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Busy weekend coming up! Heading to the property

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Tomorrow I took off to finish tiling the bathroom, plus I have to drop the ATV off for a recall.  Then Sat morning I am heading up to the property with the ATV and a brush cutter we got.  I can't wait to get up there to check out the food plots and start cutting some needed trails.  This brush cutter should make it a lot easier, its like a powerful weedwacker with a blade on it and handle bars.  I'll take a crap load of pictures too.  We need to do a nice trail to the back of the property because it was hard to walk back in January let alone now with all the growth.  Lots of low brush and saplings to take out and a bunch of downed trees to cut up.  I hope we can get it done this weekend and mark the trails.

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You'll like your brush cutter. Trick is to  use it like a scythe. You'll get the hang of it!

Two years ago I splurged and bought a brushcutter like you mentioned.

Lot of different brands, mine is a Stihl FS450.

It was an investment, but has paid for it self many times over in headaches and abuse to my body.

Three years prior I was using an axe or chainsaw to cut paths into multiflower rose patches.

Use to go to work Monday mornings with my arms all scratched like I was in a steel cage match with 10 barn cats.

Cutter takes many different style blades, but I like the 2 sided, 4 tooth blade cutter.

You can sharpen it with a flat file or flip the blade over and use the other set of cutting edges.

The brushcutter is a dream in areas that have downed trees, logging ruts, stone fences, wet areas, etc.

My Swisher walk behind brush hog is torture wrestling it through these conditions.

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Enjoy....and we expect lots of pics.

I just marked our trails at the camp this spring since I was having some buddies up for the first time. Word of advise. mark them so wenever any one comes across a trail all they need to do is put the paint on their right and walk and it brings them back to camp. It already kept a buddy of mine from wandering out onto 2500 acres of state land and a LONG walk back...lol

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LOL. I am actually a surveyor by trade and beleive it or not...Deer love to eat that surveyor's ribbon. Had them do it all the time. I am not sure what attracts them to it but I have seen them do it myself and one job we couldn't leave the nails in the ground we set up over because the owner was afraid they would eat the nails too.

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I posted some pics of the plot, I have a few pics and a vid i have to pull off the cell phone.  I forgot to take the regular camera with me when cutting the trails :D.  I was to busy playing with the chainsaw and brushcutter lol...  Me and my brother made it all the ways to the back of the property with the trail we cut.  Worked out sweet!

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The Brute all loaded up

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This pic was taken at the end of the trail we cut, its hard to see the actual trail, but trust me it was a mess!

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This one too:

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This is the trail we cut to, an existing trail that cuts thru the property in the back corner.... Its an amazing well established trail.

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We did get a lot done, cutting trails is a nightmare, especially trying to find a good crossing for walking and ATV when your dealing with huge rocks.  That took about 45 min of walking to find a good area to cross.  I wish I had a dozer :)  I'd even considering renting one for a few days to clear some crap out once I have all my trails marked.  No idea what it would cost, but I am sure it would be worth it.    I

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Along with the huge boulders, I have several stone fences along the width & length of the property.

Then throw in wet areas and deep logging equipment ruts, a bulldozer was my 1st thought also.

Looking back at what we have accomplished with our own hands making a decent trail/path system, we feel a sense of accomplishment.

To me that is worth more than the instant trail system I could have gotten by paying several thousand dollars for a dozer.

Easy for me to say this in hindsight, it was an ominous undertaking at 1st.

So (burmjohn) you like the brush cutter?

Once you get the harness adjusted and the cutting technique mastered, it's a breeze to use! Yes?

I've gotten so I use mine more than the brush-hog mower.

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