Killing pines

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Is there a herbicide for foliar or basal application to kill pine trees? I know i can hack and squirt and girdle but I have a bunch of 3 dbh or so that I want to get rid of fast.
 
Something with a good percentage of Tryclopyr ?

A google search says a mix of imazipyr and gly sprayed on the needles will do it. Further investigation is needed though, no rates were suggested.
 
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3 inch pines? Moving through them with a chainsaw would be fast... Or a pole chainsaw, stand back ten feet and let em have it.
 
Is there a herbicide for foliar or basal application to kill pine trees? I know i can hack and squirt and girdle but I have a bunch of 3 dbh or so that I want to get rid of fast.
If you have a large area of them then think about hiring someone with a track skid steer with a heavy duty brush cutter and they will make quick work out of those. Pines wont stump sprout. Just mow em down and you're done. Might have about 2 million sweetgums come up in there place though.
 
If you have a large area of them then think about hiring someone with a track skid steer with a heavy duty brush cutter and they will make quick work out of those. Pines wont stump sprout. Just mow em down and you're done. Might have about 2 million sweetgums come up in there place though.

well as soon as we get out the woods, no pun intended, with this damn virus business I’m gonna buy a skid steer with a brush cutter. Just waiting to regain confidence that we won’t be in soup lines by July!!!
 
well as soon as we get out the woods, no pun intended, with this damn virus business I’m gonna buy a skid steer with a brush cutter. Just waiting to regain confidence that we won’t be in soup lines by July!!!
You buying a skidloader would help the economy big time, which would help rebuild people's confidence, which would help keep us all off the bread lines. So why wait when you could be using the skidloader now?
 
well as soon as we get out the woods, no pun intended, with this damn virus business I’m gonna buy a skid steer with a brush cutter. Just waiting to regain confidence that we won’t be in soup lines by July!!!
You will make short work of those pines and any other smaller trees. We've been using a Bushmaster brush cutter since 2011 that was great for smaller stuff up to 4" or so. Upgraded to a heavy duty brush cutter this year with carbide teeth on the bottom of the carriage wheel that pulverizes the debris into mulch.
 
You will make short work of those pines and any other smaller trees. We've been using a Bushmaster brush cutter since 2011 that was great for smaller stuff up to 4" or so. Upgraded to a heavy duty brush cutter this year with carbide teeth on the bottom of the carriage wheel that pulverizes the debris into mulch.
Are speaking of a mulching head with the upgrade or a brush cutter still? I have a good buddy with a brand new cat 299 and a FAE mulching head who came out to my place on February. We did more in 6 hours than I could have done in a month by hand. I would love to have one but between the wear and tear on the machine and the head I’m gonna have to pass on that. I’m wanting an enclosed 279 with hi flow and a brush cutter
 

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I’m always fighting cedar takeover in my fallow fields and I jst go thru w my tractor bucket pushing them over, most much larger than 3 dbh. I’m sure you could do similar. And I don’t mind the dead snags as they provide good hiding for variety of young birds/ turkey and others like rabbits, etc.


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Are speaking of a mulching head with the upgrade or a brush cutter still? I have a good buddy with a brand new cat 299 and a FAE mulching head who came out to my place on February. We did more in 6 hours than I could have done in a month by hand. I would love to have one but between the wear and tear on the machine and the head I’m gonna have to pass on that. I’m wanting an enclosed 279 with hi flow and a brush cutter

No, not a forestry head as shown in your pic. We run a heavy duty rotary brush mower with a mulching carriage wheel.
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Here's a pic from their website that shows the carbide teeth on the bottom of the wheel that makes short work of mulching material. Blades retract inside carriage wheel in the event you hit something too large to cut and gives the bottom of the wheel a flush finish with just the carbide mulching teeth exposed.
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