Awesome machine you got there! We just seed grass seeds directly into the forest floor and rotationally graze it afterwards. It’s of course not optimal in the short term, but we found it works quite well for the low investment. We got plenty of open fields for baling, so it’s pasture for the summer we need. Operators charge around $20 000 per hectare for that kind of job here (grinding only), how does that compare to your figures? Side note: I’m going to get rid of a few stumps to expand our baling field in april/may (a group of trees was left standing under a fence once and the stumps occupy a very large area now). I’ll be renting a smaller machine and might give it a go on some of our other clear cut areas as well.