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re: Advice for cutting brush from a fence line
Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:08 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:08 pm to kywildcatfanone
Easiest thing is to spray it first and let it die for the most part, then as said get a brush cutter. It’s literally just a saw blade on a weed eater. I have the echo 225 and it’s barely strong enough, so you really need a 25cc plus gas weed eater as my 21cc barely does it
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Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:31 pm to kywildcatfanone
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a diamond pattern mesh fence
A brush cutter doesn't mix well with a mesh fence.
Battery powered loppers are absolutely amazing and can take out everything a bush hog or simillar can't get. It takes a lot less time than you think.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:33 pm to kywildcatfanone
Hire a forestry mulcher on a skid steer. As soon as he’s done spray with heavy round up or diesel. Then when you get done with that go buy a real weedeater or a Stihl kombi system. You will need it on 5 acres. Wait two weeks and spray it all again.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:45 pm to kywildcatfanone
Find a neighbor that has a tractor and bush hog.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 7:55 pm to animalcracker
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Find a neighbor that has a tractor and bush hog.
absolutely this...meet the neighbors. before you know it you'll have one...
Posted on 9/5/24 at 8:05 pm to DaFreakinFarmer
I like the Kurt saw as well as the forester brands. Hard work, but I agree, spray, let it die, cut, spray again.
Then get some goats and try to convince them to stick around….
Then get some goats and try to convince them to stick around….
Posted on 9/5/24 at 8:51 pm to kywildcatfanone
Roundup, wait a week, weed eater and a chainsaw for the big stuff
Or get a couple goats with collars and leash them to the fence and move them every couple hours
Or get a couple goats with collars and leash them to the fence and move them every couple hours
Posted on 9/5/24 at 8:55 pm to kywildcatfanone
Diaquat and spray the whole fence row a few times. Then burn it
Posted on 9/5/24 at 8:57 pm to LSU Neil
Harbor Freight also sales a blow torch attachment for a propane tank.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 11:18 pm to kywildcatfanone
Yeah, that’s a pickle.
The 1/2 in brush that the farmer left is best removed with a brush cutter. Basically a heavy duty weedeater with a blade attachment similar to a circular saw blade. As others have mentioned.
But… the fence sounds like it’s a chainlink fence. Not anything you want to be swinging a brush cutter around.
How I would approach this is to rent a brush cutter, if I didn’t have an attachment to my weedeater and knock down all the brush that’s outside of maybe 6” of the fence. I’d likely chance getting closer, but get as close as you feel comfortable.
Now what’s left is going to be your biggest challenge.
Power tools with metal attachments near a chain link fence are going to be a challenge.
I’d likely resort to herbicides to kill what’s remaining and let time run its course. Then just keep repeating herbicide treatments until a weedeater with string attachments can knock it down.
The 1/2 in brush that the farmer left is best removed with a brush cutter. Basically a heavy duty weedeater with a blade attachment similar to a circular saw blade. As others have mentioned.
But… the fence sounds like it’s a chainlink fence. Not anything you want to be swinging a brush cutter around.
How I would approach this is to rent a brush cutter, if I didn’t have an attachment to my weedeater and knock down all the brush that’s outside of maybe 6” of the fence. I’d likely chance getting closer, but get as close as you feel comfortable.
Now what’s left is going to be your biggest challenge.
Power tools with metal attachments near a chain link fence are going to be a challenge.
I’d likely resort to herbicides to kill what’s remaining and let time run its course. Then just keep repeating herbicide treatments until a weedeater with string attachments can knock it down.
Posted on 9/6/24 at 5:22 am to kywildcatfanone
Home Depot has a thing called a Billy Goat that is great for this kind of thing. It's a heavy brush cutter that is self-propelled and can eat up grass 6ft. tall and twigs or little trees up to 2 inches wide.
Posted on 9/6/24 at 6:53 am to Lutcher Lad
Thanks for the replies everyone. Given the brush is growing right against the fence, and likely intertwined with the fence, I think my best course of action is to cut the big stuff out by hand with battery powered chains saw and loppers.
Then once cleared out, weedeat what is left, and then spray the area.
Make sense?
I can't take a chance on damaging the fence at all, since it was put up by the neighbor.
Then once cleared out, weedeat what is left, and then spray the area.
Make sense?
I can't take a chance on damaging the fence at all, since it was put up by the neighbor.
Posted on 9/6/24 at 7:06 am to kywildcatfanone
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It's a diamond pattern mesh fence
I have property that has a chain link border fence run about 400 feet. The brush/weeds has woven its way through the fencing, which is why I asked.
A weed eater or brush cutter cant get inside the fencing, so your best bet is to spray it and wait for it to die, then you can do your best with a weed eater and maybe some loppers for larger brush.
I spray this stuff from Tractor Supply about twice a year: LINK
Posted on 9/6/24 at 7:15 am to slinger1317
Posted on 9/6/24 at 7:34 am to kywildcatfanone
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since it was put up by the neighbor
Just curious, did you get a survey? Is that fence on the property line?
Posted on 9/6/24 at 8:04 am to kywildcatfanone
hack and squirt is ya best friend
Posted on 9/6/24 at 8:14 am to kywildcatfanone
What is the brush hurting?
Is it unsightly? Would you rather see a fence? Or be able to see the neighbor?
Is it unsightly? Would you rather see a fence? Or be able to see the neighbor?
Posted on 9/6/24 at 8:20 am to kywildcatfanone
24D
Posted on 9/6/24 at 8:57 am to Ron Cheramie
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Is it unsightly? Would you rather see a fence? Or be able to see the neighbor?
I already posted about using a brush cutter, but I have mentioned this as well. These hedges are great for birds and other wildlife.
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