In the past few months, I have become a homeowner, and with how low the rates were, I was able to purchase a decent amount over what my perceived budget was. I ended up purchasing a decent rural property, and got a little more than 3 acres of property, 2 of which are wooded.
The previous tenant had a 4 wheeler and made a little trail back there, and I plan to expand on this. Right now I'm getting things in order around the house and trying to get all the "fixer-upper" bits out of the way, but I really want to make a fun little exhibition playground in this back wooded lot. Right now, there is a small ditch obstacle, some tight turns, and not so smooth pathways, but obviously the jk has 0 issues with any of it. I would like to change that.
Keep in mind, I'm not trying to create "the Rubicon 2.0" I just want to make a small playground for the jeep and possibly for my kids dirtbikes, once they are old enough. This will be an ongoing project as my family will probably make this evolve constantly throughout our ownership of this house. BUUUUT, for now, I have a few idears.
It's an L shaped property, ~500ft on the 2 long edges
I want to use the trees to create some obstacles, I'll have to clear some anyway because they are all interfering with one another.
There's a small 12' hill climb in the back that I'm currently prepping
I have a few off camber spots that seem like they have promise
I'm hiring an arborist to come out and give advice on trees before I map it out.
What I need to know is this:
once I fell some trees, how do I prep them so they can last like a phone pole?
just how difficult will it be to obtain large rocks for a rock garden?
Is there a way to preserve tree stumps so that I could use them in obstacles?
Please feel free to give advice on this topic, or even a bobcat if you got one lol