Old School Cool: Guy with Giant Scythe Takes on a Brush Cutter

[Pops1967GTX]

[video=youtube;gsfIHiBB6xE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfIHiBB6xE[/video]

 

[440+6]

I still have my old sickle, same as the one the guy used in the video, used to cut tall grass and weeds on some empty lots I had, they work great once you get the hang of it, always had a stone in my back pocket to keep it razor sharp.

 

[Photon440]

X2

Got the old scythe that my dad used when I was a kid. Clears a field pretty quick.

 

[Icecobra]

Havent this idiots heard of Sears and a riding lawnmower yet.. Could have done the patch in 30 seconds...

 

[Greg Ducato]

That is a real workout! I was impressed by the speed and accuracy, the guy most have some experience with that tool

 

[Photon440]

Havent this idiots heard of Sears and a riding lawnmower yet.. Could have done the patch in 30 seconds...

You can't feed grass to a horse that's been through a riding mower... That's what my scythe was for.

 

[Icecobra]

If objective was to keep it long my grand fathers tractor would have it whacked on one pass and take about 5 seconds... Then feed it to your horse... lol...

 

[Photon440]

If I had known that I could have used your grand fathers tractor, I would have.

 

[patrick66]

You can't feed grass to a horse that's been through a riding mower... That's what my scythe was for.

What??? So, explain how hay (which is mowed and baled) gets fed to a horse, and that is OK; whereas if I cut that same grass with a riding mower, suddenly it's inedible??? And yes, I've raised cattle and horses on my acreage.

 

[kiwigtx]

Hay is cut and baled at near full length...then trimmed of course, allowing it to remain edible to animals.
Grass cut with a mower is mulched to near nothing, and decomposes withing hours, as all the juices and sugars are exposed to the atmosphere...but you knew that didn't you. :grin:

 

[Icecobra]

I used to sit on top of the implement behind the tractor (today my Grand father would go to jail) as he drove it topped the grain off that went in to a chute that I had to sew shut and push off, lace in a new one and it filled. The cutters just trimmed the top and the cutter was about 20 feet long... After all that fun we changed implements that cut from the bottom and placed the stalks out in long *** rows. 400 acres or so per day is it what we did. Then we could bale it which was another interesting machine.. But back on topic, yea that little patch about 5 seconds to make it happen.... And no you can not use Grandpas tractor... I don't think it even runs anymore. Have not tried to start it in 40 years...