We have an acre of alder/cottonwood that we cleared with a smallish excavator. Just used the bucket to push the trees down and then snap them. We got the septic install guy to clear some of the trees, and we borrowed a neighbors excavator to clear the remainder ourselves. Total cost was a few thousand. I bet you could hire someone with an excavator to do it for under $20k. (I'm in Whatcom County).
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We have an acre of alder/cottonwood that we cleared with a smallish excavator. Just used the bucket to push the trees down and then snap them. We got the septic install guy to clear some of the trees, and we borrowed a neighbors excavator to clear the remainder ourselves. Total cost was a few thousand. I bet you could hire someone with an excavator to do it for under $20k. (I'm in Whatcom County).