Rhody Bash and Burn

[scbk]

This is what you need, you can mash stuff up with it

 

 

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[roys]

Mmm interesting, not used one of them before.

Cheers

[roys]

Just as a bit of an update, so at the end of March a few of my friends came down and we cleared tons of the dam stuff but in the grand scheme of things we only scratched the surface, we probably cleared about a 30 m by 20 m strip of 10 feet tall rhody.

I have left it since then to dry out a bit, probably about 30 piles of the stuff.

Today I put 6 sheets of wiggly tin down, and had a bit of fire, it burnt incredibly well burning down as fast as two of us could feed it, fed it for 7 hours and we are about 60% through the piles, so same again tomorrow, will take just as long as there is a bit further to drag it to the fire.

[roys]

Have to post pics separately and in reverse order sorry.

[roys]

And finally, look at the dam stuff

Edited June 8, 2016 by roys

[Jonny69]

And finally, look at the dam stuff

 

That is heroic stuff. I would feel bad giving Guantanamo inmates that job.

[Steve Bullman]

That looks fun! Cheers for the update

[spandit]

Is this not one of those situations where a forest mulcher would do the job?

[roys]

And finally, look at the dam stuff

 

Is this not one of those situations where a forest mulcher would do the job?

 

Never seen a mulcher in use so not sure, would a mulcher not leave all the chopped arising just on the deck, is that OK with rhody, excuse my ignorance here but I just don't know.

Access is also a pain, I can get an ATV down there, but it is tight and a bit boggy in places.

Cheers.

[David R Barras]

Have you been lighting your fires on the stumps to help deal with the regrowth?

David