the Revenge of The Brambles, and a lot lot more

[Big T]

Good job you had a tractor with a flail, I have just completed a job just under an acre that was chest heigh in brambles with hidden chicken wire, old farm impliments and god knows what else! Did it with my FS55! Never again.........!

[woody paul]

Good job you had a tractor with a flail, I have just completed a job just under an acre that was chest heigh in brambles with hidden chicken wire, old farm impliments and god knows what else! Did it with my FS55! Never again.........!

 

Sounds like you used the right tool tractors and flails do not like chicken wire or old farm machinery.

[Andy Collins]

Or old mattresses luckily the blade took over for the real rough stuff, then fettle it all a bit with the flail.

[difflock]

"E" ba gum lad, tha were reared proper saft!

That site looks a proper doddle compared to "my" windthrown Moss.

Which in places unknown and always unexpected contains misc dumped debris from the local village.

Scratches head?, an 4 cyl engine block, now how the feck did that get here.

 

At least a 1/2 mile from the nearest paved access.

cheers

marcus

[Stephen Blair]

Your sites too wet for brambles Diff!!!

 

Good job Andy!

[difflock]

No it bloody aint!

An my toecaps got the scars to prove it.

ps

Andy, you perhaps "missed a trick", in that you could perhaps have won the "longest briar" compititation at Ballinasloe Fair, or any other rural Irish Agricultural show.

I tink 13m plus is needed.

I was considering asking for a " longest continuious briar scratch, on bare flesh", subsection to be added.

Cheers

Marcus

[Andy Collins]

Hmm 13m, I think they were a little shy of that, but not by much. I got away relatively scratch free, for a change, longest only being a puny 4incher!!

[Andy Collins]

Ok, brief update. Barring a few logs to remove, the first phase of this site job is completed, plus the extra of clearance of the undergrowth. This job isnt just another job to me, its proved to me that following serious health problems, Im pretty much back, maybe not in quite the same way I used to be, but good enough to make a living from this line of work, (something doctors and surgeons said I would not be able to do) so its quite an important milestone in my life. Tbh, I was sceptical about whether I could take it on and handle it.

Of course, its not just me, but a team behind me, Im merely a conductor waving a baton to keep the band in order , so big thank you to those who helped on this job, Tim (Blue) climbing work, Matt for your tractor and flail, and Alex (AHPP) for your help at the sharp end of the brambles and chipping. Thanks again.

[Peter]

Im merely a conductor waving a baton to keep the band in order

 

Still going on about your puny 4 incher?

 

Looks like a good job well done.

[Andy Collins]

and thanks