Thread: Machete

lopping shears..handles about 2 foot long are heaps easier than a machete..... but its all swings n roundabouts...for crown fern and skinny sticks a hookfern slasher is VERY hard to beat..the trick is to use it forwards,cutting upwards so blade enguages stems and pulls into them as going up,Vs swinging down,they bend and dont cut as well.
gorse is a barstard full stop....loppers beats a machete but nothing beats a chainsaw....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

but nothing beats a chainsaw....

Oh yes it can: Stihl 55cc scrub bar with circular saw blade fitted. But have to take the guard off it so you can waggle it in the air and chop up all the hanging supple jack and tree ferns in your path

That's what the old man did although not a stihl. Rev it at full tit and crunch it into the trunk then pull it out and get to full speed again and repeat.

Originally Posted by XR500

Oh yes it can: Stihl 55cc scrub bar with circular saw blade fitted. But have to take the guard off it so you can waggle it in the air and chop up all the hanging supple jack and tree ferns in your path

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

lopping shears..handles about 2 foot long are heaps easier than a machete..... but its all swings n roundabouts...for crown fern and skinny sticks a hookfern slasher is VERY hard to beat..the trick is to use it forwards,cutting upwards so blade enguages stems and pulls into them as going up,Vs swinging down,they bend and dont cut as well.
gorse is a barstard full stop....loppers beats a machete but nothing beats a chainsaw....

Matches do !

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Matches do !

Nah, bloody fire cracks and sets the seeds off - tail chase time as they might germinate straight away or in a couple of seasons. Jungle time!