Interesting to see how others do land clearing. I'm an owner operator up in Canada with a 973C and we dont have much for trees, mainly just sloughs and bush. The rake seems to work a lot like how i do with the teeth of my bucket, to get the best results ive found doing shorter passes. Once the roots and stumps build up in front it can't shed the soil anymore and it becomes a soft plow. Nice cat. I like the 6way blade. This machine and the Cat track loaders are my favorites. Your ground looks really nice with a lot of soil and not very steep like it is here out west. Looks like a nice easy job because terrain and soil or rock type make all the difference. If you want to highball stacking that brush those wheel skidders with brush blades are FAST.