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I have 43 acres/17 hectares about an hour north of Perth. About 10 years ago
planted about 200 wattles, some gums, casuarina's, weeping peppermints and a few other things. I must have done something right as the local stuff grew twice as high as they should. Some have encroached into the firebreaks and they have a nice crop of veldt grass underneath. I have about 12 dead trees to remove. I have a Deutscher H26 it is wonderful on the weeds but this section I can't get into with the lower tree branches most of which are dead. This is due to a lack of light and some pruning done at the end of the branches at firebreak time. My neighbour has a 3 sawblade affair that connects to hydraulics on his dozer but they don't go back to the tree trunk like I want. The other thing is the dozer can only do the perimeter So I need a reliable chainsaw that will cut through the lower branches some of which are 4 inches/100 mm thick. It will also need to remove the dead trees which have trunks 8 inches/ 200 mm thick. Just want something gutsy that I am not spending ages on a tree branch. Would prefer secondhand to save on costs. I have a 16 inch Homelite chainsaw but it won't look at this! I have had a McCulloch in the past but it was a crap model that needed parts all the time. What would suit the job, something bigger like a 20 inch and what make and model is a good one with spare parts still availabe? Oh something that has fuel and oil that is easy to get at too. Any help would be much appreciated :c) Anyone know how to eliminate African Lovegrass? Cheers Rick |
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Loosecanon wrote:
I have 43 acres/17 hectares about an hour north of Perth. About 10 years ago planted about 200 wattles, some gums, casuarina's, weeping peppermints and a few other things. I must have done something right as the local stuff grew twice as high as they should. Some have encroached into the firebreaks and they have a nice crop of veldt grass underneath. I have about 12 dead trees to remove. I have a Deutscher H26 it is wonderful on the weeds but this section I can't get into with the lower tree branches most of which are dead. This is due to a lack of light and some pruning done at the end of the branches at firebreak time. My neighbour has a 3 sawblade affair that connects to hydraulics on his dozer but they don't go back to the tree trunk like I want. The other thing is the dozer can only do the perimeter So I need a reliable chainsaw that will cut through the lower branches some of which are 4 inches/100 mm thick. It will also need to remove the dead trees which have trunks 8 inches/ 200 mm thick. Just want something gutsy that I am not spending ages on a tree branch. Would prefer secondhand to save on costs. I have a 16 inch Homelite chainsaw but it won't look at this! I have had a McCulloch in the past but it was a crap model that needed parts all the time. What would suit the job, something bigger like a 20 inch and what make and model is a good one with spare parts still availabe? Oh something that has fuel and oil that is easy to get at too. Any help would be much appreciated :c) Anyone know how to eliminate African Lovegrass? Cheers Rick Stihl 090 if you are up to it |
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