractor on Friday to discuss having the lot underbrushed. The meeting went well. We've paid half the fee and we're on the schedule. He's the right guy to do the work. We're excited.
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L92 OLDS and anyone else unfamiliar with underbrushing, here's a few pics. This first one is on the "trail" which is roughly down our east lot line. The trail was cleared by the developer probably 1.5 years ago, so the surveyors could get in and do a big-picture topographic survey. In this picture, I'm maybe 60-70 feet in from the clearing line, looking back at the roadway....
Here, I've turned clockwise, maybe 135° and am looking at the underbrush (small trees, brush and vines)....
Here is a lot after a pretty thorough underbrushing job...
The "Pluck and Mulch" technique has been used. That is, the vines, brush and small trees are all plucked by one machine, roots and all, and then are placed in front of the hydro-axe, which then grinds them up into mulch. Most of the vines are pulled down out of the trees. It really cleans the site up and has some longevity.
The contractor has four or five weeks of backlog but we told him we wanted the work done by the end of September and he doesn't see an issue with getting it done in that timeframe. Even if it slips into early October, I'm not going to get worked up. I just want it done when the weather turns so it's ready for the survey.
Speaking of the survey, the contractor asked me to flag up the front property corners so he'd have better certainty on where the property boundary is. The "trails" down each lot line are pretty close but they meander a little bit and he has to keep of the neighbor's lots. The rear corners were still flagged up. It looks to me like the laths (stakes) in the front probably got knocked out with the final grooming of the ditches.
I borrowed a "listener" from work and went back out there Sunday afternoon and uncovered those front property corners. We have three which include the southeast and southwest lot corners and the "PC" or point of curvature of the road right-of-way. For those wondering, a "listener" is just a specialized metal detector that is purpose built for finding iron rods (rebar) marking property corners. Here's a look at the three corners flagged up....
Almost forgot, the power poles are up in the entire section now. The line is strung on everything but our street so I'm guessing that's coming soon. Here's looking up our street with our lot up on the left in the curve...
And here's a look from the far side of the creek, looking towards our section and the low water crossing....
No news on the bridge but we're moving ahead. I guess that's it for now friends. There probably won't be much news until after the underbrushing is done. Thanks for following along.
