| Power tools ... 15:41 - Jun 29 with 2548 views | bluelagos |
One of you clever sods might be able to help.
Am wanting to trim some brambles in a place where I won't be able to run a lead. I have a hedge trimmer but that runs off a plug.
It's a one off, so don't really want to buy a battery powered tool seeing as I can't see myself using it again.
So was thinking about some sort of power bank, that you can charge at home and then take outside along with my hedge trimmer to do the job. Is probably a 15 min job so doesn't need to be too big/powerful.
Any thoughts on a solution?
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| Power tools ... on 15:58 - Jun 29 with 2478 views | tazdac |
Generator? :o) |  | | |
| Power tools ... on 15:59 - Jun 29 with 2473 views | Lord_Lucan |
Get Stevie to do it. |  |
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| Power tools ... on 16:04 - Jun 29 with 2449 views | ronnyd |
Tool hire place? | | | |
| Power tools ... on 16:27 - Jun 29 with 2362 views | Bent_double |
Buy one from B&Q/Screwfix, use it, then take it back the next day and ask for a refund as you've changed your mind .
And no, of course you didn't use it, and you have no idea how that twig/leaf got into the mechanism.  |  |
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| Power tools ... on 16:32 - Jun 29 with 2345 views | mutters |
Not sure where you are based but local to me (in Monmouthshire) is a Library of Things
https://monmouthshire.benthyg.cymru/
You can borrow/hire tools at a very cheap price.
It might be worth checking out if there is one similar in your local area |  |
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| Power tools ... on 16:33 - Jun 29 with 2335 views | Swansea_Blue |
Dig them up? Or is it a literal one off clear on ground that isn’t yours? If it’s your patch they’ll only be back, bigger and tougher
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| Power tools ... on 16:36 - Jun 29 with 2317 views | bluelagos |
A machete. Not seen one of them since my driver ran into a mob of machete waving area boys on the way home from Thursday curry night.
Shears is probably easiest solution if not as fun . | |
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| Power tools ... on 16:40 - Jun 29 with 2299 views | bluelagos |
| Power tools ... on 16:33 - Jun 29 by Swansea_Blue |
Dig them up? Or is it a literal one off clear on ground that isn’t yours? If it’s your patch they’ll only be back, bigger and tougher
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Public footpath | |
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| Power tools ... on 16:56 - Jun 29 with 2250 views | Help |
Hand shears or similar cutting tool that does not need power? |  |
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| Power tools ... on 17:24 - Jun 29 with 2161 views | Leaky |
Probably cheaper to hire someone to do for |  | | |
| Power tools ... on 17:28 - Jun 29 with 2137 views | HairBearBunch |
The petrol hedge cutter stays in the shed when it's brambles - pair of decent gloves and secateurs and you'll make good progress with easier clearing up. A dense bramble hedge has less shoots than it appears. |  | | |
| Power tools ... on 17:33 - Jun 29 with 2122 views | Ryorry |
| Power tools ... on 16:36 - Jun 29 by bluelagos |
A machete. Not seen one of them since my driver ran into a mob of machete waving area boys on the way home from Thursday curry night.
Shears is probably easiest solution if not as fun . |
I have a slasher (also called billhooks round here) - fun, & great for nettles & thistles, but far less so for brambles, for which (if you're not digging em up) the best solution is a hefty pair of gauntlets & an anvil pruner. If there are loads, then a flame thrower might be fun too? :)
Hedge trimmer's all very well, but bramble shoots can grow like triffids on steroids, & if you only cut em back a couple of feet, they'll have grown back by the autumn. |  |
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| Power tools ... on 18:05 - Jun 29 with 2071 views | DJR |
| Power tools ... on 17:33 - Jun 29 by Ryorry |
I have a slasher (also called billhooks round here) - fun, & great for nettles & thistles, but far less so for brambles, for which (if you're not digging em up) the best solution is a hefty pair of gauntlets & an anvil pruner. If there are loads, then a flame thrower might be fun too? :)
Hedge trimmer's all very well, but bramble shoots can grow like triffids on steroids, & if you only cut em back a couple of feet, they'll have grown back by the autumn. |
I use a fairly powerful cordless strimmer to cut even large brambles down to ground level but it does go through a lot of wire.
The last couple of years appears to have been particularly favourable for brambles, and digging them out would be too much of an effort for me.
The secret when you get them down to ground level is to strim every few weeks or so over the summer, and most areas where I have brambles have a covering of ivy which means when cut down they don't look an eyesore.
The real pain is a run of a particular type of bush I have which has brambles growing out of it. You have to cut them out individually near the root, but they are not easy to get to, and grow over the summer. [Post edited 29 Jun 2024 18:08]
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| Power tools ... on 18:17 - Jun 29 with 2017 views | Ryorry |
| Power tools ... on 18:05 - Jun 29 by DJR |
I use a fairly powerful cordless strimmer to cut even large brambles down to ground level but it does go through a lot of wire.
The last couple of years appears to have been particularly favourable for brambles, and digging them out would be too much of an effort for me.
The secret when you get them down to ground level is to strim every few weeks or so over the summer, and most areas where I have brambles have a covering of ivy which means when cut down they don't look an eyesore.
The real pain is a run of a particular type of bush I have which has brambles growing out of it. You have to cut them out individually near the root, but they are not easy to get to, and grow over the summer. [Post edited 29 Jun 2024 18:08]
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Oh good point, I'd forgotten about faithful old strimmers - yes, I too use mine for brambles (and shrub/tree overhangs) - is really effective even on such toughies, don't always even have to switch it out of standard into turbo mode to get the job done. And Lagos will be pleased to hear it's a cordless one! (Black & Decker). | |
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| Power tools ... on 18:21 - Jun 29 with 2003 views | DJR |
| Power tools ... on 18:17 - Jun 29 by Ryorry |
Oh good point, I'd forgotten about faithful old strimmers - yes, I too use mine for brambles (and shrub/tree overhangs) - is really effective even on such toughies, don't always even have to switch it out of standard into turbo mode to get the job done. And Lagos will be pleased to hear it's a cordless one! (Black & Decker). |
The only thing my strimmer struggles with are large nettles, which tend to get wrapped round it and stop it working. I think it's because nettles have a high water content, making them rather stringy when strimmed. [Post edited 29 Jun 2024 18:22]
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| Power tools ... on 18:26 - Jun 29 with 1968 views | GeoffSentence |
| Power tools ... on 17:28 - Jun 29 by HairBearBunch |
The petrol hedge cutter stays in the shed when it's brambles - pair of decent gloves and secateurs and you'll make good progress with easier clearing up. A dense bramble hedge has less shoots than it appears. |
I've not found a pair of gloves that is up to the task of keeping bramble thorns out, so I double-glove, safe and sound. Pulling them out at the root is my favoured approach, but you do have to be able to get close to the bottom of the shoot, might not be practical for a thicket.
Otherwise, borrow a goat. |  |
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| Power tools ... on 18:30 - Jun 29 with 1941 views | Leaky |
| Power tools ... on 18:26 - Jun 29 by GeoffSentence |
I've not found a pair of gloves that is up to the task of keeping bramble thorns out, so I double-glove, safe and sound. Pulling them out at the root is my favoured approach, but you do have to be able to get close to the bottom of the shoot, might not be practical for a thicket.
Otherwise, borrow a goat. |
I understand a certain J Clarkson hirers them for that purpose | | | |
| Power tools ... on 18:31 - Jun 29 with 1934 views | jontysnut |
| Power tools ... on 16:56 - Jun 29 by Help |
Hand shears or similar cutting tool that does not need power? |
Many years ago I had a summer job with Ipswich Council. Me and a mate had to cut the long hedge on the left going out on the London Road past Chantry from Robin Drive to the Post House using hand shears. It took us weeks. Bitten, stung, cut by thorns, sunstroke. At the end I was like Alec Guinness in Bridge Over the River Kwai. |  | | |
| Power tools ... on 18:33 - Jun 29 with 1930 views | J2BLUE |
| Power tools ... on 16:36 - Jun 29 by bluelagos |
A machete. Not seen one of them since my driver ran into a mob of machete waving area boys on the way home from Thursday curry night.
Shears is probably easiest solution if not as fun . |
Woodbridge isn't what it used to be |  |
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| Power tools ... on 18:34 - Jun 29 with 1920 views | DJR |
| Power tools ... on 18:26 - Jun 29 by GeoffSentence |
I've not found a pair of gloves that is up to the task of keeping bramble thorns out, so I double-glove, safe and sound. Pulling them out at the root is my favoured approach, but you do have to be able to get close to the bottom of the shoot, might not be practical for a thicket.
Otherwise, borrow a goat. |
I have a pair of gauntlet gloves which are not dissimilar to these.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Briers-Ultimate-Golden-Leather-Gauntlet/dp/B085DY2K1Q/r
Nothing gets through them, and they protect the arms. [Post edited 29 Jun 2024 18:36]
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| Power tools ... on 18:39 - Jun 29 with 1887 views | GeoffSentence |
I might get a pair of them, I look a bit like a junkie with tracks up my arms from ripping out bramble this morning. | |
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