misser Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 got quite a large area of rough uneven scrub, bushes, gorse, weeds, thistles etc...was after what we used to call a jungle basher; no one seems to know what this is....does anyone on here know what one is or if they are still available, it attaches to small tractor and is pto driven....had two spinners with chains on, destroyed everything....dead easy if chain broke just replace, no blades etc...the one I saw was ancient and that was about 20 years ago..... atb....misser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 There is a self-propelled tool called I think a Billy Goat which does this job. It's like a mower on steroids and cuts up to about 40-50 mm saplings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoy1979 Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Do you mean a swipe? From your description that's what it sounds like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Something like this...http://fostersalescompany.co.uk/scrub_cutters_heavy_duty_models.html see page 22 in their brochure. Edited August 11, 2015 by CharlieT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 An old flail mower would do the job have a look in the farmers guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Either a chainswipe, which uses length of chain instead of blades or a forestry mulcher, which is a flail mower on steroids, but needs a big old tractor to run and can eat anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 This is what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brixsmaid Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Defo what I knew as a chain swipe 20 years ago, when I was re-establishing a former shoot - ran it on the PTO off an old ford tractor. Certainly not much could resist it, remember backing it up to small ( 3") trees and they gave up without much fight - ah the days before elf and safety! Certainly the big brother of the Billy Goat and other flail mowers Edited August 11, 2015 by Brixsmaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 That's what I had in mind shoot and be safe, we had one at my last job. Still didn't like traffic cones or tyres! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindhunter Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 hired in a large mulcher last year it eat gorse like it wasn't there and could even handle small trees left the ground in almost perfect conditions for growing a lawn or even game crop downside was it wasn't cheap, especially when the driver went into an area I told him to avoid and he got a steel stake through his tyre changing a tyre on a large tractor and mulcher in the middle of the wood is not much fun we have a couple of swipes here that are adequate for cutting rhodis and gorse. one of them has chains and the other one has blades which are good for cutting grass and weeds but it can handle heavier stuff as well-if your careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misser Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 thanks gents...will look for a chainswipe, maybe got the terminology wrong...thats the only thing with elf and safety tge one i saw years ago would probably be banned now....top equipment sabs but think its out of my league....only a gent like yourself could afford something like that....lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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