Tool to Remove Privet bushes from yard
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Walter Reeves on Dec 26, 2011It's a Weed Wrench www.weedwrench.com/ They're pricey but I notice that they now have a loan/rent/borrow part of their website so you can get use out of your tool after you clear your property. Mine is used each month to pull privet at Kittredge Park in DeKalb county.Helpful Reply
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David S on Dec 26, 2011OBVIOUSLY , I'M NOT AS SMART AS TOM AND WALTER ......ABOUT HALF WAY BACK ON ONE SIDE OF MY HOME , I STARTED/TRIED TO FORM A PRIVET INTO A TREE . WELL , LAST YEAR I DECIDED THAT PROJECT WAS A FAILURE AND DOWN CAME A MULTI-TRUNKED PRIVET AT LEAST 15' TALL . UNFORTUNATELY , ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY HOME , A NEIGHBOR WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT GARDENING , HAS AN EQUALLY LARGE PRIVET .....NOW EACH YEAR , I PRUNE IT BACK TO THE PROPERTY LINE .Helpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Dec 26, 2011Check out northern tool for all sorts of brush removers. Depending on how you want to remove them they have hand held models and ones that can be used with a truck or tractor. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_grounds-maintenance+weed-brush-removal Be sure to read the comments on some of them as a few are not worth spending money on. But others seem to be quite nice.Helpful Reply
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Paul M on Dec 26, 2011When we do that our tool of choice is a bob cat or a truck/tractor and a chain. Works every time no matter how big those buggers get.Helpful Reply
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Tom on Dec 26, 2011So far Walter's suggestion seems to be the winner. :-)Helpful Reply
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Paul M on Dec 27, 2011Yeah look at that bush he pulled up. Now try that on a ten year old privet and see how far you get.Helpful Reply
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Tom on Dec 27, 2011I don't need a bobcat to do what I'm needing. I'll keep you in mind though.Helpful Reply
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Paul M on Dec 28, 2011I've pulled them up with a 5" trunk, roots and all. BTW I don't have a bob cat I just have some friends that do. Once summer we pulled up about 50 of those buggers all at once. It took about 8 hours to get them all out, piled up and burned. I was glad to see them go. I doubt that I could have done it that fast with a weed wrench.Helpful Reply
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