Brushy Situation

[m bryan]

There's a place I really want to hit. Was a school yard and a community gathering place back in the thirties and forties. Permission granted, only problem is its thick with brush and weeds. Nothing over four feet high but pretty dense. Bush hog, or wait till the dead of winter when it thins out? Any ideas?

 

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[Swartzie]

Sounds like a real nice place especially since it's all grown over. I would wait until late fall/early winter to do any serious hunting. But, you still may be able to find some clear spots now to swing a coil. Good luck. I'm sure that place is pretty well loaded.

-Swartzie

 

[SirJoey]

Sounds like the back acre of MY property. I'm waiting for cold weather, mainly for fear of snakes.












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[lastleg]

Take heart, there is a way to remove big weed bushes. Get a Craftsman
branch lopper and cut the stalks close to the ground.

 

[m bryan]

Tried to get in there today but just no room to swing a coil. Tree limbs out of the big oak tree everywhere. Ground was very hard.....Found a couple rusty bolt heads and a wheat penney with the date gone.......I must regroup and try again later...

 

[truckinbutch]

Tried to get in there today but just no room to swing a coil. Tree limbs out of the big oak tree everywhere. Ground was very hard.....Found a couple rusty bolt heads and a wheat penney with the date gone.......I must regroup and try again later...

Low ground cover , weeds/grass , can be defeated with a 3x4 piece of 3/8" plywood . Cut a hand
hole in center of one long edge to make it easy to carry to site . Throw it down on a spot , step on it to
mash the vegetation and detect through it .

 

[Old Town]

Or like Jimmy Stewart said in Shenandoah, "Burn it, burn the train!"

Of course you'll be burning the scrub brush. A train you can roll out of the way.

OT

 

[m bryan]

There's a burn ban on here.......my luck I would burn Atlanta..lol.....Butch, the plywood thing sounds interesting...

 

[deepskyal]

There's a place I'd like to detect but gave up the idea because I can't clear the vegetation and it's extremely dense.

Waiting til winter/fall may help some but the leaves will fall from some but things like goldenrod, ragweed, wild blackberries, etc. have thick stalks and stand through the winter.

I bought a brush cutter attachment for my gas powered weed wacker. It's a steel blade much like an edger. Actually, I bought the new weedwacker so I could use the attachment. It works pretty good but not great in a dense area. You still get thick stalks that like to wrap around the head and stall it.

But, you can do small areas at a time. Don't get over-zealous and try weedwacking a large area...you'll just get frustrated and tired. Do a 4x4 or 6x6 area, then slowly detect it.

Think of it as a way of gridding the area as you detect. You won't miss much ground that way.

And a side note if you choose to use the brush cutter, use the strap!. I never used one for regular weedwacking, but brushcutting is a bit tougher.

One other easier method I used. I bought an old mower and cut out part of the front of the deck and the side chutes and it became a brush hog. The blade was expose about an inch in the front and opening up the dischage chutes kept it from clogging. Actually made a 2nd discharge chute on the opposite side of the other but both were large. It was a cheapie and light weight, easy to maneuver. I cut cat-tails down with it and it worked great getting very close to the ground and not choking up.

They may even be pleased if you make it look pretty again.

Good luck with it, sounds like a great site.

Al

 

[Tnmountains]

I have sprayed areas I have permission to kill hedge and stuff. I use an electric sprayer with commercial spray from the co-op. Really cleans up the land of brushy under growth. Maybe the land ownner will approve.