So we have a few hundred acres that a number of years ago we cleared of all the cedar groves. Now that all that is done we have second growth coming up that I am attempting to clear. The little cedar saplings can range from less than pencil thick to a couple inches though most are about as thick as a pinky finger. To actually kill them its necessary for it to be cut flush to the ground preferably but just so long as all of the green gets taken off it will be good enough. Some out in the open are larger and solitary and less of my concern at this point. Im trying to eradicate the thousands of saplings growing up under the shady oak trees.
I have been manually clipping these with some old loppers and though it does a great job it wreaks absolute havoc on my knees and back bending over to get a flush cut to the ground that wont serve as a caltrop to the cattle. Im am looking for a better method of doing this, time to mechanize.
Chainsaws do good work but it would still require bending over. I have though about getting small saw and trying to put a 30" bar on it to lessen the bending but I have no idea if thats feasible. They say long bars are for huge powerful saws but Im not clearing forests of 30" trees, just little small crap that should be cut in less than one good "BurrRRRRRrrrr" so Im not sure if the power concerns apply to this situation as it really only needs to move the chain, not rip it though the heart of a redwood.
I have looked for a gas pole saw that would be less than 5' long and they dont appear to exist. An 8' pole would be far too unwieldy.
I have heard about the little saw blades that you can attach to a weedeater but this is very rocky territory and getting a 6" blade in the crevasse seems like a great way to ruin it in short order.The brush clearing weedeaters looked like they would handle the abuse of a few hundred acres better but the first one (stihl fs 360 c-e) I looked at came up just shy of 1k bucks so thats prohibitive in addition to the not being able to get it in between rocks.
Anyone have any good ideas or experiences?
I have been manually clipping these with some old loppers and though it does a great job it wreaks absolute havoc on my knees and back bending over to get a flush cut to the ground that wont serve as a caltrop to the cattle. Im am looking for a better method of doing this, time to mechanize.
Chainsaws do good work but it would still require bending over. I have though about getting small saw and trying to put a 30" bar on it to lessen the bending but I have no idea if thats feasible. They say long bars are for huge powerful saws but Im not clearing forests of 30" trees, just little small crap that should be cut in less than one good "BurrRRRRRrrrr" so Im not sure if the power concerns apply to this situation as it really only needs to move the chain, not rip it though the heart of a redwood.
I have looked for a gas pole saw that would be less than 5' long and they dont appear to exist. An 8' pole would be far too unwieldy.
I have heard about the little saw blades that you can attach to a weedeater but this is very rocky territory and getting a 6" blade in the crevasse seems like a great way to ruin it in short order.The brush clearing weedeaters looked like they would handle the abuse of a few hundred acres better but the first one (stihl fs 360 c-e) I looked at came up just shy of 1k bucks so thats prohibitive in addition to the not being able to get it in between rocks.
Anyone have any good ideas or experiences?
and a small loblolly pine.
