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Evan350

07-30-2002 06:58:00

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I've come into some property that has been untended for some years. The main fields I've got under control with a rotary mower, but I'm wondering how to tackle the fence rows and hedge rows. They are all overgrown with dogwood, buckthorn, honeysuckle, etc. Too big to use a sickle bar, too thick or too close to the fence (what there is of it) to use the rotary mower. What do people recommend for this problem? I'm wondering if there are goat farmers looking for places to graze their animals. I understand goats eat brush.

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combine boy

07-30-2002 21:10:12

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Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Evan350, 07-30-2002 06:58:00

spray it with herbsiede aand then when it dies burn it when the wind is right. if it burns the right way it will not hurt your fience.

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combine boy

07-30-2002 21:09:37

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Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Evan350, 07-30-2002 06:58:00

spray it with herbsiede aand then when it dies burn it when the wind is right. if it burns the right way it will not hurt your fience.

combine boy

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PatM - alternative!!!

07-30-2002 19:53:49

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Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Evan350, 07-30-2002 06:58:00

Are you going to farm it, or lease it for farming? Do you know anyone who hunts? I don't know where you are, but here in Colorado we're getting topsoil drifts along the roads because there's nothin' else to stop the wind. Not quite as bad as the thirties yet.

You might be able to squeeze in some food plots and lease the ground to deer hunters. If you've got buckthorn and dogwood you can probaby attract quail, and turkey.

Don't get me wrong, I like a clean field as well as the next guy, but we are running out of places for our feathered and furry friends to live. And since I hunt, I really don't mind a "wide" fence row.

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07-30-2002 17:35:37

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Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Evan350, 07-30-2002 06:58:00

If you can find them there are brush blades for weed trimmers that work well. To be more pacific these are 7" blades with six chainsaw teeth on and 9" blade with eight chainsaw teeth on. I have used these on my striate shaft weed eater and have cut brush and trees up to 4" in diameter. Worked way better than any other brush blades I have used. Just something to think about. Good luck.

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07-30-2002 07:02:52

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Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Evan350, 07-30-2002 06:58:00

Get some good brush killer and a wetting agent and soak the fence rows down good. After the foliage has died off you can go in and remove (manually what you don't want. Another alternative if you don't have much fence anyway is to get it bulldozed out.

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Burrhead

07-30-2002 13:48:36

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Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to LH, 07-30-2002 07:02:52

I always shoot my fence lines with Grazon P&D ever year to get what the goats can't get to.

One of the neighbors here compared the cost on cleaning his neglected fence rows.

He claims it was cheaper to hire the dozer to do it plus it was clean enuff to refence with no manual brush work at all.

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jim

07-30-2002 19:16:24

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Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to Burrhead, 07-30-2002 13:48:36

Whenever we clean out old fence rows , we hire a tracked excavator. A track machine like that will easily take out brush right up to good sized trees, roots and all. Leave for a few days in order that the dirt around the roots dries, then push into a pile to be burned. Much cleaner and faster than a dozer and everything is cleaned up. Hourly rate is very reasonable and you will be surprised how much gets done by a good operator in an hour.

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JIMVA

07-31-2002 14:51:48

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to jim, 07-30-2002 19:16:24

Sorry to sound like a prick, but a track excavator is the same as dozer, dont know what part of the country your, just thought i would clear that up

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JoeinTX

07-31-2002 21:06:45

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to JIMVA, 07-31-2002 14:51:48

I don't know what country you live in, but a bulldozer and a track excavator are two entirely different machines. Now while they both move on tracks, a bulldozer has a single blade attached by arms to the undercarriage housing or the frame and it uses that blade to push maaterial. A track excavator (sometimes called an excavator or a trackhoe) has a large arm with a bucket attached, similar to a backhoe, which rotates on a turntable where the driver also sits. A track loader (which you may be getting confused with the others here) is similar to bulldozer, yet instead of a blade it has a front-end loader/bucket combination. Just thought I'd clear that up for you..... You people that continue to open your mouths even when you don't have a clue continue to amaze me. You probably also drive a Ford don't you..... ? Secondly, I've never seen an excavator used in place of a dozer to clear fence lines. An excavator sounds like an extremely bad fit to moving trees and leveling the ground as would be needed in preparing an old fence to be rebuilt. Oh well, I try to teach you guys something but you never listen..... ....

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JIMVA

08-01-2002 13:10:18

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to JoeinTX, 07-31-2002 21:06:45

The excavator u are describing that is similiar to a backhoe as u say is called a "trackhoe" not a tracked excavator,the backhoe has the loader on front and the hoe on the back, hence called a "backhoe" now a loader, called a "frontend loader" is the same as a bull dozer execept it as a front end loader on it. a "frontendloader" or a "bull dozer" is idea for cleaning out fence rows, a trackhoe would be good for digging the pond. Plus i drive a 2001 dodge 3500 dually diesal with a hydra bed. i wouldnt disgrace myself by driving a ford.

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JIMVA

08-01-2002 13:14:12

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to JIMVA, 08-01-2002 13:10:18

By the way i guess i dont know anything, even if my brother owns an excavating business, and i drive a dodge, but hey cant teach u nothern or western boys anything, everything has to be called the proper name.

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jim

07-31-2002 18:24:07

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to JIMVA, 07-31-2002 14:51:48

They say confession is good for the sole JIMVA. Up here we have bulldozers , backhoes and tracked excavators. A tracked excavator will outwork a dozer any day when cleaning fencerows and beats a backhoe in capacity while eliminating flat tires due to thorns or broken off steel fenceposts. Apologies accepted.

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rhouston

08-01-2002 13:08:19

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Cleaning out fence rows in reply to jim, 07-31-2002 18:24:07

I've seen trackhoes used to remove old logging roads from forest lands in the northwest, was quick and efficient. took out 16 inch and larger trees with a push of the bucket. didn't seem like the right tool to me either until I saw it working bucket could push further up the tree than dozer. but hay I Don't know nothin either. (I drive a dodge)

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