Brush cutter for making trails

[Brufab]

I have a 30 year old echo srm straitshaft trimmer cable drive used the echo brush blade and guard kit. Did some pretty good damage to 3" and under trees. Bigger trees will take a few attempts. But wow that blade sings when you wind it up to make a cut anything under 1" it was like I was trimming grass.

 

[Brufab]

Dr brushmower has been my go to. Have cleared acres of brush and tall grass and use it to cut my clover in food plots. It also has attachments like finish mower and snowblower you can buy. I have 2nd gen one and hasn't let me down once. Has a kawasaki motor on it.

 

[Brufab]

If you can climb it with the mower it will cut it. Says 3" but unless it's a real flexible tree it won't do it but it's bad ass for shooting lanes and trails.

 

[GrizG]

I've got an FS130R and put a Limit Stop on it when I use Stihl chisel blades. To date it has served me well for cutting woody brush and saplings. When I have another big job I'm going to try a carbide blade.... this as while sharpening the chisel blade is not difficult it does take time away from cutting to either swap out or sharpen the blade in the field. I also have a large deflector that I use with a Stihl Brush Knife that works great for thorn canes, heavy grass, grape vines, etc. I've got Stihl pro chain saws and an HT131 pole pruner for bigger stuff... That said, when I had 1.7 miles of trail upon which I needed to mow the shoulders back 4' on each side, I rented a Billy Goat Brush Mower. It has hydrostatic drive and nothing I mowed stopped it.

P.S. From previous discussions on this web site it became abundantly clear that different regions of the country present different brush challenges. What works great for me may not do so for you!

 

[bitpile]

Any suggestions as to where I can buy a Champion Brush Blender blade? Small time user so only looking for a couple blades, not 20...

 

[FXJenkins]

I'm in the market for this right now as well, appreciate the input. Looking at pairing a FS 111 with the renegade reaper. But I have a lot of rock...

 

[FXJenkins]

@oacsnacorns, a picture is worth alot of words...did you intend to post a picture of your champion brush blades imbedded halfway through the guard?

 

[bitpile]

Found couple options.
Champion: $120 3mm Champion
Copperhead: $22 4mm! Copperhead
Thicken: $8.50 3mm Thicken

Haven't tried the later two, but likely to be my next purchase.

 

[fields_mj]

I run this trimmer with a f$20 orester brush blade to remove invasive honey suckle and it does great.

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