Chemical brushing

[jdtesluk]

Interesting article. Certainly has implications for the manual brushing market.

https://vancouversun.com/news/canfor-pl ... ng-forests

[_I3^RELATIVISM]

Is a bit strange the lack of regulation on such usage in North America the consequences for the water basin, are definitely concerning. Hopefully in 15 years such will no longer be in use.

[newforest]

I did several days of “hack-and-squirt” release of Oaks once. That entails wacking a machete into the bark and then spritzing some chemical into the cut being held open by the machete blade. Sounds nice and cleanly elegant with no backpack load of chemical sloshing around, and no drifting aerosolized chem either. Just a regular hand-held spray bottle and some rubber gloves, right?

But as it turns out, the machete blade gets coated in chemical and then when you WHACK into the next needed cut (4/tree), SPLAT goes the little droplets of chemical in all directions.

After that one I would rather just inhale chainsaw exhaust all day.