attachment for cutting brush alongside trail?
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2nstonge
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( We are also talking about 1 mile of trails, so doing it by "hand" with a string trimmer would take to long.)</font>
Me & 2 buddies are 'adopters' of a hiking trail in the White Mtns in New Hampshire. The trail is almost 3 miles long, up the side Mt Flume. Using the carbide-bladed trimmer we do the whole thing, 3 miles, in one day. It's thickets, brambles, blow-downs...the key is to get it early in the season before everything leafs out and takes off. If you can't find the tractor attachment you need/want before the growing season you might want to consider the manual labor...it's amazing how quickly the trail will become overgrown. Not to mention a malted beverage tastes sooooo good after a day doing that work!
Good luck - Norm
Me & 2 buddies are 'adopters' of a hiking trail in the White Mtns in New Hampshire. The trail is almost 3 miles long, up the side Mt Flume. Using the carbide-bladed trimmer we do the whole thing, 3 miles, in one day. It's thickets, brambles, blow-downs...the key is to get it early in the season before everything leafs out and takes off. If you can't find the tractor attachment you need/want before the growing season you might want to consider the manual labor...it's amazing how quickly the trail will become overgrown. Not to mention a malted beverage tastes sooooo good after a day doing that work!
Good luck - Norm
What type of trimmer are you using? Can you recommend a good model if I am going to go that route? It sounds like the trails you are clearing are similar to what I am facing. The actual trails I can cut with the tractor, its along the edges that I need to thin.
I had considerred a loader, but my neighbor told me if I try and run over the thorn bushes, they will more than likely puncture the R4's on my JD. Otherwise I was going to buy a loader, bash down the brush, and then run over it with the mower.
I had considerred a loader, but my neighbor told me if I try and run over the thorn bushes, they will more than likely puncture the R4's on my JD. Otherwise I was going to buy a loader, bash down the brush, and then run over it with the mower.
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<font color="blue"> I had considerred a loader, but my neighbor told me if I try and run over the thorn bushes, they will more than likely puncture the R4's on my JD. </font>
Consider getting your front tires foam fillled. It is relatively cheap on a small tractor. Cost me $38 each for my Kubota BX fronts and $70 each for my B2910, to give you some idea of price.
Nothing beats not having to worry about front flats except having a loader!!!
Foam fill the front tires, forget about flats, and get the loader! That's what I would do... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
(Not sure the loader is the answer to this one problem...but it sure is the answer to many others... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
Consider getting your front tires foam fillled. It is relatively cheap on a small tractor. Cost me $38 each for my Kubota BX fronts and $70 each for my B2910, to give you some idea of price.
Nothing beats not having to worry about front flats except having a loader!!!
Foam fill the front tires, forget about flats, and get the loader! That's what I would do... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
(Not sure the loader is the answer to this one problem...but it sure is the answer to many others... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )
Jagmandave
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I have a JD gas powered trimmer that I use their blade on, works a treat but it does get heavy after a couple of hours work. I also have a pole saw that extends up to 12 feet, works great for getting down some long low hanging branches and you can reach in under a thorn bush and cut it off, might not even have to get off the seat with it!
You're killing me, and probably the poster as well! Poor man doesn't have a 60 HP tractor but a 20, and you're showing him all these to-die-for options that he can't use. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sure would be nice to have something for our smaller tractors like these you've posted, just smaller versions that wouldn't require a lot of hydraulic flow.
John
Sure would be nice to have something for our smaller tractors like these you've posted, just smaller versions that wouldn't require a lot of hydraulic flow.
John
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Dave,
You didn't say if your pole saw was manual or a "chainsaw on a stick" but I have a Stihl powered pole saw and it works great for pruning trails. Reaching into thorns is no problem and even though that little saw looks rinky-dink, it seems to cut bettter than my small conventional Stihl chain saw. Sometimes I grab it instead of the regular one, even on jobs that don't need the reach. Only problem is it gets heavier every year.
One additional point: Stihl makes a power head/pole that has interchangeable heads like a chainsaw, hedge trimmer, and others. The dealer said the hedgetrimmer will cut anything that will fit into its openings, which seemed to be about 1/2" from memory. That would really be faster than the chainsaw depending on the size of brush.
John
You didn't say if your pole saw was manual or a "chainsaw on a stick" but I have a Stihl powered pole saw and it works great for pruning trails. Reaching into thorns is no problem and even though that little saw looks rinky-dink, it seems to cut bettter than my small conventional Stihl chain saw. Sometimes I grab it instead of the regular one, even on jobs that don't need the reach. Only problem is it gets heavier every year.
One additional point: Stihl makes a power head/pole that has interchangeable heads like a chainsaw, hedge trimmer, and others. The dealer said the hedgetrimmer will cut anything that will fit into its openings, which seemed to be about 1/2" from memory. That would really be faster than the chainsaw depending on the size of brush.
John
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what about something like this?
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=200311307&R=200311307
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=200311307&R=200311307