If it's just brush you need to clear, up to 3-4" diameter lets say, you might look into one of these. They worked great for us in some nasty crap in coastal northern California rainforest streams.

https://www.amazon.com/Husqvarna-26...ef=dp_fod_1?pd_rd_i=B07NPKP871&psc=1


The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?