02-27-2007, 03:04 AM
A sharp machete works pretty good on waiwi. One diagonal swipe will take down most of the smaller trees and it is faster than loppers. It does leave sharp pointed stumps, though. Otherwise, the larger anvil loppers will hold up well. I have one with the hook on the nose (looks like a hawksbeak turtle's bill) and one without. Generally the one without the hook works better since it can get around larger branches.
Garden Exchange has a nice selection of tools which are of a better quality than HomeDePot or Lowes. Buying an inferior tool just means you have to buy it again later. If you get a good tool and keep it in good repair it should last a long time.
The stumps are going to sprout again, too, so perhaps a bit of Roundup or something on them to keep them from turning into brush? If you are cutting a trail and won't be doing anything with it for a year or so, then there will be dense brush there afterwards. If you will be around to keep whacking them back, then you can keep the sprouting down. If you can open up enough of the canopy for light to get to the forest floor, then grasses and things will grow and keep the waiwi sprouts down.
How about fencing and goats?
A hui hou!
Garden Exchange has a nice selection of tools which are of a better quality than HomeDePot or Lowes. Buying an inferior tool just means you have to buy it again later. If you get a good tool and keep it in good repair it should last a long time.
The stumps are going to sprout again, too, so perhaps a bit of Roundup or something on them to keep them from turning into brush? If you are cutting a trail and won't be doing anything with it for a year or so, then there will be dense brush there afterwards. If you will be around to keep whacking them back, then you can keep the sprouting down. If you can open up enough of the canopy for light to get to the forest floor, then grasses and things will grow and keep the waiwi sprouts down.
How about fencing and goats?
A hui hou!
Kurt Wilson