Cleaning overgrown fence line

[Silver]

We decided to hire someone to clean out this fence line at the north end of our range. We should have been able to find the time to do it ourselves but there's just too many projects.
They seem to be doing a good job. Next year I'll hit this with Grazon.

This has the tras thrown on the line from the brush saw guy. The skidsteer will mulch it up on the way out.

 

[Logan52]

Here, some nearly vertical sloping hillsides make this job even more difficult. Use of herbicides can lead to erosion. You have to use a back pack sprayer at that.

The electrical utility company sometimes hires crews to clear paths under power lines on these slopes. Some of the hardest physical labor I've seen in a long time. Almost like housing tobacco.

 

[cfpinz]

What's on the front of CTL?

 

[Brute 23]

Looks like a mulcher/ hydroaxe head.

I love those things. If I could have any piece of equipment that is it, but I would break it the first day, no doubt.

That is the best bang for the buck clearing in our area. We do the same thing then drive it with the boomless nozzle and let it fly. No clean up, no soil disruption, etc. Those little ROWs will add up and grow pretty decent grass over time.

 

[Silver]

What's on the front of CTL?

It's a Bradco I brush cutter. Rated for 4" trees apparently. It is basically a bush hog I guess, big lawn mower blades. It seems to do the job though. I was thinking that if I was to buy something it would be a disc mulcher but maybe one of these would be all I need for fence line maintenance.

 

[Brute 23]

It's a Bradco I brush cutter. Rated for 4" trees apparently. It is basically a bush hog I guess, big lawn mower blades. It seems to do the job though. I was thinking that if I was to buy something it would be a disc mulcher but maybe one of these would be all I need for fence line maintenance.

Those are more more durable if you hit stuff for sure. Some times they don't cut as pretty. It can leave stobs like a shredder. The disc mulched tears a lot of blades up taking it to dirt to look pretty. Just depends on what you are doing.

 

[Lucky]

We had a fence line cleared like that several yrs back and it worked well. They used a mulcher though. The mulchers definitely cut cleaner than the skid mowers but the mowers work good too. We've got a brush mower on our skid and the wife cuts up everything she can drive over with the thing. Might buy a mulcher some day but they are really costly to buy and operate it's cheaper to hire it done for what we have.