What “DIY” tool could i buy or rent to clear my backyard?
Just bought a home recently and i want to get rid of some bushes/skinny trees? I’m on the fence if it can be a DIY type of thing or if i need to hire a crew. What tool would work best to cut this up?
or herbicide and an axe(depending on branch thickness) a week later, but where’s the fun in that?
StuffyUnicorn
I also live up against a forest and have a growing kudzu issue. I machete what I can to stop new growth over and over. Cut down to the root and spray a lot of kudzu killer if you can. You’ve got a big forest back there and kudzu can grow a foot a day so it’s probably already taken root everywhere
Weazywest
I’d wait till winter and go hard through that stuff daily. It won’t grow as fast and at least it’ll give you a shot. Otherwise, I’d hire professionals.
ToolManJay
I’ve dealt with similar, and from my experience, my advice would be to wait until winter – the brush will thin significantly and you won’t have to deal with ticks (or anything else) so much. Get yourself quality hedge trimmers and chainsaw. Hand tools like an axe, hatchet, or pruning saws are optional but may be handy. I’m thinking Ego, STIHL, and Fiskars brands.
It can be surprising how much you can clear in a day, but it can also be surprising how exhausting it can be. If you’re planning on staying there long term then keep in mind long term sustainability over quick aggressive approaches.
Alternatively you could consider just glysophating it all.
Annual-Government383
Let someone else do it…Poison Ivy isn’t your friend.
Procrasturbating
Get a decent trimmer, mower, and pruners. If you are not in great shape, hire the cheapest crew you can find not on meth. Don’t pay a cent until they are done.
Do you have a string trimmer? There’s heads you can put on them that are very aggressive with weeds and even small trees up to an inch or two. Go to amazon. and search “string trimmer blades”. I’ve been using this one for my ego;
Amazon; Cheetah Pro herbicide. After a couple of weeks (when it’s cooler – the next step is hard work), armed with a spade, pickaxe, shears, and dozens of paper lawn bags, clear what remains. Be sure to get the roots!
pooorSAP
I’d wait until the winter and see what the woods look like behind the overgrowth. If it’s fallen trees, dead branches and years of leaves you have your work cut out.
Sometimes the overgrowth covers an unsightly mess, uneven ground, etc.
Slow_Elk8803
Goats 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
MyOtherAcoountIsGone
I thought this was the PT banner lol
RIC_IN_RVA
Goats. Seriously. We hired some to clean out a 1700s cemetery you couldn’t step foot inside the stone walls it was so thick
You don’t need the pole for getting up high, you use it low like a scythe and clip through all the brush without having to bend over. Works better than a weedwhacker or brush cutter.
Soft_Database_3747
Weedwhacker and rake can do 90% of this. Cover up to avoid poison ivy
lord_hyumungus
Gatotoes
brandanbooth
Goats
Parking_Lobster8834
Flamethrower
ItzBenjiey
Bushhog
Golandia
Brushcutter will chomp this all down no problem in a few minutes. It’s a heavy duty weed whacker that uses blades instead of string.
OdinDogfather
Goats.
BeezyBates
Hire some animals. They fertilize as they go as a bonus. It’s not very expensive, literally effortless, and you’re just left cutting up thin branches.
Has anyone mentioned goats yet? No, I don’t think so. I must be the first one to suggest goats. Those jokers will clean that stuff up better than you can!
lexjacuzz1
Goats
DMANSR
Goats
AppendixN
A brush hog.
They rent them at Home Depot. I cleared out an area as big as yours and even more overgrown with one. They’re incredibly effective.
Pop_wiggleBOOM
Goats
notyumm
All these people saying goats… jeez. Yeah that’s an option if you don’t mind waiting weeks or months for progress and then it still won’t be 100% clear. Then you’ve introduced a new problem, all the shit they leave in your yard. Also what do you then do with the goats when you’re “done?” Realistically, you can rent what are called brush hogs and with some elbow grease and a weedwacker you can clear all of that out to your liking in a couple of hours.
Icy-Improvement-4219
Goats!! 🐏🐏🐏🐏
ewok_360
Those are just 40 men in ghilly suits.
Ask them politely to leave.
Jimbomcdeans
Goats.
TheOtherArod
Today I’ve learned that if I ever need vegetation removal, just hire goats
EasTNVol
Goats or goats
alwaysoffended22
Goats!!!
Should have read the other comments. Goats is still the answer
Fishtails
In before “goats.”
Who am I *kid*ding, this was posted two hours ago.
46 Comments
Hire goats
Goats.
flamethrower…
chainsaw…
machette…
or herbicide and an axe(depending on branch thickness) a week later, but where’s the fun in that?
I also live up against a forest and have a growing kudzu issue. I machete what I can to stop new growth over and over. Cut down to the root and spray a lot of kudzu killer if you can. You’ve got a big forest back there and kudzu can grow a foot a day so it’s probably already taken root everywhere
I’d wait till winter and go hard through that stuff daily. It won’t grow as fast and at least it’ll give you a shot. Otherwise, I’d hire professionals.
I’ve dealt with similar, and from my experience, my advice would be to wait until winter – the brush will thin significantly and you won’t have to deal with ticks (or anything else) so much. Get yourself quality hedge trimmers and chainsaw. Hand tools like an axe, hatchet, or pruning saws are optional but may be handy. I’m thinking Ego, STIHL, and Fiskars brands.
It can be surprising how much you can clear in a day, but it can also be surprising how exhausting it can be. If you’re planning on staying there long term then keep in mind long term sustainability over quick aggressive approaches.
Alternatively you could consider just glysophating it all.
Let someone else do it…Poison Ivy isn’t your friend.
Get a decent trimmer, mower, and pruners. If you are not in great shape, hire the cheapest crew you can find not on meth. Don’t pay a cent until they are done.
Goats. 🐐
But no matter what you do, you’ll have to do it several years in a row because Kudzu tubers are gigantic and deep. See https://www.reddit.com/r/asheville/s/MXD1EneolV
Do you have a string trimmer? There’s heads you can put on them that are very aggressive with weeds and even small trees up to an inch or two. Go to amazon. and search “string trimmer blades”. I’ve been using this one for my ego;
https://preview.redd.it/5hv77ingw3hf1.jpeg?width=633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ca11c1c7960374ff9750eadb9e368d915aa3fb5
Amazon; Cheetah Pro herbicide. After a couple of weeks (when it’s cooler – the next step is hard work), armed with a spade, pickaxe, shears, and dozens of paper lawn bags, clear what remains. Be sure to get the roots!
I’d wait until the winter and see what the woods look like behind the overgrowth. If it’s fallen trees, dead branches and years of leaves you have your work cut out.
Sometimes the overgrowth covers an unsightly mess, uneven ground, etc.
Goats 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
I thought this was the PT banner lol
Goats. Seriously. We hired some to clean out a 1700s cemetery you couldn’t step foot inside the stone walls it was so thick
Goats.
A pole trimmer. I have one of [these](https://www.lowes.com/pd/EGO-Multi-Head-System-String-Trimmer-Hedge-Trimmer-Attachment/5014702037).
You don’t need the pole for getting up high, you use it low like a scythe and clip through all the brush without having to bend over. Works better than a weedwhacker or brush cutter.
Weedwhacker and rake can do 90% of this. Cover up to avoid poison ivy
Gatotoes
Goats
Flamethrower
Bushhog
Brushcutter will chomp this all down no problem in a few minutes. It’s a heavy duty weed whacker that uses blades instead of string.
Goats.
Hire some animals. They fertilize as they go as a bonus. It’s not very expensive, literally effortless, and you’re just left cutting up thin branches.
M67
https://preview.redd.it/r12byrh114hf1.png?width=1079&format=png&auto=webp&s=1cb2085bcae542358b7d190d7d30c91ced2c5542
Goats
Kudzu?
Flame thrower
40 gallon tow sprayer with roundup
Goats
Goats
Has anyone mentioned goats yet? No, I don’t think so. I must be the first one to suggest goats. Those jokers will clean that stuff up better than you can!
Goats
Goats
A brush hog.
They rent them at Home Depot. I cleared out an area as big as yours and even more overgrown with one. They’re incredibly effective.
Goats
All these people saying goats… jeez. Yeah that’s an option if you don’t mind waiting weeks or months for progress and then it still won’t be 100% clear. Then you’ve introduced a new problem, all the shit they leave in your yard. Also what do you then do with the goats when you’re “done?” Realistically, you can rent what are called brush hogs and with some elbow grease and a weedwacker you can clear all of that out to your liking in a couple of hours.
Goats!! 🐏🐏🐏🐏
Those are just 40 men in ghilly suits.
Ask them politely to leave.
Goats.
Today I’ve learned that if I ever need vegetation removal, just hire goats
Goats or goats
Goats!!!
Should have read the other comments. Goats is still the answer
In before “goats.”
Who am I *kid*ding, this was posted two hours ago.
Goats