I have a overly well established stand of bamboo that is all inter-twined with good trees and somewhat rugged terrain. Needs serious cutting back on a regular basis. stalks can be over 2" in diameter and 20' high.
I have done it before with chainsaw, echo trimmer with saw-blade, smashing it down with front end loader and backhoe, and a 20" residential mower that i cut the front out of exposing about 1/2 inch of the blade. believe it or not the 20" mower was the best so far, until it blew up because the terrain is a little too rough for the engine oiling system and having blade connect directly to the motor with no ability to slip.
looking for some ideas. i thought about trying a ratchet rake on the front end loader.
or maybe trying to find a mower deck of some kind that i can cut the front out and expose an inch of the blade but drive it with pulleys or PTO with slip clutch. i have walk-behind tractors that can run a deck with pulleys or small PTO shaft.
thought i would look for advice before i go crazy buying and/or modifying things.
I have done it before with chainsaw, echo trimmer with saw-blade, smashing it down with front end loader and backhoe, and a 20" residential mower that i cut the front out of exposing about 1/2 inch of the blade. believe it or not the 20" mower was the best so far, until it blew up because the terrain is a little too rough for the engine oiling system and having blade connect directly to the motor with no ability to slip.
looking for some ideas. i thought about trying a ratchet rake on the front end loader.
or maybe trying to find a mower deck of some kind that i can cut the front out and expose an inch of the blade but drive it with pulleys or PTO with slip clutch. i have walk-behind tractors that can run a deck with pulleys or small PTO shaft.
thought i would look for advice before i go crazy buying and/or modifying things.