On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:27:33 -0400, John H
wrote:

Det cord is the only way to remove small trees. For big ones, a shaped
charge and a little C-4 works wonders. :)

There is a PTO driven attachment fits my Mercedes tractor, that turns
trees up to 6 inches into chips. Cuts a six foot swath. About a
hundred times faster than explosives. My brothers bulldozer,135hp, has
pushed over 18 inch or so trees. You can take down any tree with a
blade, by nibbling at the roots. Dynamite is older than the tractor,
and was once the only way to go for land clearing, but now it is
expensive. It has its place, huge boulders and bedrock. Only thing I
have personally blasted was snow. Very satisfactory avalanche, with no
skiers inside it.

Casady