pedestrian cutter for thick vegetation

[finch]

what do people recomend for a pedestrian vegetation clearer such as brambles etc, and then to re turf it. thanks

[APC]

scag with flail head.

[hedgesparrow]

scag with flail head.

 

+1 or a bcs

[Matthew Arnold]

+1 for the newer BCS or a Reko flail. Our BCS is brilliant for the flattened brambles but not so good on the 5 ft high ones.

[APC]

Or bite the bullet and get a mulching head for a brushcutter. That way you won't have to use the mower one handed as you pile into a sea of impenetrable sodding brambles.

[raker]

I used a mulching head on my fs400 to cut a way into a building plot so i can get a mini digger in to clear the rest.

The brambles were 7` tall in places, it was more up and down rather than side to side.Hard work but it ripped a 25`by 50yd way in in about two hrs.

The mulcher had reduced everything down to nothing of significance.Dont know about turfing though.I`d think it would need scraping off with a digger bucket.

[finch]

where would you get a mulching head from

[raker]

I got mine off ebay.Wasnt dear, 13 quid or thereabouts.That was just blade as i already had a fitting kit.

[Paul Smith]

Mulching heads should be used up and down and not side to side.

[APC]

got our head donated to us. it was pucka though, really sorted brambles a treat. you can mash stems of finger thickness woody vegetation to ground level too, like a mini stump grinder. I don't know of many people using them but I've seen a lot of people crying into their harnesses while using a tri-head on brambles.