pmsmechanic
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- Southern Alberta, Canada
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- 4410 and F-935 John Deere, MF 245
This is what I use to mow steep areas. If it gets really steep I'll back in, pull out and work my way across that way. Attachments
I have one as well and love it. Had a hard time finding one and contacted Danuser by email. I needed an adapter for the John Deere to skid steer connection and was having problems getting this information as well. Glenn Danuser, himself, called me with in 5 minutes of me hitting send. This call was after reading my email of frustration over 2 weeks of not hearing from the adapter guy. By the end of the day, I had information on the adapter with emails from General Implements (happy with them after our conversation) and the local pick up for both the adapter and the Intimidator! The adapter is a Worksaver brand. Glenn was great and I highly recommend Danuser, American made and strong as it gets. You can close the jaws and dig some to break up roots. I recently used it to clear trees off of a fence line. Cut branches out of the fence and pull away, no stumps to deal with. Shake off the dirt and leave it there. That big oak was next to the fence and unfortunately needed to be removed. his is a 100hp Deere, 8 foot Rhino cutter on the back for counter weight with the tires filled.Smokydog - looks like your tractor is trying camouflage. How has the Intimidator been working for you. Went to local dealer web site to see how it works. If you don't mind - what was the cost? Thanks - Oosik.
good for you on thatTrying to avoid chemicals. We plan to eat some of the fish fairly soon
Thanks! I think im going to try the flail and see how it goes. Will probably get a grapple first though. Wish me luck!Good idea's here (none as good as mine). Just kidding, but, I will put in one more plug for you to consider:
Woody 'stuff' is a pain, but, if you mow it a couple of times a year, you can forget about it in a couple of years. The roots don't store enough energy to make an unlimited number of tries. While I am old, and believe in better living through chemistry, if you keep it mowed and seeded, I don't think you will need to treat with any chemicals at all if you don't mind a little regrowth for a year or two.
Digging up shore line will probably get rid of the trees/bushes, but, it is terrible on the shore line and erosion will be a booger.
You pond is beautiful, if I picked the spots I think you want to maintain correctly, I still believe an offset flail to make it look as good as possible, and mulch up all the woody stuff. That said, if you can find a sickle robust enough to get through the first couple of cuts, you will be fine, it just wouldn't mulch up the stuff as well.
Please do let us know what you do
Best,
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