If the CITY wants to do a drainage upgrade ....THEY should prepare the site .. not the homeowner !

It's funny how fast cities will issue out violations but when trying to get anything completed from the city it can take months...

Wow, I’m impressed!! I kept waiting for a broken window when you were up against the house. Clearly you know what you are doing. Awesome job

Did anyone besides me notice how careful he was around the house? One false move and he coulda punched a hole in the brick work or smashed a window. Kudos to you guys, YOU DONE GOOD! 🤜🤛

That looks like an easement and the homeowner shouldn’t be responsible for it

That’s a bunch of crap. Create a violation so the homeowner has to prepare the site for construction. The audacity of the public servants is really amazing! Trim it to code

Seeing how these machines devour the landscape it gives admiration for the original settlers that did all this by hand in only a few years.

In regards to all of the people talking about who is responsible for cleaning the property up for the city to work on it. I don't know this specific situation but I'll tell you my experiance. I own 20 acres in west Texas. The power company, Oncor, has a substation on the back of my property and an easement for the power lines. I cannot build any permanent structures in Oncors easement but Oncor is responsible for all mowing and maintenance on that easement. Oncore also built a road from the main street back to thier substation which they are responsible for maintaining. I do mow the sides of the road once in a while but that's mainly just because I want to, not because I have to. I also have an easement for 5 oil and natural gas pipelines that run through my property. 5 different oil companies share responsibilities for mowing and maintaining thier easement. A few weeks back, Sunoco gas needed to do maintenance on thier pipeline on my neighbors property. While trying to figure out how they were going to get heavy equipment to the pipeline they saw my road back to the substation which leads almost exactly to where they needed to go and asked me for permission to use my power line road to get back there. I said yes and they insisted on paying me for the use of the road because there was a chance that they could damage my fences pulling their equipment through. They did have to take down a section of barbed wire fence to get to my neighbors property because they didn't go far enough back to find the gate but they rebuilt the fence stronger than it originally was. I don't know what's going on with the property in this video but in my opinion, my experiance is how it should go..

I liked the shrubs. They just needed a trim.

Sad that the old azaleas were mulched vs trimmed to maintain curb appeal on the house.

Another perfect example of city govt. sticking it too the home owner ! Get a lawyer and send the bill to the city !

So sad that every shrub next to the house had to be destroyed. 😭

Gee I can't imagine why He wanted all the azaleas mulched instead of trimmed oh it hurts my heart to watch that.

Fantastic job! Opening it up like that keeps the mosquitos and other bugs away from the house! Also makes airflow around the place better! I could use a mulcher around the property here for a couple of weeks! Be well!

Oh no not the Azaleas :(

The area Munchie cut between the fences looked more like an easement and is the city’s property to maintain, not the homeowners. I would have contested the violation, especially since it was for city work. My city government is getting away with a lot of crp and people are tired of it!

That mulching head was a thing of beauty. Very satisfying to watch.

All the azaleas? Sad!

This destruction of natural habitat was barbaric, and I'm not even a greenie.

It hurts me to watch you grind up those azaleas. That's something I would plant. All those needed was some simple hand pruning, preferably with something Felco.

Why on earth does a town council get to say what you can and can't have in your garden? So much for the 'Land of The Free'.....

Um, whomever told these people they needed a $75K machine to remove that little brush in someone's yard is the best salesman in the world.

Your mulching job along the house was masterful. Windows, railings, even a dryer vent, all left totally intact, while clearing out the brush. Well done, sir!

Plot twist: Property is owned by the city. The city rents it to a disabled veteran and his elderly wife. The city needs to do some work on their property and sends an inspector. He arrives and notes the violations. The couple say that they are not able to keep up with the landscape due to their disabilities. The city then bills itself, forwarding it to the V.A. to be paid in full.

My Grandfather always told me when planting a bush or tree, to put 2 or 3 half inch re-bar next to the trunk, so if a jerk decides to cut it down in the future they will regret it. He was a smart man.

Robert at the Old Byrd farm should have called someone like you to deal with his wisteria problem.

Never buy property where local govt has an easement across it.

Why are they destroying the shrubs at the front of the house that has nothing to do with drainage for the city. They are up against the home & all it needs to prune a little bit. That's disgusting.

That is a really nice tool. I could put that to good use sprucing up my property over a weekend. Interesting how the city has a drainage project so they slap a non-conform violation on the homeowner to save themselves work? It’s too bad, those bushes out front weren’t terrible and might have been pruned to provide some barrier to the road.

That mulcher kit is a thing of beauty. Makes quick work of it.

Who made the Decision to mulch shrubs in front of the house? How is that a city violation?

Can’t believe he wanted the azaleas cut down..we southern ladies would kill for those bushes😫

This machine and operator are simply amazing!

Running a flail head 4 feet from the truck & around windows! Balls!!!!

So freaking awesome ! No killing yourself for hours, no Poison ivy, no unfriendly critters. this is definitely the way to go.

I wouldn't want to live where azaleas have to be cut down. Of course I don't know the whol;e story but I really like flowering azaleas. In fact an hour away in Palatka they have an annual Azalea festival. Why not just trim them back?

I don't understand why those azaleas weren't just pruned instead of demolished. What was the violation?

The City doesn't care if you are old, sick or poor.

That machine would be good for mulching city inspectors.

A shame, azaleas can be trimmed NO need to destroy them. :(

Don't think many viewers realize the man hours it would take to clear this much vegetation from this property. A simple York rake will clean up much of the wood chips & since most of the grinding was surface cutting, much of this will grow back. Nature always wins but it certainly cleaned up the lot quickly !

You handle "Munchie" like you are frosting a cake. Great skill.

Impressive how you work around that soccer ball

I used to put ribbon on every thing the home owner wanted to get rid of while in his presence while videoing. That way there wasn't any question. I've never had a problem then and could always go back to the video.

I remember working at a car dealership back in the day they had land surrounding the the place they were going to expand onto. Well they had lots of small trees and big bushes like these in this video. They had a machine they called the billy goat they would use it to kind of street clean the lot plus it could cut high grass, mulch ect... It could eat darned near anyting 😂. So wait the city or county violated this home owner to clear an area they were planning on doing a project on? Somehow that does not sound right to me...🤔

Great job I love the transformation you and AL Bladez do great work

So many of the bushes could have been shaped and saved

Cutting those Azaleas like this is totally Insane They needed pruned and would have looked Beautiful if they will ever grown back will take 10 Years wow talking about the City devaluing that owners property value..... Oh that Drainage system getting installed by the City the Owner needs to get JUST COMPENSATION which is Mandated by the USA Constitution

Ummm there’s a problem here… I would have retained an attorney for the simple fact… home owner is NOT RESPONSIBLE for upgrades per city .. and they CANNOT AND I REPEAT CANNOT force the home owner to do nothin other than keeping their personal lawn cut under 9 inches… what city is this in? Because I have something you might wanna hear.. my spouse happens to be the mayor of the city I live in and before then was 2 term city councilman…

I had no idea how many azalea lovers were out there lurking on the web...

violation for what. Letting nature do what it does best.

I just stumbled upon your channel and your hat was all I needed to know that I found someone worth supporting.

A lot of skill to get that close to windows and walls and keep debris from hitting glass. Great job.

Great job great video thanks

Why on earth would you destroy an Azalea? Transplant them and save the beauty!

I doubt those azaleas were any code violation. So my question is why would the owner want to destroy them? They needed a little trimming is all.

Lacking an aesthetic sense. Destroyed a number of large azaleas that only needed pruning back. I’ve seen too many “landscapers “ clear away beautiful shrubs and trees. I only hope he leaves the dogwood on the corner.

That mulcher attachment is pretty awesome.

All in all, you boy's did a very nice job on this overgrown yard.

My mother used to call these dirty weeds. Lol she would have been a munchie warrior for sure.ove watching how quickly you can clean up. Great fun. Made quick work for everyone. 😊

What city is this? I want to make sure I never go there. Seems like dictatorship that tells you how to live and make sure there's no habitat for nature there.

I would have appreciated having one of these to clean my room when I was a kid.

That's an amazing machine. I don't think I've ever seen one out this way -- but then, we don't have such underbrush to get rid of.

Seems like the city should've been maintaining their easement, rather than threatening to issue a ticket to the homeowner for it.

You use that munchie machine with the precision of a weed wacker next to the house! Amazing!!!

Great skills, to look that smooth. Great vid, good content and editing too.

I really love watching you guys transform properties. I love the machines. Thank you so much. Makes me really happy. God Bless.

If you cut the azerlas about 24" down and fert they will recover and the following they can be trim down 18"

Too bad about the Azaleas, they are so beautiful in the spring. Couldn't you trimmed to 2 ft high and then mulch the tops?

Lordy my goodness gracious! That was some precision mulching up by the house!

Thanks for clearing those parasitic tree killing vines too.

OMG that machine is a "BEAST" 👹🤣

what city those inspectors work for???? I want to avoid moving there....

What an amazing piece of machinery , my street was completely over grown and the city used one of these and it looks amazing now

Lil munchie definitely in her element on that project. Nice precision work around the house IDig!

Oh.... NOW you tell me there's a machine for that!!! After I spent two weeks removing my shrubs by hand. Well, at least now I know about that machine..... 'cause next weekend we've got to clean up my son's bedroom.

I can’t believe that they wanted the azaleas mulched they are some beautiful bushes and flowers when they bloom my mom had them in front of her house and every year she was so in awe at how beautiful they were

Not the Azaleas!

Looked really good with all that "green" around it .... kinda sad looking after clean up

Just had a acre done,,guy did great job,some 4-6 inch trees and brush,, took less than 8 hours,,

When you were by the house I kept thinking "watch out for a water spicket" Great Job!

Why did they want such beautiful mature bushes removed? Takes forever for them to grow that big, just trim them.

I feel like I should be wearing safety glasses to watch this.

Could have sold those big Azalea bushes for $800-1000+ at most nurseries. Same with the rhododendron…they take 60 years to get that big.

It's amazing the Control you have over this machine! I bet it would go thru poison ivy and electric cables and water pipes with ease. ... and fire ants and bee nests. great job.

That mulcher is like an extension of your fingers. I can see you flexing and curling your 'fingers' over the overgrowth to see it disappear. Lots of skill you have man!

Wow Munchie is amazing! That was a good job.

Why on EARTH would anyone want to OBLITERATE the AZALEAS. Cutting BACK is one thing, but DOWN to the Ground bcz "CITY" is flat Garbage.

I am also curious where behind the house is the violation ? The area you clear is not on the property of the house in question or the neighbors behind the home. Seems like the city did not maintain the right of way area between the properties and they laid the blame on the home owner to get some work paid by the owner.

You saved the rubber ball too!😊

The amount of time that mulcher saves is incredible.

Time lapse rocks, great transformation 💯🇺🇸💯

I thought you were going to bust a window. You are a great equipment operator.

I heard that part too about the drainage, but I also heard him say that the house had lots of code violations, I imagine for over grown shrubs. Most cities have some type of codes for property maintenance. We had to call to complain about a local rental home that people moved out off and just trashed the yard with everything they did not take with them. It sounds unfair until you are the neighbor living near it.

Always enjoy watching that munchie do its job. Love how you avoided that ball several times so as not to shred it.

Chances are they were hit with a blight ordinance and it was discovered when the drainage failed. It it the owners responsibility to maintain their property in a way that it doesn’t damage or impede the cities drainage.

The city can make you cut your grass but not cut down all your bushes. I can understand trimming them but I wouldn’t cut them down.

No need, to pack Your Bags. Not a Guilt Trip, Poking Da Bear. LOVE YOUR WORK!!! I want One! 😂❤😂

I so admire you as you press forward past monumental tragedy! You're in my prayers Bro! Mulch On! Blessings Bro!

You handle that machine with ease. You are a professional for sure. I would never attempt to go within five feet of a house or fence b/c I would take them out for sure.