Extreme trail blazing

[txdon]

While waiting flowers to go to seed before I mow, I find the need to blaze a trail through the woods. I thought this would be the coolest work but I didn't anticipate the brush keeping the motor heat in my work area. Too darn hot in July in Texas, but I am having fun.

Mandatory equipment: FEL with Tooth bar and tractor brush guard
Optional equipment: BH

The prevailing trees are Post oak, Cedar, Hickory and Blackjack oak. The brush is youpon and American beauty bush. Soil is sugar sand.

 

[txdon]

Watch out for falling dead limbs!

 

[txdon]

Toothing a youpon.

 

[txdon]

Toothing a Cedar tree.

 

[txdon]

Optional BH makes quick work of those old dead tree stumps.

 

[riptides]

Serious work!

Be carefull, of the heat. <-----

I gave up for a few weeks... and the family wants more!


-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Degree]

Be careful of the limbs and thorns blowing a hydraulic hose. Dont get slapped in the face by a branch you didnt tear down either.

 

[fireshawn]

Music to my eyes-the killing of that water sapping, allergy causing, ugly weed. Good job and keep up the murder of those darn cedar trees.

 

[Taylortractornut]

Don I clear alot of land for folks with an old backhoe and my little excavator fun ain it. Watch those old thick grapevines though i hd one almost warp me once. I had hung it on the outrigger and when i was pushin my pile to the burning pile it came loose about 40 feet away. One thing i like about having a thumb is you can gather your material up in wads then place it in piles. We have a bunch of out of control privett hedges here i take out every year.Take care Taylor Lambert

 

[txdon]

Degree, yep got slapped in the face a couple of times, I carry a limb cutter with me an cut the small ones so they only slap me once.

Fireshawn, I hate to disappoint you but the fact is that I knocked down that little cedar tree so I could go around it's big mother tree. If you are allergic to the cedars you can probably blame my woods I have thousands. I like their green in the winter and their blue berries.

Taylor, I know what you mean about those grapevines. When I'm in the woods and pulling grapevines I just hope I don't pull a limb on myself. Hopefully the metal canopy will keep the sun and limbs off my head. pushing the brush is fun, I almost feel like a little bulldozer. I am always amazed how good the forest looks once you can see the trees.