The land maintenance, non-chainsaw thread

[kootenayskier]

Why not just use the 36 for the brush?

Obviously depends on what you're clearing, but for most brush clearing, working with a chainsaw is just too damn taxing on the body compared to an FS260 and a comfortable harness.

[TAFKALVS]

Obviously depends on what you're clearing, but for most brush clearing, working with a chainsaw is just too damn taxing on the body compared to an FS260 and a comfortable harness.

Agreed.

Fire clears bush pretty fast over there.

A bit too quickly sometimes.

[iceman]

Name of proposed golf community? "Live Oak CC".

That little fuckup cost me $155,000.

The should have just changed it to "Dead Oak" and called it good.

[claymond]

I like flowing alpys idea.

For thin and whippy stuff, brush cutter are nice. For brush thicker than like an inch, a chainsaw run by a decent operator is much faster. Look at what contract and govie crews run on fuels units and fires. Great majority of the time, chainsaws. I'm saying Leavenworth Skier could learn a new skill with the tool he has. But I get it, for the average homeowner a brush cutter is easier and definitely safer. And this is the non chainsaw thread, so peace!

[irul&ublo]

Even easier...

[TAFKALVS]

I like flowing alpys idea.

For thin and whippy stuff, brush cutter are nice. For brush thicker than like an inch, a chainsaw run by a decent operator is much faster. Look at what contract and govie crews run on fuels units and fires. Great majority of the time, chainsaws. I'm saying Leavenworth Skier could learn a new skill with the tool he has. But I get it, for the average homeowner a brush cutter is easier and definitely safer. And this is the non chainsaw thread, so peace!

Leavenworth Skier has worked on trail crews and the brush was thick and walk was short, we'd grab the big stihl brushcutter. Chainsaw use for brush removal was more dictated by needing to do multitasking/not wanting to carry a second tool. Brushing with a chainsaw all day sucks.

Most awful brusing I ever did was some trail in a lowland Cascade valley that hadn't been brushed in 5 years. The trail was in Wilderness so no motors. 4 days straight of 4 people with loppers, handsaws and machetes and we only made it 1.5 miles. 90 degree heat and relentless mosquitos and flies, too. I'd like to pass on repeating that.

[Timberridge]

Leavenworth Skier has worked on trail crews and the brush was thick and walk was short, we'd grab the big stihl brushcutter. Chainsaw use for brush removal was more dictated by needing to do multitasking/not wanting to carry a second tool. Brushing with a chainsaw all day sucks.

Most awful brusing I ever did was some trail in a lowland Cascade valley that hadn't been brushed in 5 years. The trail was in Wilderness so no motors. 4 days straight of 4 people with loppers, handsaws and machetes and we only made it 1.5 miles. 90 degree heat and relentless mosquitos and flies, too. I'd like to pass on repeating that.

Ok. But have you ever ventured up the Essequibo River in Guyana and hacked through 20 miles of dense tropical jungle vines using a hand machete of dubious metallurgy and a bulletwood handle bought at a local bazaar in Demarara?

[irul&ublo]

Leavenworth Skier has worked on trail crews ...

"This is Ricky calling on behalf of Ricky. Ricky wants to play baseball."

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Leavenworth Skier has worked on trail crews and the brush was thick and walk was short, we'd grab the big stihl brushcutter. Chainsaw use for brush removal was more dictated by needing to do multitasking/not wanting to carry a second tool. Brushing with a chainsaw all day sucks.

Most awful brusing I ever did was some trail in a lowland Cascade valley that hadn't been brushed in 5 years. The trail was in Wilderness so no motors. 4 days straight of 4 people with loppers, handsaws and machetes and we only made it 1.5 miles. 90 degree heat and relentless mosquitos and flies, too. I'd like to pass on repeating that.

Harden the fuck up young man.

[TAFKALVS]

Harden the fuck up young man.

I hear you can get tractors with A/C cabs.

[Mazderati]

Sounds like Aaron really wants in on the manual brush clearing. You should take him up.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Sounds like Aaron really wants in on the manual brush clearing. You should take him up.

I'd gladly help him. Hard work is good for you and makes you feel great.

[TAFKALVS]

I'd gladly help him. Hard work is good for you and makes you feel great.

I plan on having a few brush removal parties. I'll get Neil to smoke a pig or 1/2 a cow or something, I'll get a keg and we can clear brush for a few hours and then drink beer and eat delicious meat.

[BmillsSkier]

Ok. But have you ever ventured up the Essequibo River in Guyana and hacked through 20 miles of dense tropical jungle vines using a hand machete of dubious metallurgy and a bulletwood handle bought at a local bazaar in Demarara?

Royal is that you?

[highangle]

Not the saw's fault.

Guy sounds like a fuckup.

He had a son with Down's Syndrome who worked with him he called "Boogatyboo". They were known as, "The Greater and Lesser Boogatyboos"....


We all make mistakes. That's why we check ourselves all the time. But I'm more bitter about the $50k I got shorted on that gig than I am about the tree.


Are you asheanmt, or do you just have a crush on his dog?

[bagtagley]

Ok. But have you ever ventured up the Essequibo River in Guyana and hacked through 20 miles of dense tropical jungle vines using a hand machete of dubious metallurgy and a bulletwood handle bought at a local bazaar in Demarara?

Pinch grip or regular grip?

[Kopi_Red]

Show us some your rigs...

OK. These pictures would have looked cooler if I took them yesterday with the 4+ inches of snow we had on the ground...

[Kopi_Red]

I hear you can get tractors with A/C cabs.

Yes they do and it's awesome. Some equipment is equipped with a small refrigerator beside the driver's seat (and under the buddy seat) for snacks and beverages. It also can have hands free Bluetooth connectivity for music selection and for hands free phone operation.

[mecc69]

Lol, an 036 gets after it in brush. Lots of Forest Service fuels crews run those.

If the terrain isn't steep, many fuels programs are running brush hog type units with tractors or equivalent to brush.


As someone else pointed out, brushing with a saw sucks. The ergonomics are all wrong.

Thinning is a different story.

[abraham]

I plan on having a few brush removal parties. I'll get Neil to smoke a pig or 1/2 a cow or something, I'll get a keg and we can clear brush for a few hours and then drink beer and eat delicious meat.

Send me a text. Sounds like fun

Are you asheanmt, or do you just have a crush on his dog?

Didn't they get divorced? I thought one of them showed back up for a little while

[TAFKALVS]

Kopi_Red shows us what a tractor is... are those any good for brush removal?

[Kopi_Red]

For the most part they'd be a little big for your application but the last one with the loader would work just fine.

[TAFKALVS]

For the most part they'd be a little big for your application but the last one with the loader would work just fine.

Got any good stuck tractor stories?

[highangle]

I heard a story about a boy who winched his D3 up a bigass boi d'arc tree before he drug up.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I plan on having a few brush removal parties. I'll get Neil to smoke a pig or 1/2 a cow or something, I'll get a keg and we can clear brush for a few hours and then drink beer and eat delicious meat.

You can have a second party in the fall to burn the slash.