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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post

    Got that figured out.


    A gasoline string trimmer? "Yeah! I'ma mount me a circlesaw blade on it and float up them hills on petrol fumes while I'm eatin me a Big Mac. Thank Gawd I'm a country boy!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Yes. Depends on the area of the property.


    Me too, and that's what I'm trying to avoid. Looks like a used stihl brush trimmer is only a couple hundred dollars on Craigslist.


    We're talking about at least 5 acres of clearing, you can keep your loppers.


    Got that figured out.
    If you are going used, check out Stihls gear box attachment series to get a compatible model.

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    Quote Originally Posted by highangle View Post
    Guy who plows my office in ANC has a hi drawlic worm blower for his Bobcat that'll blow powder forty two feet. He's used it twice in 8 years, and broke it both times.
    You edited that post and didn't fix "hydraulic"?

    Guy sounds like a fuckup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by highangle View Post
    A gasoline string trimmer? "Yeah! I'ma mount me a circlesaw blade on it and float up them hills on petrol fumes while I'm eatin me a Big Mac. Thank Gawd I'm a country boy!"
    For trees? I have an 036.

    For brush, yes a gas brushcutter sounds like an appropriate tool since I have acres of dense brush to clear.

    Or I guess I swing around a machete for weeks like I'm on some sort of deranged jungle expedition.

    Quote Originally Posted by steff View Post


    Now we're talking...

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    Quote Originally Posted by steff View Post




    Oh hey now, the party has officially started!


    We have an Aebi TT90 with a sick 6' Seppi hammer knife flail on the front for mowing high angle trails and taking out overgrowth. I don't know how many people here have operated a high angle tractor like that but holy shit- talk about a killer machine. 6psi in those huge tires, 4 wheel lockers on such a low & wide tractor with so much torque makes for some really cool crawling abilities. Also those hammer flails rock. Brush has no idea what hit it. Shame they're about $70k used! If you don't know what an Aebi is, look them up. Super fkn cool.


    I want a Grillo Climber 10.27 so bad though for the regular shit. Much easier to use, and less expensive to fix.

    For real though- people who need a competent, capable machine but don't want a full size tractor should look into BCS walk behinds. You can put a flail, sickle bar, brush or finish mower on them, rototiller, chipper, snowblower etc. and they're built like a real fucking tractor, not some Troy-Built dildo spinner. They aren't cheap but they can do a shitload of work with the right setup. Sulkie ready too. Check them out!
    "If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." -Robert Fritz

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    not enough nun fisters in that community

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Yes. Depends on the area of the property.


    Me too, and that's what I'm trying to avoid. Looks like a used stihl brush trimmer is only a couple hundred dollars on Craigslist.


    We're talking about at least 5 acres of clearing, you can keep your loppers.


    Got that figured out.
    Come on, you need the conditioning. Are you afraid your neighbors will think you're a Mexican?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DoWork View Post
    We have an Aebi TT90 with a sick 6' Seppi hammer knife flail on the front for mowing high angle trails and taking out overgrowth.
    Yeah, just looked those up. Super cool.

    Has anyone seen the Bobcat toolcat? The newest version (5610) looks like a really cool machine for property maintenance and snow removal. 4 Wheel Steering, Independent Suspension, High Flow Hydraulics, Rear PTO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Yeah, just looked those up. Super cool.

    Has anyone seen the Bobcat toolcat? The newest version (5610) looks like a really cool machine for property maintenance and snow removal. 4 Wheel Steering, Independent Suspension, High Flow Hydraulics, Rear PTO.

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    GARBAGE. Either get a UTV or a tractor. The half assed hybrids still suck at both, and they cost way too much to do so IMO.
    "If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." -Robert Fritz

    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
    not enough nun fisters in that community

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Or I guess I swing around a machete for weeks like I'm on some sort of deranged jungle expedition.
    and the Vietnam thread was born

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    Quote Originally Posted by DoWork View Post
    GARBAGE. Either get a UTV or a tractor. The half assed hybrids still suck at both, and they cost way too much to do so IMO.
    I figured it was too good to be true, but if it actually worked I think it'd be a way better machine than most CUT would be for what I need it for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    I figured it was too good to be true, but if it actually worked I think it'd be a way better machine than most CUT would be for what I need it for.

    Don't get me wrong, they work but they're unforgivably gutless on both ends. I imagine they'd get the job done on a farm or long flat acreage, but I wouldn't count on them to mow a mountain etc like you'd think and hydraulic capacity is very low if you're trying to move yardage. Also the implements they sell are kind of flimsy and would likely die quickly.

    Someday we will be living the dream but for now it's still kind of smoke and mirrors.
    "If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise." -Robert Fritz

    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
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    Local dealers sell Deere, New Holland, Yanmar, Kubota and Kioti.

    So what's the carbon rocket box eurospec 6-speed manual diesel?

    How about the basic Subaru outback?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    For trees? I have an 036.

    For brush, yes a gas brushcutter sounds like an appropriate tool since I have acres of dense brush to clear.

    Or I guess I swing around a machete for weeks like I'm on some sort of deranged jungle expedition.



    Now we're talking...


    You'd get that motherfucker stuck in two minutes...Don't forget to order the 100,000lb hoe you'll need to pull it out.



    Call Asphlundh Gesundheit or someone pro if the job's too big for a brushhook, a saw, and a 4wheeler. That little string trimmer might work after they get done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mooseknuckles View Post
    and the Vietnam thread was born

    I inserted into Hanoi without even a busted bayonet. Twice. Pho kicks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Local dealers sell Deere, New Holland, Yanmar, Kubota and Kioti.

    So what's the carbon rocket box eurospec 6-speed manual diesel?

    How about the basic Subaru outback?
    Euroapec 6-speed manual diesel= John Deere

    Even if they aren't as sexy as a Deere don't overlook Kubota. They make good small tractors. I've talked to farmers who use them and they're very happy with them. They claim that the Kubota's get better fuel economy and have a lower cost of ownership than John Deere tractors. The biggest complaint I've heard about Kubota's are how slow they drive down the road (12mph).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kopi_Red View Post
    Euroapec 6-speed manual diesel= John Deere

    Even if they aren't as sexy as a Deere don't overlook Kubota. They make good small tractors. I've talked to farmers who use them and they're very happy with them. They claim that the Kubota's get better fuel economy and have a lower cost of ownership than John Deere tractors. The biggest complaint I've heard about Kubota's are how slow they drive down the road (12mph).
    Show us some your rigs...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AaronWright View Post
    Come on, you need the conditioning. Are you afraid your neighbors will think you're a Mexican?
    LOL, brutal

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    For trees? I have an 036.

    For brush, yes a gas brushcutter sounds like an appropriate tool since I have acres of dense brush to clear.

    Or I guess I swing around a machete for weeks like I'm on some sort of deranged jungle expedition.



    Now we're talking...
    Why not just use the 36 for the brush?

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    Because it would be like trying to spread butter over a five acre English muffin with a 28lb knife?

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    Quote Originally Posted by claymond View Post
    Why not just use the 36 for the brush?
    Why not just use k2 pontoons on a water injected race course?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Why not just use k2 pontoons on a water injected race course?
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier View Post
    Why not just use k2 pontoons on a water injected race course?
    Lol, an 036 gets after it in brush. Lots of Forest Service fuels crews run those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by claymond View Post
    Lol, an 036 gets after it in brush. Lots of Forest Service fuels crews run those.

    I ran 11 seismic survey crews on a 500-mile job across lower Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, each one of those crews had an 036. I also had a land man with 5 other land men working under him to secure seismic and access easements from landowners, so we could run those saws all we wanted.
    10 of those crews would leave the saw in the truck unless there was no other way.
    1 would try to use the gas the other crews didn't use, until I had to run him off for making a gross error one fine morning, and finishing the day taking down a 60" live oak that the proposed golf course community had designed a road and a gated entranceway around. It only took them 2 tanks of gas and two hours to drop it, and they said the ground shook pretty darn good when it finally fell.

    Name of proposed golf community? "Live Oak CC".

    That little fuckup cost me $155,000.

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    The land maintenance, non-chainsaw thread

    Not the saw's fault.

    Guy sounds like a fuckup.

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