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Mexicans?

Awesome for trails. I love mine

‘Stihl Kombi with a sawblade on it for clearing brush…

The pole saw attachment for cleaning limbs…

This except my Ford is a 4610SU.

I have used most all the tools above. I love swinging a scythe for exercise, but it is getting tougher. When we still had the woods on the farm I would use my little stihl chainsaw for the thick , wait-a-minute, rose, prickly ash thickets, etc. A folding saw and a little hand held pruning shears are always in my hunting pack.

Ford 8n and a Stihl pole saw get 95% of my work done. The other 5% is handled by my Silky (Japan) 18’ pole saw.

If you ever need a real pole saw, I can’t recommend Silky enough. Badass.

A friend loaned me his pole saw a few years back and we were cutting briars in a briar thicket to get a tripod stand in a forty yd wide grudge fence area .
Briars were 6’ tall .
Some saplings thumb thick .
Fought the saw for a bit and thought , wonder how the hedge trimmer attachment would work ?
Put that on and started sweeping the briars about mid hieght and then just above ground .
What a breeze , saplings and all , no hang ups or choking the saw just mowing down briars .
Told my buddy about it and he tried it at his stand areas and was amazed at ease of cutting .
This farm had these grudge fences all over it , about 1200 acres of farm some of the grudge fences was close to a hundred yds across with big timber tree lines in them .
Place was a killer place to hunt .
Kenneth

Bobcat mounted with a brush cutter makes a fine path to just about anywhere in the woods.

I use EVERYTHING that is mentioned above except hanco's swingblade...

The one thing I use a fair amount that no one has mentioned is an atv sprayer with a 25 gal tank and boomless nozzles with a wand attachment also...

Try one with a masticator head/mulcher... I can broadcast/plant behind the one I use...

A tractor with a bush hog and loader. Preferably with someone else driving it. For more fine tuning I use shears, a machete and a hatchet.
I carry a small set of ratchet pruning shears in my pack for walk in hunts to cut that one limb or small brush that is always right were
I have convinced myself the game will walk through.

Maybe in your woods.

Wouldn't take long for that Bobcat to end up at the bottom of a coulee, eh?

That's right. Ever so often there is a news item that some farmer fell off his farm. I have a lot of property that I can farm three sides of it. I have quit farming some fields that could only be farmed with horses. To be really safe you would have to plant corn with a shotgun.

Whenever I drive through the Driftless area, I often wonder about the pucker factor in planting/harvesting some of those fields.
Do you lean away on the seat to the uphill side like on a lawn mower?

One of my electric Chain saws and a Machete.

Extendable pole pruner, Battery powered chainsaw, and a sharp machete.

Ron

We called them sling blades growing up. Still have my Grandpa 's. Get it out every once in a while to reminisce.....as mentioned....doesnt take long to appreciate your Stihl Weedeater!!

I have one too that I bought to knock down some tall Johnson Grass on our range…..and yes, swinging one of those will definitely make you appreciate a mower or bush hog😊

Tractor with a brush hog. Milwaukee pole saw & gas chain saw.