Greetings from Canada,
I bought a house in last fall on 5 Acres and previous owners planted everything possible .
First I have a 20 feet wide 300 feet long ditch at the front near the highway. That currently has water in it and grass is knee length in the water. I mow on the slope using my riding lawn mower but when water dries , I need to clean the ditch to prepare for next year's possible Spring high waters.
On the two depth sides (approx 650 feet each) and the back side ( same length approx 350 feet) has double Tree lines and there is I dont know what in between those. This year's heavy rains have made things overgrow like crazy. These trees are huge and some places branches hanging on the nearby patch of grass. At some places the inner tree line is actually shrubs growing at very fast speed uncontrolled.
Just a 200 feet by 200 feet is an empty field (soil) everywhere else is grass. I bought a new Cub Cadet Z force SX 54 inch entry level pro grade mower to mow it which is doing great job but some places were under water till last 3 week so grass grew above my waist line. Where my mower can not go, the grass and weed are growing above waist line.
Long story short, I have tons to cut and I can not engage professionals as it will be not be cost effective because it is a large property and things will require cutting on a recurring basis. I want to handle it myself. It might be a slow work and not as efficient as pros but will help me in a long run
I initially thought to buy a dedicated string trimmer Stihl FS 240 and a blade ( three or four point or even the circular saw blade) but soon realised that that it will not be the only thing I will need so I started searching online and came across this forum. There is tons of good information here. I realised that I will need a Hedge trimmer and a pole pruner as well along with the string trimmer and that takes me to having only one system (perhaps Kombi) so here some specific questions to start with
1) Am I thinking in right direction with Kombi?
2) Which Kombi engine? KM 94 R (2 stroke) or 111 R or 131 R (both are 4 Mix) for the three main attachments (String trimmer, Hedge trimmer and Pole pruner)
3) Is Kickback from a circular blade ( full circular blade or 3 point or 4 point blade) is a real danger ? I am trying to avoid these attachments because - one I am new to all this and second I am not sure what hard objects will be there in between tree lines so high chances of hitting something hard. Can I just manage with String trimmer? Any other advise
4) Straight v/s adjustable hedge trimmer - which one to go for
Thanks in advance folks....
I bought a house in last fall on 5 Acres and previous owners planted everything possible .
First I have a 20 feet wide 300 feet long ditch at the front near the highway. That currently has water in it and grass is knee length in the water. I mow on the slope using my riding lawn mower but when water dries , I need to clean the ditch to prepare for next year's possible Spring high waters.
On the two depth sides (approx 650 feet each) and the back side ( same length approx 350 feet) has double Tree lines and there is I dont know what in between those. This year's heavy rains have made things overgrow like crazy. These trees are huge and some places branches hanging on the nearby patch of grass. At some places the inner tree line is actually shrubs growing at very fast speed uncontrolled.
Just a 200 feet by 200 feet is an empty field (soil) everywhere else is grass. I bought a new Cub Cadet Z force SX 54 inch entry level pro grade mower to mow it which is doing great job but some places were under water till last 3 week so grass grew above my waist line. Where my mower can not go, the grass and weed are growing above waist line.
Long story short, I have tons to cut and I can not engage professionals as it will be not be cost effective because it is a large property and things will require cutting on a recurring basis. I want to handle it myself. It might be a slow work and not as efficient as pros but will help me in a long run
I initially thought to buy a dedicated string trimmer Stihl FS 240 and a blade ( three or four point or even the circular saw blade) but soon realised that that it will not be the only thing I will need so I started searching online and came across this forum. There is tons of good information here. I realised that I will need a Hedge trimmer and a pole pruner as well along with the string trimmer and that takes me to having only one system (perhaps Kombi) so here some specific questions to start with
1) Am I thinking in right direction with Kombi?
2) Which Kombi engine? KM 94 R (2 stroke) or 111 R or 131 R (both are 4 Mix) for the three main attachments (String trimmer, Hedge trimmer and Pole pruner)
3) Is Kickback from a circular blade ( full circular blade or 3 point or 4 point blade) is a real danger ? I am trying to avoid these attachments because - one I am new to all this and second I am not sure what hard objects will be there in between tree lines so high chances of hitting something hard. Can I just manage with String trimmer? Any other advise
4) Straight v/s adjustable hedge trimmer - which one to go for
Thanks in advance folks....