What tool should I buy to remove this?
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vavet
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I think you remove the big chunks with a recip saw. You might not get it perfectly clean because it looks like it's put down the runners between the cracks in the rock. You could damage the wall if you get too aggressive. You could follow up with a weed burning torch or just leave the remnants to die off and decompose.
justanengineer
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Too big for brush loppers? I’d use the Sawzall mentioned in a few spots, spray on some herbicide or salt, wait until the dry season, then rip the dead pieces out of dry soil. If it’s a stubborn PITA weed, you could also focus on removing the trunk then burning back growth that re-emerges from between the rocks with a weed burner or torch as mentioned.
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sick467
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It's hard to tell what size that vine is, but large pruning loopers should get 95% of it cut out.
GForceJunky
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Any old wood blade will do just fine. I've done plenty of pruning with my Super Sawzall and wood blades and never thought for a second that the performance could get much better. Maybe if I were using it for more twig-like or leafy pruning, but for trimming branches/roots at least 1/2" in diameter, a wood blade is fantastic and you'll definitely have one if you have a sawzall. Saves buying another item/a trip to the store.
Bighead38
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You have no idea what your missing. The pruning blades are so much more aggressive. Cuts so much faster and easier. I actually think a wood blade is better for small stuff because the small teeth cut instead of grab. Once it’s above an inch diameter the pruning blade is the best imo. I love being able to grab my sawzall for small stuff instead of firing up the chainsaws.
GForceJunky
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This is fair. I do think the cut speed could be better but it's by no means slow, even one-handing it as I often do (while holding the other end of the branch in my free hand). I may grab one just to give it a shot, though we have almost nothing left on the property that I would need to prune that I would do myself (not deadwooding our 100 year old oak/maple trees around the house on my own).
Maybe I'll add one to my next HD or Amazon order.
Bighead38
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This is fair. I do think the cut speed could be better but it's by no means slow, even one-handing it as I often do (while holding the other end of the branch in my free hand). I may grab one just to give it a shot, though we have almost nothing left on the property that I would need to prune that I would do myself (not deadwooding our 100 year old oak/maple trees around the house on my own).
Maybe I'll add one to my next HD or Amazon order.
I would recommend trying one. Let me know how you like it. It’s not even a comparison how aggressive they are.
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KnurledNut
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Agree.
A regular pruning blade will be dulled after just a couple "oops" touches to that stone.
I'm cheap and if I used a sawzall on that it would be with a "semi-junk" demo or wood blade that I have used before on something else.
And I would cut off what went into the rock and try to hitch my truck or tractor to the rest and pull it out if I could do so without damaging the wall
And I would cut off what went into the rock and try to hitch my truck or tractor to the rest and pull it out if I could do so without damaging the wall
jives
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Diablo carbide pruning blade, though if this is a one-off hack then use whatever is cheap. Cut down to ground level, spray on Roundup at a 20% solution. (Go to Tractor Supply, get the 41% TSC brand, dilute in half, kill the beast.) Garlon will work, but much more expensive.
anndel
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Dynomite
Once you cut the vine, paint/pour some roundup on the raw end of the base vine so it’s soaks into vine and thus into the root system and kills the plant. If you don’t there is a good chance of the root stock regrowing.
I’ve gotten rid a a bunch of poison ivy in my woods with this method and nothing’s grown back yet.
I’ve gotten rid a a bunch of poison ivy in my woods with this method and nothing’s grown back yet.
OP..now that you have received good advice (use a sawzall) I need to say thread title fail...
This...is a tool forum. Thread title should have not limited the potential for new tools to buy...
Correct thread title should have been...What tool should I buy. That way there would be all kinds of excuses to get lots of tools. No limits related to a simple vine. Tractors could have been involved!
This...is a tool forum. Thread title should have not limited the potential for new tools to buy...
Correct thread title should have been...What tool should I buy. That way there would be all kinds of excuses to get lots of tools. No limits related to a simple vine. Tractors could have been involved!
Well, then...post some more photos...and make sure your thread titles are set up to achieve the desired tool...er...purpose.
Bighead38
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Have any detail sanding that needs to be done?
didit
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It would be worthwhile to save your sawzall blades from dulling by using some scrap pieces of wood for a backing.
It made a few post without being said so.... I have always told the kids on the job "that not a Sawzall, a Sawzall is red".Sawzall!
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