I was moderately freaked out by my dirt-guy's tree burning practice. First of all, I never dreamed that green, freshly downed trees would burn. Stupid city boy. Once it's lit, green timber burns fairly slow but it requires alot of attention with the dozer and track hoe as they constantly adjust and compact the mass to continue a thorough burn. As promised, the only thing left is root balls. As we cut into the virgin block of timber to remove trees (many) to create the road to get to the pondsite, there were 2 smaller burn piles of trees created on the way that got torched right under the remaining forest canopy. That's the fires that freaked me. He reassured me that they haven't lost one yet. A gallon or two of diesel, a match, and maybe an old tire (sshhhh).
