Thanks for your reply!
I could easily do 14 days, vacation + weekends clearing.
Excellent point on renting and hiring!
The contractor numbers includes gravel, I’ll need a lot of it!
Yup, I can see how a 400 yard driveway might need that many c3 yards of gravel - assuming 1’ base. But the gravel cost should be easily calculated. How many bids did you get? Are you a newbie in the area? I had a septic system put in last year. Highest bid was 50% higher than actual - 20K versus 13K. (Eastern Massachusetts is very expensive for this kind of work.) Lowest bid came from a long time local who also happened to be a selectman!! I had no problems passing all the inspections plus no problems with the system. When you spend that kind of money it should buy you an honest friend as well!!