mckee Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 I keep finding lots of vegetation getting in my way when I'm out geocaching. What's the best equipment for clearing a nice wide swath of destruction to the cache? Obviously the extension cord models aren't going to cut it, since I'll need a whole lot of cords to reach a plug-in. Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted August 9, 2003 Author Share Posted August 9, 2003 Oops, I just read the rules and guidlines. Disregard. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 If you have a lot of vegitation, clearly it's not endangered or there wouldn't be much. So cutting a nice wide swath is not a problem. Heck you would probably be doing the world a favor since as everyone knows it's only the invasive weeds that grow that well. Flame throwers work well, but they just don't have enough juice to go the distance during a long hike. Besides the forest service has a habit of banning fires outside of campfires and in some places they ban even those. Machetties don't work well but they sure are fun. My personal favorite (learned as an intern) is a chainsaw. They cut through thick patches of weeds with ease. Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 "Flamethrowers?" "Machettes?" "Chain saws and weed whackers?" What hunters do is use brush pants, or chaps. You can plow through any vegetation that you have the strength to power through while wearing those. Or, follow the trial left by the previous cacher. That Quack Cacher: Lone Duck When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Well, my friend John and I tried to plant a cache up at a very, very remote lake...Dream Lake. He brought a machete as we knew that we were in for a hellacious bushwack. Boy, I never want to do a bushwack like that one again! He used that tool and I used my trusy hickory hiking stick to beat back some of the very thick, stickerish brush. This is an extreme case. Normally when I cache, I try to go around brushy areas and my caches are mostly in areas that don't require bushwacking...well, Dream Lake will, but that's a wilderness adventure for hardy folk. We're gonna go for it in a couple weeks or so by going up the creek this time. Here's the resulting cache due to our failure to reached the lake. Some pics of the ordeal are posted: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=73113 Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by mckee: http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/130036_200.gif I know this is off-topic McKee, but was is that guy hiding in an Oreo cookie? Alan Quote Link to comment
+GeoCamelCachers Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 I think This is just whay ya need Censor Yourself NOT Others The Sum Of Knowlege and Experience is Wisdom Quote Link to comment
+mrmnjewel Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 Back in the day certain individuals found napalm and agent orange to work pretty well for overgrown areas...However, this might prove detrimental to the tupperware or ammo box you are hunting for so you might want to use those caching aids as a "last resort." The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.---Matthew 13:44 Matt & Julia To view our online geocaching diary/blog, click here I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it. - Jack Handey (aka Jack Handy) Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Unless you can get some Agent Orange or call in a napalm strike, try a DR Trimmermower. It even has an attachment to cut down small trees! Next choice would be a Cat D5B dozer. It leaves a great trail back to your tow vehicle and creates a great firebreak to slow down those pesky brush fires caused by napalm. Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates! There's a fine line between Geocaching and mental illness, I just not sure which side of the line I'm on! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I know some of the people here are joking and I hope others are (It might not be a good idea to post photos of people using machettes on cache pages. You wouldn't want give the anti-geocaching crowd any more ammo). "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted August 10, 2003 Author Share Posted August 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Alan2:I know this is off-topic McKee, but was is that guy hiding in an Oreo cookie? Alan He's eating the icing out first, silly. Quote Link to comment
Wanderingson Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote: You wouldn't want give the anti-geocaching crowd any more ammo. BrianSnat I wouldn't want to give my exwife any more ammo either. "I cache; therefore I am" Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:I wouldn't want to give my exwife any more ammo either. And definitely not a machette! "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Mark 42 Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:You wouldn't want give the anti-geocaching crowd any more ammo. There's an anti geocaching crowd? Quote Link to comment
+Og's outfit Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Of course, if you're not in a big hurry, you could always bring in these guys to do the job! OG Prophetically Challenged (or is that Pathetically?) Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by CamelCacher:I think http://www.wes.army.mil/el/aqua/apis/mechanical/html/john_dee.html is just whay ya need I have GOT to get one of these!! Free your mind and the rest will follow Quote Link to comment
+Dave_W6DPS Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Don't forget the "newbies" out there. Until you have at least 20 finds, 2 hides, and 150 forum posts you should be required to use a manual weeding device, such as a hoe. And of course, any gasoline powered device should be reserved for charter members. If you are going to troll, troll big! Dave_W6DPS My two cents worth, refunds available on request. (US funds only) Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:There's an anti geocaching crowd? Yep, the National Park Service, many local land managers and a handful of poorly informed tree huggers "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
Aksor+Raskol Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 I agree with OG. Goats are cheap, eat anything and at the end of the season you can throw it on the BBQ for your local geocaching club. Those guys will eat anything, too! Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted August 11, 2003 Author Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dave_W6DPS:Don't forget the "newbies" out there. Until you have at least 20 finds, 2 hides, and 150 forum posts you should be required to use a manual weeding device, such as a hoe. And of course, any gasoline powered device should be reserved for charter members. Does dynamite count as a "manual weeding device?" Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dave_W6DPS:And of course, any gasoline powered device should be reserved for charter members. I knew my $30 for a premium membership would someday be useful! --------------------------------------------------- Free your mind and the rest will follow Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Submit a new cache page. Make the co-ordinates 0.1 of a mile beyond the cache you want to find. Post that there's a ten thousand dollar first finder's prize in your new cache. Give it a week then go and find the cache you're after. Bill ------------------------------- "Ah, take the Cache and let the Credit go..." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment
+mrmnjewel Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Bill D, Your idea takes the cake. Work smarter not harder. Let your fellow cachers bushwhack for you by playing on their greed/competitive spirit... The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.---Matthew 13:44 Matt & Julia To view our online geocaching diary/blog, click here I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it. - Jack Handey (aka Jack Handy) Quote Link to comment
dsandbro Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 You can use an extension cord model. Just plug it into a currant bush. Make sure the currant bush is AC though, not DC. The two look alike and fool many people. =========================================================== "The time has come" the Walrus said "to speak of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and Kings". Quote Link to comment
dsandbro Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 A Caterpillar D-9 works well too. =========================================================== "The time has come" the Walrus said "to speak of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and Kings". Quote Link to comment
+Lothar69 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Woodbutcher68:Unless you can get some Agent Orange or call in a napalm strike, try a DR Trimmermower. If I remember correctly, Agent Orange was frequently used by the U.S. military in the late 60's and early 70's in their efforts at VietCaching. I am Lothar, King of the Hill people. I have many tails to tell.... Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Oh for cryin' out loud! Would you people please think of what you're doing to the future generations out there?!?!?!? SALT the earth! That way they won't have to worry about anything growing up in their way either! Sheeesh! Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 WE ARE the salt of the earth! Use Ortho Groundclear. Supposed to prevent all growth for up to a year. I used it at work, it lasts about a week. Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates! There's a fine line between Geocaching and mental illness, I just not sure which side of the line I'm on! Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Use tons of boiling water, for it is better than chemicals or the distructiveness of fire. The vegetation eventually dies. -------------------------------------------------- My Old posts as Geoffrey My Current Post as GOT GPS? My profile My Home Page about what is GPS Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted August 12, 2003 Author Share Posted August 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by GOT GPS?:Use tons of boiling water, for it is better than chemicals or the distructiveness of fire. The vegetation eventually dies. Tons? I will make my wife carry the water so I can read the GPS. I wouldn't want her to spill any on the wrong spots. Quote Link to comment
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