No kidding. About 20 years ago, my dad planted a Russian vine (is it called the same thing in the States?) on the edge of a small stand of trees, right next to the stream that provides his water supply. (I can't believe he actually introduced the loathsome thing deliberately, but he says he did. Amazing.)
Two decades on; the timber has overgrown with briars, and the briars have overgrown with vine, and the overspill has grown out into the middle of the stream. Add unusually heavy rain, and you get floods. Go figure.
We resolved that only major surgery would save the day. He was talking about calling in a contractor with a bulldozer. I reached for - three guesses what I reached for. Correct...
The 25" Kobra went through the whole ungodly mess like a laser; saplings, briars and even the springy, vindictive, ornery Russian vine, off which lesser cutting tools simply bounce, usually in the direction of the cutter's leg. Short of a tank-mounted mechanical flail, I can't think of anything that could've done the job so quickly and efficiently. The curvature of the blade sliced through the briars like the proverbial hot knife through butter, and drew the edge deep into the lumber with each cut. I took along a felling axe and a bowsaw, and didn't use either; no question, the Kobra is more than tough enough to fell timber with (and the fact that this chronic tendonitis sufferer is able to type this at all ought to tell you everything you need to know about the Kobra's balance and weight distribution...)
Do you suffer from HIKV or related toy-buying conditions? Get a 25" Kobra; you'll never want to use anything else ever again...
Two decades on; the timber has overgrown with briars, and the briars have overgrown with vine, and the overspill has grown out into the middle of the stream. Add unusually heavy rain, and you get floods. Go figure.
We resolved that only major surgery would save the day. He was talking about calling in a contractor with a bulldozer. I reached for - three guesses what I reached for. Correct...
The 25" Kobra went through the whole ungodly mess like a laser; saplings, briars and even the springy, vindictive, ornery Russian vine, off which lesser cutting tools simply bounce, usually in the direction of the cutter's leg. Short of a tank-mounted mechanical flail, I can't think of anything that could've done the job so quickly and efficiently. The curvature of the blade sliced through the briars like the proverbial hot knife through butter, and drew the edge deep into the lumber with each cut. I took along a felling axe and a bowsaw, and didn't use either; no question, the Kobra is more than tough enough to fell timber with (and the fact that this chronic tendonitis sufferer is able to type this at all ought to tell you everything you need to know about the Kobra's balance and weight distribution...)
Do you suffer from HIKV or related toy-buying conditions? Get a 25" Kobra; you'll never want to use anything else ever again...
