RE Brush Clearing

[Old F]

RE Brush Clearing

A large 2 year  project at work had left with all most no time to tinker or take care of the place.

Its finely over the last 10 months I was pulling 10 an 12 hour days 7 days a week.   Now  I have a lot of catching up to do . One is clearing fence rows of mulberry trees ( Mulberry weed on steroids ) .

I have had gas chain saws for years.  But wanted to try  some thing a bit more green.

I have seen posts  on use an electric chain saw with an inverter.

As I was looking  around Home Depot  I came a cross this.

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It's a Black and Decker Alligator.  It has a 4 inch bar and can cut up to 6 inch trees.

It opens up like hedge shears .   And only pull. 4.5 amps.  You can reach right thru a fence with it.  And the guards  keep things a bit safer . Cuts quick clean and quite

The battery  is a 100 amp hour deep cycle  and the inverter is a 750 watt Black an Decker I found at garage sale for 30 bucks  some time a go , Makes for a nice looking matched set  : )

To keep it charged I am using  the 45 watt solar kit from Harbor freight.

Works out pretty good  I run down long before  the battery an I to take a day or two to recharge :  )

Here is part of a row I am clearing . And some of the brush all ready cleared   to the left.

All and all its working out great I find it a lot handier and safer than a standard   chain saw.

For working close to the fence .    And I don't miss the noise and fumes.

Old F

Keep it clean and green

[nanotech]

Nice review.  I saw those last summer at a couple stores and debated getting one.  Wish I had now after reading your report as they've doubled in price since I first saw them.

[willib]

it looks like a beautiful corner of the world you live in .

nothing like suburbia and homeowners associations & all the crap that goes with it

it looks wonderfull

[DanG]

I've gone to electric chainsaw also, no breathing 2-stroke exhaust oil fumes makes it worth the hassles.

I impulsively bought a Kipor suitcase-style 2.5Kva generator off ebay - and the only works its done is around my neighborhood with electric chainsaw; nice to do tree work & fence lines and not have to run extension cords into their homes, or listen to a gas chainsaws. Also nice to have a generator I can carry around. Maybe by end of summer I will have half of generator cost earned back!

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[Shadow]

Is that a 50 or 65 Massey tractor?

[Old F]

Its a 65 I pick up this spring : )

Old F

[Old F]

Shadow

They  say nothing runs like a Deer  

Well here is what the deer is running from  :  )

And  a feisty Allis WC  will spook them good to

Old F

[Don Cackleberrycreations]

  Got an old allis WD with loader for fathers day last year.

good tractors ,work best with allis equipment. Would love to find a BUDA diesel to put on it.

our old gheil flail mower will turn just about anything into chips .

     You could always use the old method for clearing bush.

6 hog panels , two hogs and a little corn. punch a hole under the saplings with a bar and drop in some corn . In a week or so the hogs will have the entire area tilled up. When your done using them to clear brush make dinner out of them .

[Shadow]

I look after an acreage for a guy that has a 65. I liked it so much I found my own last fall. The motor was out of it and was pretty rough but I worked on it all winter while waiting for the resin to harden on the windmill. It turned our pretty good I stripped it right down to the frame, primed and painted it (with spray cans) ordered new seat, steering wheel and couple gauges from ebay and turned out pretty nice.

 They are great little tractors for an acreage.

[Old F]

I only  had to make some minor  clutch and power steering   adjustments on mine.

I  use it as general  work tractor and have about 9 acres to keep mowed.

You can get a lot of tractor for the money with old iron. : )

Old F