o2batsea
Platinum Member
Here's the deal...I have a small 1/2 acre pond that's part of the septic system. It's got a gentle slope into the water of maybe 10 degrees. The berm is somewhat soft when the water is high and in the summer it's rock hard when the water is low. The best time to cut is obviously when the water is low and the berm hard. Well the thing is that the cattails have really gotten out of hand and they are pretty thick in summer. I'd like to be able to nip them before they get monster sized which means risking a stuck and worse, tearing up the berm.
My thought is something like a giant sickle mower that fits the loader, or one that goes on a TPH but sticks out backwards so I can back into the edge of the pond. Maybe a giant chain saw. Of course it has to operate under water. I don't want to make something that is too highly engineered because I want to lick this problem and hopefully kill off the Cattails with chems.
Arsenal includes a Kioti DK45 Cab with a backhoe and loader, a Gravely 8123 rider with front attachment adapter and belly mower, a Gravely walk behind that's pretty much never moving again, and random weed whackers, pioneer tools and a Model 90 Brush Bandit (which has nothing to do with cattails other than maybe eating them) that I just refurbished.
Any brilliant thoughts? Many thanks.
My thought is something like a giant sickle mower that fits the loader, or one that goes on a TPH but sticks out backwards so I can back into the edge of the pond. Maybe a giant chain saw. Of course it has to operate under water. I don't want to make something that is too highly engineered because I want to lick this problem and hopefully kill off the Cattails with chems.
Arsenal includes a Kioti DK45 Cab with a backhoe and loader, a Gravely 8123 rider with front attachment adapter and belly mower, a Gravely walk behind that's pretty much never moving again, and random weed whackers, pioneer tools and a Model 90 Brush Bandit (which has nothing to do with cattails other than maybe eating them) that I just refurbished.
Any brilliant thoughts? Many thanks.