Wild Upright Honeysuckle...the bane of every neglected parcel of land. The first to have little white flowers in the spring and one of the last to drop their leaves in the fall. The little ones pull out easily by hand, the bigger ones pull out easily by Kubota.
We have Honeysuckle vines that are very common here in East Tennessee, but I have a shrub that is called Winter Honeysuckle also. The Winter Honeysuckle blooms in very early spring (February/ March), and can be invasive like the vines, but actually has woody stems. Smells wonderful like the vines too! 👍
Tim and Christy, always interesting to see different tools and approaches to projects. Also, you illustrated great examples of seeking feedback from the person you were doing the work for, all along the process. It seems folks doing work miss that important part sometimes. Thanks for sharing, and blessings to you both.
We have a native honeysuckle call Twinberry here on the Oregon Central Coast. Produces a small twin trumpets, which produce a small black round berry. The hummingbirds, pollinators & foraging birds love the large bush. Can grow to a very large bush.
I gotta say tim you got a big pair running this equipment on open station machines. We got a brush cutter for a skid loader and that thing chucks stuff out like a gun the metal guard on the door looks like that machine stormed the beach at Normandy.
The Ventrac with that attachment looked like the right tool for the job. I could definitely use that on the trails in my woods. Anything like that available for a JD 10225R? Thanks for sharing. It's always interesting in seeing different pieces of equipment with different attachments in action. You and your channel do a good job of that.
You're almost making me wonder what all skid loader options could be paired with that power pack and a 1025R Phil. For the lower parts, I think an offset flail might work like the one which has been on here before.
Honeysuckle and poison ivy are similar in that both will grow as a bush, ground vine and tree vine. Both can develop thick woody stems or vines. In my woods honeysuckle climbs trees and strangles them. On the edges of the hayfield it is a 5 foot tall bush. Bush stems seem to get bigger more quickly.
Tim, it just wonders me how a hydraulic chainsaw would work cutting brush like the sickle bar on the Ventrac. Hydraulic chainsaws are used in utility company bucket trucks for trimming brush or branches.
Tim there are two types of honey suckle ones a ground cover has a blue flower and loves shade. The other is a bush that at one time was popular in landscaping but is now considered invasive
Where were you when I was hacking away at 2000ft of this stuff? ohhh yea you were 600 miles away and 2yrs ago and I was glued watching your channel dreaming of getting a 1025r now I see us getting one next spring :)
I got the samurai Sickle mower have used it once so for on my bx23s hooked it to the 3rd function little slow but it worked ok. Definitely could use a little more hydraulic flow.
I've only used it once maybe twice so I would say probably not. It work ok but the flow late is barely enough so it goes slow which isn't to bad but I did have a problem with the teeth they would like chip/bend and jam it up would have to stop every couple minutes and reverse it and break it off. I was guessing it was because of the flow rate. I do need to try again some day because when it was working I did like it. Just don't think it's was worth all the hassle of mounting and stopping to fix it so much. So if I had bigger tractor maybe but I would like to find 3 pt on and try it. Sorry doubt that helped you I'm not even sure I would buy again. It's almost faster to use hedge trimmer. Was going to find a way to mount one to the bucket that would be the best thing wouldn't have to worry about flow rate then.
Vinny dang thing is handy!!! Would have loved to see 706. I have a 656 love that thing. Obviously i love my 1025r too !! Lol tractors are my weekness heeeee
I was surprised it did as well as it did. I thought the other option would have been the tool of choice. Great job. Enjoyed watching. Keep up the videos.
This will have to be done on a regular basis. I would get rid of those honeysuckle but that is just me. I guess he wants the privacy but this will be a constant battle keeping it trimmed back. Great video Tim. The Ventrac is sweet. Thanks.
Yes I would get rid of the honeysuckle. It gets out of control and we are having to take a forestry mower to our woods bc we have honeysuckle with a trunk up to 4 inches now.
As always great video and post production work Christy. Honeysuckle on a property like that will be a constant struggle. Yes as others have commented there are multiple types, and some like what you saw here are invasive and will grow back in a year or two. I had some and only could get rid of them by cutting them down and treating the stump right away, or letting a little green growth appear and give it a shot of roundup in the fall. Good luck!
Looks like Honeysuckle. In Indiana it’s an invasive species. They have schedule days for volunteers to help clear it out from our state and county parks. It’s more like a bush and it’s choking out new growth of other plants.
Thank you so much for doing these videos on your channel. I have been watching you and your family for at least 3 years! I am looking at getting a compact tractor in the next few months, but want to know some additional purchases that you found necessary to run your tractor such as chains, hooks, lights, 3pt hitch pins, tools needed to work on your tractor, etc…. If you could do a video on what a first time tractor buyer may need other than a tractor and attachments that would be helpful. I finally got the tractor approved by the Finance Committee!! Once again thank you for all that you do! I pray the Lord continues to bless you and your family as he has done for mine! PS. My wife and I are from South Carolina so you have people who love and support you from all over!
Here in ireland tim we have a few option starting at 3k euro for the sickle bar behind a 25 compact and up we also have a head that has either 3 saw blade or 6 knife blades for fine cutting you can also get compact flai arms starting at 5k up to 15k for a mc connell flail arm u can ge a sickle mower to go on your loader to
For years I had a large hedge (11 feet tall x 6 feet wide x 375 feet long) and eventually I found a 3 point hitch boom sickle bar mower really saved me a lot of time keeping that thing cut. Even when it got a little overgrown, the mower could handle an almost 2-inch branch (Farmer Helper BRM 180) so it brought the hedge back in line without having to get out saws. The two brands I am most familiar with for such a thing are Rinieri (Italian company) and Farmer Helper (Chinese company). The Rinieri is about twice the price of the Farmer Helper but appears to be a far more refined piece of equipment. And with hydraulic requirements as low as 3.2 GPM on Rinieri's BRM 120 model, even a subcompact tractor can make use of such a solution. The Farmer Helper at ~$3,500 is definitely cheaper and works well enough but also requires more hydraulic flow.
Tim. Triclopyr is a great way to control woody brush along roadways. You know the same chemical you sprayed on your lawn for clover demonstrating the foam drop sprayer. Honeysuckle is fast growing and extremely invasive. If you cut it at the base in the spring. Expect it to be back near same height mid summer.
The Ventrac sickle bar worked great, other than dumping branches on Tim from time to time. It didn't do as good a job at ground level. I'd probably recommend running an offset flail mower down the side after cutting the upper branches to chew stuff up. Make for a cleaner job and less to haul off if any.
It may seem like a waste, but in my experience, rather than raising and lowering the arms as you go and then having to go back and guess what you missed, it makes it easier to "get everything" by going down the entire run at ground level, then again at the next height, and keep repeating your passes, each at a different level. As for whether to start high and then each pass is at a lower setting, or vice versa, that will depend upon the situation. In general it would seem better to start low and work up as if you start high and work lower and lower, the material from the first high cuts tend to fall right in the way of the lower cuts AND you end up cutting the higher material two or sometimes three times, adding to wear on the blades and more fuel spent. Good video!!
Did you guys watch the second part of the video with the cedars? I did just that.! In the first part, the branches were inconsistent, so technique was a bit different.
Yes, I watched the whole thing, I always do. I wasn't trying to criticize what was done, just trying to convey what I think I would have done, if I had the equipment to do it.
Up early this morning. The Ventrac is just one of type of equipment that’s hard to justify purchasing for a home owner unless they have a large property with many needs. Sometimes i would like to have a rental machine in the area for jobs like leveling ground and seeding. I will have to do a search.
Eh, I bought a Ventrac for my 5.6 acres. The main reason is because a big portion has a 21 degree slope and the Ventrac is the only one that can handle it. Need to maintain the entire property. I love my Ventrac.
I didn’t see a response about the honeysuckle. I believe there are different kinds of honeysuckle that are native to different states. I HAVE heard of both types. I don’t have all plants memorized by any means, but there could also be things that look like honeysuckle that aren’t. And the drone sounds like bees lol. Those spruces looked more like Balsam Fir, I should put my glasses on lol.
That sickle on the ventrac seems great. It would be nice if the head rotated forward 90 degrees. Which would give you the height you need and then rotate forward and come straight down. Finishing off the cut to the ground
A couple things. That mower has a boom for a reason. No need to stuff the operator in the weeds. Stretch that thing out and get yourself out of the fence row where you can keep a clear vision.
With many a yard of Leylandii around my property the Ventrac looks an ideal solution, do you think this would work on a fir type fence line also could you top trim the hedge on a horizontal?
Plants from the Caprifoliaceae family do have a variety of growth habit based on where they are found in the landscape. Sadly to me, they are considered a weed plant in some situations. I love them for the flowers and the taste of the nectar. They grow nearly everywhere on the planet. They tolerate poor soils, are cold hardy and heat tolerant, and are drought tolerant. They are technically considered a vine. Researching plants is almost as much fun as driving a tractor.
The ventrac is such an interesting tractor. It looks like a very specialized tool, but then you pull out another attachment. I just don't have enough land or a business that would justify one.
With that open cab and in hidden in the trees maybe be a beehive,Then you better have your track shoes on.I know I cut road side vegetation for 25 years with a inclosed John Deere tractor with a 24 ft tiger Boom attachment with with a tiger Flail I have probably hit 25 hives in that time and the first thing those bees go after is the tractor, luckily I was inside that enclosed tractor.
I'm very interested in this, I have huge juniper tree hedge row along a quarter mile long driveway that needs regular trimming. I've been interested in a flail mower for this purpose too...
We have the EXACT same issue on a 1/2 mile stretch of our private lane. The invasive Honeysuckle species is almost impossible to control. It has shallow roots so that it can grow many feet per year.
ventrac did great. word to the wise from a horticulture person, those "cedars" looked like leyland cypress to me on the video. in all likelihood the will NOT flush back out when you cut them back to brown. you always need to leave some "green" for them to flush back.
Knowing everything you know now and have experienced, if you had start over and choose between vinny or johnny (attachments included for both), which direction would go? I have seen advantages for both, but haven't experienced anything with a vintrak.
@@TractorTimewithTim OH thanks so much for responding. I love your shows so much. You and Christy are so fun to watch and informative. with all the changes coming with Bobcat buying steiner I wonder what is in store.
cheaper alternative would be a trimmer with a brush blade, alot more physical labour, but the same result can be achieved with a little elbow grease and some time, although the 80k dollar mower would be a way better time lol cheers from canada
i would love to see if there was a way to use this ventrac boom mower on a power pack like the mower on the kubota in this video and see if it would work this mower i feel has far more reach than any other mower out there on the market
What would be neat with an attachment like this is if it also had a brush cutting mower underneath like a regular mower would be so as the sicycle cut the stuff off, the blades underneath could grind it up all at the same time.
Tim, I know it's a bother but I would suggest that when you are working with this piece of equipment, especially overhead, that you wear eye protection. I could easily see a branch whipping into your face not to mention all the wood chips and cedar "leaves" flying around.
Guess you probably know by now but there’s bush honey suckle and Japanese honeysuckle. The Japanese honey suckle is more like a vine. I think bush honey suckle is self explanatory. Lol
Honey suckle is truly a weed. Even if you are able to pull it out with the roots attached, there will almost certainly be enough secondary and tertiary roots that break off and survive to allow the plant to come back, if not the next year, possibly even the second year. It is truly an "invasive" plant and should be planted only if you intend to a) have it there forever, or b) have to work very hard to get rid of it in the future.
I would suggest if you're how you'll message could come out with the trailblazer attachment and compare that to the other two that you have. Both the trailblazer and the Hardy equipment that you have as well as lane sharp will not cut as clean as the Ventrac, but they are a cheaper option. However, they definitely aren't inexpensive and to make the trailblazer work effectively on a lot of compact tractors you need to get there hydraulic pump in the back. I still think it would be cool to see what some people do with a hydraulic pump that fits on the back of a compact tractor and see what other attachments could be used on the front end it need hydraulics.
Do those things grow red berries? There are different types of honeysuckle. We have three types here. The one that smells good that we all think of, and two other fast growing invasive types with red berries. They take over fence lines in no time.
Yes, but would only reach the height of the sickle bar. I do about seven miles of road a year and need the height this one gets because I only have a five foot sickle bar.
@@rockandrattleretreat5830 okay kewl I was thinking about buying like a 7 foot sickle bar mower and going along the trails on my place and doing that instead of walking them all with weedeater or chainsaw
Cutting that much off the cedar branches I have to wonder if the branch will die? Please do a 1 year update on the trim job. Looks like the drive should get a trim every year.
I love your videos and watch them all the time. There is a gentleman in Oklahoma that has a John Deere and wants to ad a third function I told him to reach out to you. His name is Daniel Arms his youtube channel is Arms family homestead. His green machine is a 5105 (older tractor) hope the 2 of you can contact each other over the tractor.
Dang Tim if it don't say John Deere or Case IH on the side of it I ain't buying! LOL Well I take that back I did buy a off brand hay carrier this past summer on a auction lol
Although I do have a White mulboard plow I still have around when I wanna reseed my hay ground and I have a Bush Hog batwing still. I guess I have lot more mixed paint around here than I thought.
We had the vine style honey suckle. If you pull off the flower 🌸 pinch 🤏 off the bottom the little green bit. Pull out the um brain 🧠 toot stem thing you can taste 👅 the nectar
Looks like bush honeysuckle. Someone brought it to the U.S. several years ago thinking it would be good for wildlife. Here in Missouri it’s considered an invasive species.
@@onecarahead4470 Oh good grief. Not true. In this case, I guess it was my fault. We'll show you in the next episode. ...and no, I do not have an axe to grind. I just had an opportunity to operate an L4060. MUCH nicer machine. Wish I had bought it instead of the LX3310
@@TractorTimewithTim I actually had both tractors (kind of). I had a B3350 (the predecessor to the 3310)for a couple of years and then bought a L4760 a year and a half ago. I did like the B3350, at least seemingly more than you do. However, I agree that the Grand L series are much nicer than the LX series. It is just much more of a tractor. (and you would like the pedal much more too :) Maybe you can trade up Tim?
@@hardwareguy1 I guess I'm just spoiled. The BX and LX that I have had simply do not compare to the Deere machines of similar size. The L4060 finally gets up to the smoothness of transmission, and ability to connect to the attachments that I need. The rear scv's on the LX are a disaster. ...and they are beautiful on the L4060...even the fancy push-pull connectors. Huge difference.
The Sabre Samurai cutter looks interesting but they clearly don't understand how marketing works in this era. IIRC, 3GPM might actually be feasible on a 1 series if you get that adjustable diverter to give less to steering.
Wild Upright Honeysuckle...the bane of every neglected parcel of land. The first to have little white flowers in the spring and one of the last to drop their leaves in the fall. The little ones pull out easily by hand, the bigger ones pull out easily by Kubota.
What a lovely man such a gentle soul. Would have liked to see his tractor setup. Sorry about our orange machine looking forward to the next video
Might want to check out Andrew Camarata’s trail trimming machine for another fun option
Exactly.
Ugh! I was planning to mention that in the episode…but forgot.
@@TractorTimewithTim Well it was still a very entertaining and informative video. Thanks for posting!
I.like the home made trimmings he made now that works he needs to make it a little stronger but all you need is a four wheeler
That thing is terrifying! 😂 That video made me think of the Ventrac sickle arm. It seems like one of the most useful attachments to me.
We have Honeysuckle vines that are very common here in East Tennessee, but I have a shrub that is called Winter Honeysuckle also. The Winter Honeysuckle blooms in very early spring (February/ March), and can be invasive like the vines, but actually has woody stems. Smells wonderful like the vines too! 👍
Tim and Christy, always interesting to see different tools and approaches to projects. Also, you illustrated great examples of seeking feedback from the person you were doing the work for, all along the process. It seems folks doing work miss that important part sometimes. Thanks for sharing, and blessings to you both.
Nice solution. And oh boy, job security! That stuff will be grown back by next year.
Always enjoy watching because I always learn something.
Thanks Ken!
Great video. I’m impressed with that ventrac every time you show it
We have a native honeysuckle call Twinberry here on the Oregon Central Coast. Produces a small twin trumpets, which produce a small black round berry. The hummingbirds, pollinators & foraging birds love the large bush. Can grow to a very large bush.
Yes, there is the native honeysuckle and invasive honeysuckle. That is invasive and we have TONS of it in Louisville.
I gotta say tim you got a big pair running this equipment on open station machines. We got a brush cutter for a skid loader and that thing chucks stuff out like a gun the metal guard on the door looks like that machine stormed the beach at Normandy.
The Ventrac with that attachment looked like the right tool for the job. I could definitely use that on the trails in my woods. Anything like that available for a JD 10225R? Thanks for sharing. It's always interesting in seeing different pieces of equipment with different attachments in action. You and your channel do a good job of that.
A small verge flail mower should be able to do a similar hedging job to the sickle boom mower on the Ventrac, not reaching not as high as this cutter.
You're almost making me wonder what all skid loader options could be paired with that power pack and a 1025R Phil. For the lower parts, I think an offset flail might work like the one which has been on here before.
I can't believe all the attachments they make for Vinny! Great video as always Tim!
I like the content that you share with us.
Defiantly the right tool for the job Nice work
Honeysuckle and poison ivy are similar in that both will grow as a bush, ground vine and tree vine. Both can develop thick woody stems or vines. In my woods honeysuckle climbs trees and strangles them. On the edges of the hayfield it is a 5 foot tall bush. Bush stems seem to get bigger more quickly.
Great video! I like the common sense approach.
A flail mounted to an excavator is my weapon of choice for this task. 👌🏻
Man that boom on the Ventrac would be AWESOME clearing our fence lines. What a machine…
Great tool to take care of the side of the road
Tim, it just wonders me how a hydraulic chainsaw would work cutting brush like the sickle bar on the Ventrac. Hydraulic chainsaws are used in utility company bucket trucks for trimming brush or branches.
Two bad that bar isn't two sided. Good job.
Nice video tim and kristie and the ventrac did a great job with that attachment 👌👍
Tim there are two types of honey suckle ones a ground cover has a blue flower and loves shade. The other is a bush that at one time was popular in landscaping but is now considered invasive
Oh one more thing the bushes are easier to dig up than to trim or cut back
One of my favorite attachments from Ventrac. Great video, loved seeing it shine.
Where were you when I was hacking away at 2000ft of this stuff? ohhh yea you were 600 miles away and 2yrs ago and I was glued watching your channel dreaming of getting a 1025r now I see us getting one next spring :)
Ah, so it might not be long now! You'll be joining in the fun!!
I got the samurai Sickle mower have used it once so for on my bx23s hooked it to the 3rd function little slow but it worked ok. Definitely could use a little more hydraulic flow.
would you buy the samurai again. are you happy with it?
I've only used it once maybe twice so I would say probably not. It work ok but the flow late is barely enough so it goes slow which isn't to bad but I did have a problem with the teeth they would like chip/bend and jam it up would have to stop every couple minutes and reverse it and break it off. I was guessing it was because of the flow rate. I do need to try again some day because when it was working I did like it. Just don't think it's was worth all the hassle of mounting and stopping to fix it so much. So if I had bigger tractor maybe but I would like to find 3 pt on and try it. Sorry doubt that helped you I'm not even sure I would buy again. It's almost faster to use hedge trimmer. Was going to find a way to mount one to the bucket that would be the best thing wouldn't have to worry about flow rate then.
Vinny dang thing is handy!!! Would have loved to see 706. I have a 656 love that thing. Obviously i love my 1025r too !! Lol tractors are my weekness heeeee
I wish I could meet you guys here in germany, it would be awesome!:)
Great episode tim. Driveway looks nice and tidy. Best wishes from New Zealand.
I so enjoyed this and ever one of your videos 📹 ❤ 💕
I was surprised it did as well as it did. I thought the other option would have been the tool of choice. Great job. Enjoyed watching. Keep up the videos.
This will have to be done on a regular basis. I would get rid of those honeysuckle but that is just me. I guess he wants the privacy but this will be a constant battle keeping it trimmed back. Great video Tim. The Ventrac is sweet. Thanks.
Yes I would get rid of the honeysuckle. It gets out of control and we are having to take a forestry mower to our woods bc we have honeysuckle with a trunk up to 4 inches now.
Good job Tim.
I would really like to have a sickle bar mower for my JD 5065e with 3 ponds to mow around I will get lots of use . They do a great job!!!!
Got a new sickle episode coming soon.
Wow. I never would have guessed the Ventrac Sickle would be better than a front mounted deck.
Seriously impressed.
Good one. I can relate to this problem.
As always great video and post production work Christy. Honeysuckle on a property like that will be a constant struggle. Yes as others have commented there are multiple types, and some like what you saw here are invasive and will grow back in a year or two. I had some and only could get rid of them by cutting them down and treating the stump right away, or letting a little green growth appear and give it a shot of roundup in the fall. Good luck!
Looks like Honeysuckle. In Indiana it’s an invasive species. They have schedule days for volunteers to help clear it out from our state and county parks. It’s more like a bush and it’s choking out new growth of other plants.
Really like that Ventrac and their attachments.
Yes, you could really use it!
Thank you so much for doing these videos on your channel. I have been watching you and your family for at least 3 years! I am looking at getting a compact tractor in the next few months, but want to know some additional purchases that you found necessary to run your tractor such as chains, hooks, lights, 3pt hitch pins, tools needed to work on your tractor, etc…. If you could do a video on what a first time tractor buyer may need other than a tractor and attachments that would be helpful. I finally got the tractor approved by the Finance Committee!! Once again thank you for all that you do! I pray the Lord continues to bless you and your family as he has done for mine! PS. My wife and I are from South Carolina so you have people who love and support you from all over!
We have LOTS of videos showing these things already!
Vinny is a awesome machine
Here in ireland tim we have a few option starting at 3k euro for the sickle bar behind a 25 compact and up we also have a head that has either 3 saw blade or 6 knife blades for fine cutting you can also get compact flai arms starting at 5k up to 15k for a mc connell flail arm u can ge a sickle mower to go on your loader to
Turned out nice Tim.
For years I had a large hedge (11 feet tall x 6 feet wide x 375 feet long) and eventually I found a 3 point hitch boom sickle bar mower really saved me a lot of time keeping that thing cut. Even when it got a little overgrown, the mower could handle an almost 2-inch branch (Farmer Helper BRM 180) so it brought the hedge back in line without having to get out saws. The two brands I am most familiar with for such a thing are Rinieri (Italian company) and Farmer Helper (Chinese company). The Rinieri is about twice the price of the Farmer Helper but appears to be a far more refined piece of equipment. And with hydraulic requirements as low as 3.2 GPM on Rinieri's BRM 120 model, even a subcompact tractor can make use of such a solution. The Farmer Helper at ~$3,500 is definitely cheaper and works well enough but also requires more hydraulic flow.
Hi Tim,
A great addition would be to have your 1025R with a chipper on the back with someone following behind to shred the trimmings.
Tim. Triclopyr is a great way to control woody brush along roadways. You know the same chemical you sprayed on your lawn for clover demonstrating the foam drop sprayer.
Honeysuckle is fast growing and extremely invasive. If you cut it at the base in the spring. Expect it to be back near same height mid summer.
That thing is the trick setup for that.
The Ventrac sickle bar worked great, other than dumping branches on Tim from time to time. It didn't do as good a job at ground level. I'd probably recommend running an offset flail mower down the side after cutting the upper branches to chew stuff up. Make for a cleaner job and less to haul off if any.
It may seem like a waste, but in my experience, rather than raising and lowering the arms as you go and then having to go back and guess what you missed, it makes it easier to "get everything" by going down the entire run at ground level, then again at the next height, and keep repeating your passes, each at a different level.
As for whether to start high and then each pass is at a lower setting, or vice versa, that will depend upon the situation. In general it would seem better to start low and work up as if you start high and work lower and lower, the material from the first high cuts tend to fall right in the way of the lower cuts AND you end up cutting the higher material two or sometimes three times, adding to wear on the blades and more fuel spent.
Good video!!
My thoughts exactly!
Did you guys watch the second part of the video with the cedars? I did just that.!
In the first part, the branches were inconsistent, so technique was a bit different.
Yes, I watched the whole thing, I always do. I wasn't trying to criticize what was done, just trying to convey what I think I would have done, if I had the equipment to do it.
That Ventrac is a beast! Try making multiple passes but cutting little at a time. Easier to keep consistent and keeps the cuttings alot smaller
Could yall do a video on how yall wash your equipment? Should you have a pressure washer?
Tim can you do an equipment tour?
Up early this morning. The Ventrac is just one of type of equipment that’s hard to justify purchasing for a home owner unless they have a large property with many needs. Sometimes i would like to have a rental machine in the area for jobs like leveling ground and seeding. I will have to do a search.
Eh, I bought a Ventrac for my 5.6 acres. The main reason is because a big portion has a 21 degree slope and the Ventrac is the only one that can handle it. Need to maintain the entire property. I love my Ventrac.
I didn’t see a response about the honeysuckle. I believe there are different kinds of honeysuckle that are native to different states. I HAVE heard of both types. I don’t have all plants memorized by any means, but there could also be things that look like honeysuckle that aren’t. And the drone sounds like bees lol. Those spruces looked more like Balsam Fir, I should put my glasses on lol.
That sickle on the ventrac seems great. It would be nice if the head rotated forward 90 degrees. Which would give you the height you need and then rotate forward and come straight down. Finishing off the cut to the ground
A couple things. That mower has a boom for a reason. No need to stuff the operator in the weeds. Stretch that thing out and get yourself out of the fence row where you can keep a clear vision.
Extending the boom too far reduces stability. I shoulda had the duals on.
With many a yard of Leylandii around my property the Ventrac looks an ideal solution, do you think this would work on a fir type fence line also could you top trim the hedge on a horizontal?
Plants from the Caprifoliaceae family do have a variety of growth habit based on where they are found in the landscape. Sadly to me, they are considered a weed plant in some situations. I love them for the flowers and the taste of the nectar. They grow nearly everywhere on the planet. They tolerate poor soils, are cold hardy and heat tolerant, and are drought tolerant. They are technically considered a vine. Researching plants is almost as much fun as driving a tractor.
The ventrac is such an interesting tractor. It looks like a very specialized tool, but then you pull out another attachment. I just don't have enough land or a business that would justify one.
Right. It continues to surprise us with its versatility. …and not only does it accomplish these tasks, it does them easily, and does a great job!
With that open cab and in hidden in the trees maybe be a beehive,Then you better have your track shoes on.I know I cut road side vegetation for 25 years with a inclosed John Deere tractor with a 24 ft tiger Boom attachment with with a tiger Flail I have probably hit 25 hives in that time and the first thing those bees go after is the tractor, luckily I was inside that enclosed tractor.
I'm very interested in this, I have huge juniper tree hedge row along a quarter mile long driveway that needs regular trimming. I've been interested in a flail mower for this purpose too...
We have the EXACT same issue on a 1/2 mile stretch of our private lane. The invasive Honeysuckle species is almost impossible to control. It has shallow roots so that it can grow many feet per year.
Brush killer spray , doesnt take a potent dose to kill honey suckle. The fastest cheapest way to deal with it is spray it
Lol, the ventrac will always achieve what your looking for!! 🤣👌🏻
ventrac did great. word to the wise from a horticulture person, those "cedars" looked like leyland cypress to me on the video. in all likelihood the will NOT flush back out when you cut them back to brown. you always need to leave some "green" for them to flush back.
U can try a lane sharp mower to go on your tractors
ha! i would love to meet uns too.
We keep trying, Jim.
Feb 22 in Louisville. Get it in your plans. SERIOUSLY this time!!!
Knowing everything you know now and have experienced, if you had start over and choose between vinny or johnny (attachments included for both), which direction would go? I have seen advantages for both, but haven't experienced anything with a vintrak.
It can’t be viewed as either or. Both are tremendous. Neither will do ALL the other will do.
My mum’s honeysuckle has a 2in thick trunk and is the only thing supporting the trellis it’s growing on. Posts rotted out years ago.
VEN TRAC DOSE IT AGAIN HAVE A DAY LOVE FROM TEXAS.
Gotta question. Will ventrac attachments work on a steiner?
Yes.
@@TractorTimewithTim OH thanks so much for responding. I love your shows so much. You and Christy are so fun to watch and informative. with all the changes coming with Bobcat buying steiner I wonder what is in store.
Japenese honeysuckle is practically a tree and is very invasive. American honeysuckle is a climbing vine.
cheaper alternative would be a trimmer with a brush blade, alot more physical labour, but the same result can be achieved with a little elbow grease and some time, although the 80k dollar mower would be a way better time lol cheers from canada
The Ventrac boom implement is roughly $17+k. The Ventrac tractor price varies by engine and option choices.
In any case, not nearly $80k for the combo.
@@TractorTimewithTim Absolutely. Roughly half that.... unless you're a TH-cam star. :)
i would love to see if there was a way to use this ventrac boom mower on a power pack like the mower on the kubota in this video and see if it would work this mower i feel has far more reach than any other mower out there on the market
very interesting concept!
What would be neat with an attachment like this is if it also had a brush cutting mower underneath like a regular mower would be so as the sicycle cut the stuff off, the blades underneath could grind it up all at the same time.
Venny for the win
Tim, I know it's a bother but I would suggest that when you are working with this piece of equipment, especially overhead, that you wear eye protection. I could easily see a branch whipping into your face not to mention all the wood chips and cedar "leaves" flying around.
Guess you probably know by now but there’s bush honey suckle and Japanese honeysuckle. The Japanese honey suckle is more like a vine. I think bush honey suckle is self explanatory. Lol
Honey suckle is truly a weed. Even if you are able to pull it out with the roots attached, there will almost certainly be enough secondary and tertiary roots that break off and survive to allow the plant to come back, if not the next year, possibly even the second year.
It is truly an "invasive" plant and should be planted only if you intend to a) have it there forever, or b) have to work very hard to get rid of it in the future.
I would suggest if you're how you'll message could come out with the trailblazer attachment and compare that to the other two that you have. Both the trailblazer and the Hardy equipment that you have as well as lane sharp will not cut as clean as the Ventrac, but they are a cheaper option. However, they definitely aren't inexpensive and to make the trailblazer work effectively on a lot of compact tractors you need to get there hydraulic pump in the back. I still think it would be cool to see what some people do with a hydraulic pump that fits on the back of a compact tractor and see what other attachments could be used on the front end it need hydraulics.
Do those things grow red berries? There are different types of honeysuckle. We have three types here. The one that smells good that we all think of, and two other fast growing invasive types with red berries. They take over fence lines in no time.
For those asking about a tractor version a company called Bestco make an articulating sickle and also Bushhog
I need a vinny for our extreme hills/slopes
Would a sickle bar in the upright work for something like this?
Yes, but would only reach the height of the sickle bar. I do about seven miles of road a year and need the height this one gets because I only have a five foot sickle bar.
@@rockandrattleretreat5830 okay kewl I was thinking about buying like a 7 foot sickle bar mower and going along the trails on my place and doing that instead of walking them all with weedeater or chainsaw
Cutting that much off the cedar branches I have to wonder if the branch will die? Please do a 1 year update on the trim job. Looks like the drive should get a trim every year.
I love your videos and watch them all the time. There is a gentleman in Oklahoma that has a John Deere and wants to ad a third function I told him to reach out to you. His name is Daniel Arms his youtube channel is Arms family homestead. His green machine is a 5105 (older tractor) hope the 2 of you can contact each other over the tractor.
I’m not sure I can directly help with 3rd function on 5105.
Thanks for watching!
My brother uses a 3 tonne digger with an attachment like the ventac
Outlay for the attachment was under €2000 in Ireland ,
Dang Tim if it don't say John Deere or Case IH on the side of it I ain't buying! LOL Well I take that back I did buy a off brand hay carrier this past summer on a auction lol
Although I do have a White mulboard plow I still have around when I wanna reseed my hay ground and I have a Bush Hog batwing still. I guess I have lot more mixed paint around here than I thought.
We had the vine style honey suckle. If you pull off the flower 🌸 pinch 🤏 off the bottom the little green bit. Pull out the um brain 🧠 toot stem thing you can taste 👅 the nectar
Hmmm Tim wants a cheese burger now. , nice job
Looks like bush honeysuckle. Someone brought it to the U.S. several years ago thinking it would be good for wildlife. Here in Missouri it’s considered an invasive species.
Wow, the Kubota got a whole 2 minutes of use. We're moving on up!
Good thing I didn’t run it longer. We’ll show you next episode.
He bought a tractor just to show it fail. If you are trying to make it fail it will. Just like the news a story can be twisted to good or bad.
@@onecarahead4470 Oh good grief. Not true. In this case, I guess it was my fault. We'll show you in the next episode.
...and no, I do not have an axe to grind. I just had an opportunity to operate an L4060. MUCH nicer machine. Wish I had bought it instead of the LX3310
@@TractorTimewithTim I actually had both tractors (kind of). I had a B3350 (the predecessor to the 3310)for a couple of years and then bought a L4760 a year and a half ago. I did like the B3350, at least seemingly more than you do. However, I agree that the Grand L series are much nicer than the LX series. It is just much more of a tractor. (and you would like the pedal much more too :) Maybe you can trade up Tim?
@@hardwareguy1 I guess I'm just spoiled. The BX and LX that I have had simply do not compare to the Deere machines of similar size.
The L4060 finally gets up to the smoothness of transmission, and ability to connect to the attachments that I need.
The rear scv's on the LX are a disaster. ...and they are beautiful on the L4060...even the fancy push-pull connectors. Huge difference.
one thing i might do different is do the top part all the way then go back and do the bottom
Not a cliff hanger... What happened to the LX 3310?!? I sure hope we'll see next time, on Tractor Time With Tim...
:-(
Now talk him into using the power rake on the driveway that would look real nice
For the $1,900 price I don't mind MANUALLY adjusting my Samurai Sabre sickle mower!
Isn’t if it fits between the cutter bar it’ll cut it.
There are bush honeysuckle and vine honeysuckle. In all there are over 180 different species.
The Sabre Samurai cutter looks interesting but they clearly don't understand how marketing works in this era. IIRC, 3GPM might actually be feasible on a 1 series if you get that adjustable diverter to give less to steering.
> they clearly don't understand how marketing works in this era.
Hmm. Maybe we can change that! Sounds like a TTWT challenge!
ORANGE!