DeWalt hedge trimmer

[bobfuente]

Got it in today. Tried it out on some live stump bodock trunks the power company left standing. The stumps have hundreds of limb spikes growing straight up and I thought it might make an unusual hedge.

 

[bobfuente]

The limbs are all about the thickness of my index finger. And loaded with thorns.

 

[bobfuente]

It made fast work of the job and I enjoyed it so much that I hated to get finished so fast.

 

[retrieverman]

Good to know!!! My brother just bought a Dewalt pole saw and loves it so far.

 

[cdschoonie]

I like all my tools being yellow, I have a Dewalt fetish. I love yellow tools so much I’m getting ready to order a Lyman powder trickler! Plus, yellow is the wife’s favorite color, so she never gripes about me buying yellow tools!

 

[bobfuente]

When I was a kid I trimmed hedges the old fashioned way with hand held clippers. I'd never had an electric hedge trimmer. I knew I had to do something about the new growth coming from the bodock stumps.

The DeWalt was affordable - by itself. Since I already have Flexvolt batteries, I ordered it a few days ago. The 20v hedge clipper accepts the 60v batteries of my DeWalt chainsaws.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I would put Tordon on the stumps

 

[dennishoddy]

I would put Tordon on the stumps

Agree 100% with one caveat. The Bodarc I've cut and put the tordon on, required a second treatment right after the new shoots came up.
Why it didn't kill it the first time I don't know. It's death on every other tree. The second treatment kills the stump though.

 

[bobfuente]

There are multiple bodarc stumps, none as big as those two in the pic. The DeWalt hedge trimmer handles the shoots real good and the hedge provides a thorned barrier to protestors and activists.

 

[TerryMiller]

Actually, the spelling is wrong, but since the real spelling can be difficult for most (including myself), I thought I would post this:

The Beautiful Bois D'Arc Tree

The Incredible Bois D'Arc Tree

The Bois D'Arc tree makes very tough fence posts, but I don't know if they even still make them anymore. From that second link:

"But even though the barn is over 100 years old the contractors could not nail through the Bois d’Arc posts because they were so dense. They had to first drill them, and then nail or screw the boards to them. Fascinating!"