Speed Cutting Trail Overgrowth - LaneShark LS3 - Day 135

[@louisnemick1939]

Mr. Bates I enjoy your enthusiasm. You make smile.

[@keggyification]

You are so right Jay. It's the little things that matter most. Thanks for sharing your journey with us, it's really good to see you enjoying life so much with your family, you deserve it all Sir.

[@jaredjohnson8553]

That's a heck of a tool. Nicely done.

[@dexterbutler9735]

Love seeing the improvement each week. I will be great once its all completed.

[@barstad-9591]

What’s that sound the branches make when they hit you? 😉😂 The huge grin I hear in your voice makes me smile.

[@mikedurkee7296]

Good stuff! Love the enthusiasm... seriously doubt that I will ever come close to needing something like this but holy cow it is so good to see and hear your enthusiasm.

[@edwinpagan1290]

Lo estoy siguiendo hace 3 años , me alegra que este logrando muchas cosas más adelante con tus proyectos.

[@nctplarry]

Absolutely TERRIFIC, Jay!! It's great not only to see the amazing transformation, but also to hear the genuine excitement in your voice. I totally agree with you about the feeling--the feeling of satisfaction--you have when you/we accomplish something like you showed us today. Just know that, although you might not hear directly from some of us, we certainly think of you often and wish you (and your marvelous family) all the best that life has to offer. I still hold out hope for getting to meet you someday...and I could whip myself for not making the effort to do so when you were in Starkville and/or Mathiston. Take care, sir! ~Larry Anderson • Tupelo

[@NedbLegocity]

I'll have to re-watch this on my big screen, the difference wasn't too apparent on my phone just now. Our eyes are So much better at picking up the details in a scene compared to what cameras can record, that often it isn't possible to share the accomplishment. That being said,I totally 'get' the satisfaction in accomplishing a well maintained 'lane', 'yard', etc... I've had to hire a service for my yardwork the last year or two. I really MIss the seat time and knowing my property. Going to just roll with the situation through the fall. Spring however, I'll be getting my Elec-Trac working again, OR picking up a small zero turn mower.

[@pat_link_]

Great job, I have been watching you since you started working in small garage making jigs and now you are running duel cameras cutting paths for a new workshop and home

[@wg8304]

I don’t know if that was your first time with the implement but you looked pretty efficient. Great idea for laneshark to offer a residential option for this work. Great use for offsetting mowing too

[@MichaelCoolidge]

I am so glad to see you out having fun on your tractor. I did that yesterday. I put the brush hog on and mowed my lower meadow and then moved dirt and mulch. I believe that getting things done with your tractor is one of the best therapies around.

[@robertgullickson8758]

Looks great Jay! I might just have to invest in one of those attachments for my JD. We enjoy your videos. Been following you for years 👍🏻

[@robertgullickson8758]

Btw we’re in SW MS west of McComb

[@pmelchman]

Such a cool tool. Most definitely cleared the path

[@Brownstone31]

It's interesting to hear someone talking about my day job (hydraulics) on a woodworking channel. lol

[@jamesmacintyre1415]

This will become your pet project we have one at our parents place and dad has made it his retirement project to maintain and perfect and improve every year

[@JAMESMT-mm6zl]

You’re not supposed to enjoy running equipment….said no one ever….🤣😂😜…..thanks for sharing.

[@ykmjc]

Don’t know what the fascination is with trails, but good job!

[@JayBates]

I like being outside and walking/riding trails. I always have. Some people like Pokemon cards and playing MineCraft for days on end.

[@leatherbydragonfly]

So cool Jay. Let your tools do the work

[@BirdYoumans]

I live in the beautiful Appalachian Mts of NC and I know what you mean about trying to take a picture of it. The grandeur that you experience "live" just can't be captured in a picture or video. Your trails look great tho.

[@oddnightbuilder5990]

Thanks Jay! I was looking into Lane Shark. Looks like it does a great job. So freaking expensive though.

[@scottmorris4914]

This trail looks more like a road, just as you said, you could drive your truck through there. LOL

[@cerberus2881]

Looks like big fun, I do that walking behind a brush mower or with a chainsaw.

[@jimrosson6702]

Very cool great job

[@thistledownwoodcraft3426]

Great job. Maybe a tiller or ground leveler would work for the ruts. Nothing light duty though, experience talking here. You could do a box blade but the first tree stump would foil that. After I did my 1/4 mile I keep it tidy with a York rake.

[@kylestonebraker3050]

You have a surprising amount if control being able to cut up and even behind few things. I'm interested to see what your trail maintenance.

[@itsmemsti]

Good job, bla bla. You opened with Streets of San Francisco music, I'm in

[@anthonyvincent9990]

'bout time for a new work hat.

[@JayBates]

Nah. I've got a few more decades left in this one :)

[@NigelBassman]

That’s not a trail. That’s an AVENUE of trees! ❤️

[@kookiethebear]

Glad you enjoyed the rotary cutter, Jay. I personally would save $5k and buy a professional pole saw. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I could do it faster. However, faster may not be your objective. 😊

[@JayBates]

I have a nice Stihl pole saw. It can't hold a stick to this thing. After this one trail with the pole saw I'd be smoked from holding it.

[@darrylbrook5968]

Your rotary cutter is called a slasher in Australia

[@aaronblackford981]

Awesome job. I just had this idea today. Are you planning a new side hustle or business. I would hate to call it landscaping but I pretty much is. I guess it would be “established trail work”. Haven’t looked most of them up but the few didn’t make sense for my 3 acres. Plus my terrain is more like a extreme 4x4 rock trail.

[@aaronblackford981]

Or does that matter on your partnerships? Is it written policy blah blah blah but you can’t start a new business with these deals or free stuff?

[@JayBates]

I'm not interested in starting another business at the moment.

[@aaronblackford981]

@@JayBates kinda figured that for now you feel overwhelmed but proud. And you should on both. But your doing great in your known skills and learning new ones as well of knowing when you just need help. Quite smart plan. Keep it up my man.

[@grantalpert5667]

I haven't been watching every video so forgive me if this has been answered, but have you discussed forest management? Thinning trees, etc?

[@JayBates]

Not really. I don't have any major plans for forest management. We want trails, some pasture eventually, and lots of trees everywhere else.

[@stuartjohnson8171]

One you have the trails all cut how often do you think you'll need to go back doing the same clean up?

[@JayBates]

As wide as this trail is, probably once in late spring after the initial growth and maybe once in late fall when growth has subsided. I'll know for sure later this year.

[@brucewelty7684]

Gravity and a retaining pin?

[@JayBates]

Huh?

[@heavymember5377]

​@@JayBates at about 1:15 minutes you put the pin in from underneath and then a R pin to stop it dropping out. Normally it's better to put the pin in from above so if the R pin comes off gravity will keep the pin in, instead of it dropping out.

[@JayBates]

Ahhh, I see the confusion now. It's spring loaded. I didn't manually put the pin anywhere, the spring did. You pull down to load the spring and pin it "out" so the head can move. Then pull the pin to release the spring tension for it to go up, move it until it pops into a reference hole, then insert the pin above as a safety lock to make sure something doesn't push it down, against the spring.