Clearing brambles with chainsaw

[pycoed]

See if you can get a walk behind finger mower. I try never to use a brushcutter on my place when I can get a finger mower to do the job. I have an Allen Mayfield 8 (like an Allen scythe on steroids!) with twin wheels & hydrostatic drive & you wouldn't BELIEVE how well that deals with bramble & tree sucker up to about 30mm. With a walk behind like this you can bulldoze into a patch of bramble until the machine is stalling, or you are afraid you'll get scratched to death, then simply reverse & pull out a huge mass of bramble in one go. Cutting 3ft wide beats waving a little blade about any day. You'll need hedgecutting gloves, chaps, helmet & mask & preferably an old Barbour jacket too.

[Stereo]

Will that work on a steep slope? It's about 1 in 6 I would guess. Plus lots of rabbit holes under the scrub and also old pheasant pen bits (pipes, drinkers, garage doors etc.).

 

I think I need to call in an airstrike. Maybe should just hire a digger and drag the whole lot out into the field.

[likeitorlumpit]

what he said!

 

what he said x2

[NI Tree]

ski gloves and a few thick coats are needed though if using a quad

[NI Tree]

what about a jungle buster

[Treegeek]

Use a hedge trimmer and a brush cutter with a mulching/shredding head. Chainsaw is going to end in tears!

 

Hedge cutter perfect for the job

[hedgesparrow]

you can get a blade like a mower blade to go on sthil strimmers better than a tri blade. saw one in action on brambles made light work of them and does not tangle like a tri blade. if honda did one have it on my brushcutter. as for chain saw makes me cringe thinking about doing it accident waiting to happen. or other post get a flail mower or finger mower flail mower better will go through anything so no need to worry about hidden obstacles

[RobRainford]

Tri blade. Have fun

 

[Stereo]

I've got a hedge cutter head for the cheapo Mculloch multi 8 in 1 tool my old man bought off the shopping channel. Maybe will try that.

 

This is war.

[Dorset Hedgelayer]

hedge cutter long &/or short just work your way down or in from the side dont just go in at the bottom. Flailing on a small scale the chips fall down and through .....easy