Well, after enough gnawing away at some old, mostly dead, standing Buckthorn, nesting season has more or less arrived. My efforts are moving towards areas that no self respecting Woodcock should be in. There's about a 50' square patch of dry Phragmites I'd like to cut in order to uncover some Honeysuckle that needs purging [cut and paint]. A few areas with the damnable Reeded Canary Grass that I have permission to cut until I can't take it anymore... All this stuff is on fairly gentle terrain, no steep hills... Steep slopes are for the young guys...
The DNR will spray the emerging Phragmites [right next to a Cty HWY], but the RCG is tucked away, unseen but by God. Looking at the Stil FS91 with handlebars and a grass cutting blade suitable for RCG and Phragmites. I do not intend to cut Honeysuckle and Buckthorn with the brush cutter, because I need to paint the fresh stumps with 25% Glyphosate [start, cut, stop, paint, rinse, repeat...]. The old 20v Skil reciprocating saw will scream in the woods again.
Some small bush willow trunks maybe 1-1.5 inches would be targets of opportunity, but I have no desire to clear a dense stand of the stuff.
What comes with an FS91? Tools? Do I need to get parts in order to pull the string trimmer head and install a metal blade? Which blade? The included sling will do for now, but maybe the Husqvarna harness for the long approach marches of 1/2 mile just to get to some of the infestations... Oh, I've had bad luck with a string trimmer head and RCG, those long stems seem to search for the smallest seam and bind up the head...
The DNR will spray the emerging Phragmites [right next to a Cty HWY], but the RCG is tucked away, unseen but by God. Looking at the Stil FS91 with handlebars and a grass cutting blade suitable for RCG and Phragmites. I do not intend to cut Honeysuckle and Buckthorn with the brush cutter, because I need to paint the fresh stumps with 25% Glyphosate [start, cut, stop, paint, rinse, repeat...]. The old 20v Skil reciprocating saw will scream in the woods again.
Some small bush willow trunks maybe 1-1.5 inches would be targets of opportunity, but I have no desire to clear a dense stand of the stuff.
What comes with an FS91? Tools? Do I need to get parts in order to pull the string trimmer head and install a metal blade? Which blade? The included sling will do for now, but maybe the Husqvarna harness for the long approach marches of 1/2 mile just to get to some of the infestations... Oh, I've had bad luck with a string trimmer head and RCG, those long stems seem to search for the smallest seam and bind up the head...