Cutting Heavy Brush and Small Trees (Cheapest Brush Cutter I could Buy)

Hope you are watching in HD by the time you read this. seems like YouTube is taking forever to process the HD version today......

For every handyman who has been asked by their wife why they keep that pile of parts in the garage for years... We thank you Matt!

It's always good when they copy an original part so well out of chinesium that when it breaks you can just bolt the original version in place and keep on going.If you keep replacing parts like that eventually you'll have the brush cutter you want.Like a Ship of Theseus.

That "Danger stay back" sign on the brush cutter is a warning to potential buyers. Fortunately, it looks like you've replaced enough parts to have a pretty decent brush cutter.

In a world where things are standardised, Diesel Creek may find a saviour for the issue he is surely to encounter.

It’s the best feeling ever when a guy’s saved a part for ages and then can actually use it in a pinch!! Well done!

When you said “sweetheart deal” I kinda wondered if it was a freebie. Way to go Matt, helping out the K of C…how crazy is it that you trashed your gearbox and then had one on the shelf! Someone is looking out for you for doing charity work…

You inspired me to get out and work on things I haven't done anything since my dad passed away

The next step mat is to get one for your excavator. I did two years ago and it is the nut. But if you do get it, make sure you run it in the one-way valve setting

My wife when she hears one of the Diesel Creek tunes, here we go again, another hour of your life gone, love these videos.

Matt, you're a good, hard working man. Your fans know this quite well!

If there is a lesson to be learnt today its this! "Keep your brush trim because if it becomes overgrown you can't see all the nasties that lurk in it". God bless the Knights of Columbus⚔️

Your gearbox is an 40 hp Rc-30 Omni gearbox with a 12 spline tapered output shaft. $159.00 at Surplus Center. You could switch to a larger box but it would have a larger 15 spline output shaft and you would have to change the hub out on the blade assembly/stump jumper. You may want to do that though if you keep breaking the output shaft.

That my friend is Japanese Knot Weed... very invasive and almost impossible to get rid of without a lot of dirt removal

The plants along the pine tree row ( and other places) is a very quick spreading Japanese knot weed. It grows and spreads from root cuttings so whatever you do, don't disturb the roots until an application of Weed Round-Up is used to kill it. Round-Up is serious biz so have a trainer horticulturist apply it and keep children /pets away from those sites. It is safe to bull doze the pine trees afterwards. Fantastic job and great bonus repair.

I love reclaiming land that needs to be mowed by a regular mower it makes yards look so much neater.

Maybe someone has already mentioned it but the plant you're cutting when the blade breaks is known as "Asian knotweed" and is a really aggressive invasive species. You're actually not allowed to cut it here in Sweden unless you burn the off cuts directly after, or double-bag them in trash bags and dispose of it properly. Any off cut, almost no matter how small, will root and produce new plants. The roots dig 10 ft down and 21 ft out which makes it nearly impossible to get rid of the plants once they're rooted. Not saying that you could've done this differently, just taking the opportunity to share this knowledge. :)

One of the fun things about cheaply produced utility items from tiger economies is that there's somebody who made a business from making sub-assemblies like that gearbox who started by picking up some random legacy example of whatever they wanted to make & replicating it using cheaper materials & simplified production techniques.

Perhaps you should start calling the "brush cutter" a "development jig" onto which you add production quality parts. :)

Literally jumped up shouting "HOLY HELL!!!" when that gearbox was a perfect fit. No better victory than winning after repressing the urge to throw out something you kept for years. Hope you bought that powerball ticket! That chinesium brush cutter is rapidly becoming a good ol "Merican" brush cutter.