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That would hurt like a MF'er if you get it in you. I had a 1 inch long locust thorn in my leg once......I had to dig it out with a knife. And yes I was clearing. It's them little locusts that are the SOB's. BTW, usually my clearing crew is my PP220 and 440 if there is any big stuff.:greenchainsaw:
As promised, here are a couple of pictures that I took of one of our hawthorn trees.
Here is a close up of one of the thorns.
That would hurt like a MF'er if you get it in you. I had a 1 inch long locust thorn in my leg once......I had to dig it out with a knife. And yes I was clearing. It's them little locusts that are the SOB's. BTW, usually my clearing crew is my PP220 and 440 if there is any big stuff.:greenchainsaw:
ScoutmasterRick
ArboristSite Operative
Yeah, I hate working around locust. I must be allergic to it. When I get stuck by one it swells up like a bee sting.
As promised, here are a couple of pictures that I took of one of our hawthorn trees.
Here is a close up of one of the thorns.
Thanks Rick! Those are indeed nasty thorns, I can see how they could pop a tire.
mysawmyrules
ArboristSite Operative
+1 on that only takes a year or so up here and the willow and poplar takes over.
On another note when I get really tired of throwing chains or generally beating myself up with fence row clearing we have a D85 A Komatsu that has never said no, salvage what I can and pile the rest.
Jon W
Lol
LOL......If you got the equipment use it.....that's the way I love to do it.......lololol:greenchainsaw:
LOL......If you got the equipment use it.....that's the way I love to do it.......lololol:greenchainsaw:
Here it is a Case 550 and a 1450 when needed and a few others but they are a bit tough on posts. They are quick though. The same still applies though. Even if you grub it out with a crawler or a hoe there will still be regrowth.
Bill
SawTroll
Information Collector
..... They've been a pretty handy combo. If I run into anything that's too thick for Stihl I just grab the little Husky.
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Looks pretty similar to my FS200 and 339xp - handy tools, YES!
I nearly lost an eye a few years back using a brushcutter with a saw blade, while trimming small stuff along a fence row. I'd hit a small twig stump twice, chopping off a little part that hit my face just below the eye, causing a deep cut. thankfull for being lucky, I never used the brushcutter again without face protection.
Those pics brought the whole story back...
RiverRat2
Serio Tree Freak
ScoutmasterRick
ArboristSite Operative
The 3 bladed brush knife is really bad to fling stuff back. I've had wood chips and rocks come back hard enough to draw blood. I don't know if it shows up well in the first picture I posted, but I have my peltor hat on the bars of the 250. I actually get more use out of the face shield using the brushcutter than I do with the saw. And I always wear safety glasses underneath the mask too. The shield also helps working in the tall briars and rose thickets. I had a rose vine hit my face and split my lip open earlier this spring.
I run a FS180 that I bought new around 1991 with a 3 blade brush knife or sometimes a clearing blade with a stop. A few years ago I was cutting brush about 5' from the wall of a stucco house and the blade kicked up a rock. It hit the house and bounced off and hit me on the side of my head just behind the face shield and right below the brim. I had to stop cutting and recover for a few minutes, felt like my wife smacked me with the buckle end of a belt.
I too wear safety glasses and a face shield.
I too wear safety glasses and a face shield.
