Winter weed slashing train

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21 күн бұрын

It's well and truly winter now and the line has become overtaken by weeds. This train of specialist maintenance equipment greatly reduces the amount of effort needed to keep the line clear for the infrequent operations.

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@melbournesparks3828 15 күн бұрын

So there's been a few people asking why not a blower as well? Short answer is that it isn't really needed, and doesn't actually help much. There's a lot of plants, structures and rocks close to the track along most of the line, so there isn't really anywhere to blow the debris to. Also no herbicide here, because again it doesn't actually help much on the main type of weed and has a high risk of causing off target damage on the native vegetation.

@Secretlyanothername 13 күн бұрын

How do you clear the rails and sleepers?

@Jeepy842000 12 күн бұрын

Probably also a good idea to avoid blower since clover parts can reroot wherever they land.

@drewlinz8688 9 күн бұрын

Then how about a brush car to just sweep bigger debris to the side to prevent derailments

@kakd1870 5 күн бұрын

how about a catch bin like riding mower?

@americancitizen405 4 күн бұрын

Vacuum cleaner car ?

@aaronleverton4221 17 күн бұрын

Day 43. We continue to hack our way across the garden... Trees many, many times the height of our locomotive impose themselves over the tracks, one wonders how many decades, or even centuries they took to reach such immense proportions. No river at home can compare to the mighty spans we have crossed. The work is arduous. If this is one season's growth, I cannot imagine the toll of man and beast that must have been taken to clear the route and lay the tracks.

@blagmate5516 11 күн бұрын

Me stinks, Sir, that you have read a train engineer's, ship captain's or explorer's log afore.

@clangerbasher 19 күн бұрын

Having real PW trains on garden lines make them real railways to me.

@blauer2551 17 күн бұрын

One of the most realistic setups I’ve seen down to the dirt on the engine

@rolux4853 17 күн бұрын

What does PW mean?

@clangerbasher 17 күн бұрын

@@rolux4853 permanent way

@bigmart932 17 күн бұрын

@@rolux4853permanent way, basically it just means railway infrastructure so a PW train would be a railway infrastructure repair train

@daniellewis1789 13 күн бұрын

@@rolux4853what the US calls Right Of Way or ROW. This train would be called MOW or Maintenance Of Way equipment.

@geoffgunn9673 18 күн бұрын

I like the detail when you see through the loco’s open door and see a porcelain throne

@lklmmedia4715 13 күн бұрын

I was literally just about to comment about that - at 7m20s

@jamesalles139 11 күн бұрын

@@lklmmedia4715 that is 8:11 (clickable link)

@blacksmeim8791 17 күн бұрын

Incredible custom built cars, railroad, anything! The track layout looks natural, no plactic building awkwardly standing around, just a functional, wonderful railroad. Respect my dude!

@thomasdickson3622 12 күн бұрын

Well, you got me. I thought that was a full-size railway until you picked up the train.

@tracynation2820 19 күн бұрын

Super. I bet the weed whacker and the brush cutter also make a great show when they are being used as a snowplow. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

@melbournesparks3828 18 күн бұрын

Luckily no snow here! More rain than Colorado though.

@tracynation2820 18 күн бұрын

Ironic. You probably have the second or third best powered "plow" that I have ever seen in a KZfaq video, and you don't have any snow. 🙂 I use a push plow in front of three or four locomotives, sometimes for snow, sometimes for leaves and sticks, but my railroad doesn't have the lovely greenery like yours. I have seen everything from a beautiful, fully functional, digital miniature Rotary Snow Plow and Flanger car combo, to a flailing chain connected to a motor strapped to a flatcar with a battery. I can't wait to see your idea used as a "snowplow" down the road, especially when the snow is deeper. 💙 T.E.N.

@melbournesparks3828 15 күн бұрын

@@tracynation2820 It doesn't snow at all here, so I'm probably not going to have the chance to test that. I've seen some cool snow clearing equipment from other countries though!

@HROM1908 19 күн бұрын

Good to see you back ! Great way to deal with the intrusion of undergrowth. Can't wait for more.

@nomusicrc 11 күн бұрын

I gave this video three thumbs up because there's no added music just the raw audio

@ivveG 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful little railway! Thank you for sharing this remarkably satisfying maintenance video!

@rc4lifebnsf 18 күн бұрын

That’s amazing. I love your layout and how it’s hidden in the overgrowth of greenery

@lklmmedia4715 13 күн бұрын

As someone who grew up in Eltham from '75 to '93, and being a Regular of the Eltham Lower Model Railway...I can appreciate this a lot!

@thejll 18 күн бұрын

Very satisfactory tunnel through the greenery!

@claudevieaul1465 17 күн бұрын

I don't think I've ever seen any model train with a bigger "Hold my beer" attitude... 🤘

@psynriter 14 күн бұрын

I don't know why it's taken this long for the KZfaq algorithms to put forward your channel as a suggestion. Instant subscription here. Fantastic backyard railway action. With the overhead you could buy very cheaply little beads to make insulators

@KPMACHINE1 18 күн бұрын

This is like the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I have all my Lionel stuff in the basement from when I was a kid. This got me so excited to get it back out and set it up some time.

@Phil-oj5nr 18 күн бұрын

our local ride-on 2ft gauge railway in Blenheim, New Zealand has a lawn mower device. They mow the tracks about two or three times a month. Works very well. If you are in NZ on holiday and you have come over on the ferry from Wellington to Picton with your car, drive 27km south and you are in Blenheim. It is only another 3 plus km to Bradshaw Park where they operate. Track is just under 5km and the round trip takes about 1 hour.

@melbournesparks3828 18 күн бұрын

I've seen some pictures, definitely looks worth a visit!

@gehteuchnixan69 Күн бұрын

I love stumbling upon these kind of videos. Glimpses into other people's lives and hobbies

@bobe.3719 19 күн бұрын

Your new vertical cutter is a great add-on and does a complete job. I just wonder if that should be placed behind the older "track clearer" car as that may lessen the chances of a derailment. Anyway, it's great to see another video from you!

@FishKepr 19 күн бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

@melbournesparks3828 18 күн бұрын

I found this is the configuration that works the best, since the vertical cutter often removes large fern fronds and the like that need further chopping when they fall on the track.

@willb.383 18 күн бұрын

@@melbournesparks3828so, we are really discovering you need a a second horizontal cutter to lead the way 😂

@jamesfitch6431 3 күн бұрын

That is so awesome. Fantastic engineering and application. What a great way to clean up the garden railway. ❤

@keithjenkinson7825 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant stuff; and you really got me with the Dunny in the Diesel

@dennisk5818 18 күн бұрын

Awesome, you had me tricked. I thought that this was a drone video of an actual railroad trimming some dense vegetation in a third world country! You've an fantastic layout. This must take a long time to cultivate the vegetation. It beats the fake grass by a large margin. Great job.

@brightsky3339 17 күн бұрын

That was a joy to watch great maintenance Alexander Evan derailments & break downs it makes it all real.

@user-dj1rp8mo6g 9 күн бұрын

Holy shit man! I legit thought it was a real railway line during the intro.

@rolux4853 17 күн бұрын

Those plants look so tropical! I live in Germany and everything that grows here looks so much different.

@4TheMotorist 18 күн бұрын

"Tim the tool man Taylor" would be proud 😀

@jacksonm.3291 18 күн бұрын

This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your tiny brush clearing train.

@vettebecker1 17 күн бұрын

Awesome, you can go back in and trim up if needed but it’s not anything like having to do the entire layout by hand. Love it ❤

@_RNX_ 19 күн бұрын

I'm so glad to have a glimpse at your wonderful layout again! I'm wondering if you ar planning to add a track expansion....

@johnandwegs 19 күн бұрын

Might be the best video yet!!! Well done👍👍👍

@mikecostello5669 3 күн бұрын

This so takes me back to watching Malcolm and his setups around his house 😊

@melbournesparks3828 Күн бұрын

Unlike Malcolm I have only a very normal amount of trams in my house

@20truck 17 күн бұрын

I'm amazed how well your weed cutters work.

@the_lost_navigator 17 күн бұрын

Watching Right-of-Way clearing has never been more enjoyable. Envious of your layout, Sir.

@UPnDOWN 18 күн бұрын

The most wholesome thing I'll see on YT for a while!

@modelrailwayquest 16 күн бұрын

Fantastic! I know of a lot of garden railway enthusiasts who'd love one of those!

@justahillbilly7777 13 күн бұрын

Sometimes Melbournesparks' genius is almost frightening. On a more serious note, for real man, this is an ingenious way of keeping your model railway's ROW clear of debris. It's downright beautiful even.

@johnmasonRCingabout 20 сағат бұрын

when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a real train. really cool I love scale models and dioramas and having a working one in the garden would be sweet.

@KlaunVI 18 сағат бұрын

This is awesome. My day will be better now that I know this exists. Cheers

@khyron6 19 күн бұрын

So green its hard for me to believe, I have lived in the desert my hole life. It's like a green snow plow. Cool Video thanks.

@Tom-Lahaye 18 күн бұрын

This is more fun than swinging the weedwhacker around by hand, it did cut a nice tunnel trough the clover field. If I choose to build a 5" line in my garden I could put my Stihl petrol weed whacker on it, but sadly it's going to be O gauge, so the electric variant you have is the only option. Nice addition for your track is a rotating horizontal brush to remove leaves and mos from the tracks, or a leaf/dust blower, you can buy these handy little ones .

@melbournesparks3828 18 күн бұрын

It certainly saves a lot of manual work! The mower wagon does a pretty good job mulching and blowing away the leaves and clippings on its own

@cathopreicon 14 күн бұрын

wow i am completley charmed and for the first time in my life considering the joy of making my own miniature railway. This wholesome content has made my day

@dragchute1 13 сағат бұрын

Some videos are just addictive. My apologies, and to my wife's shagrin, I watched your video twice instead of cutting the grass. Cheers and thank you for the entertainment.

@boing7679 18 күн бұрын

I was so confused when I saw "It is well and truly winter now" and then I saw your channel was named Melbournesparks. Great video! You are lucky that the blade thing didn't hit you at 6:20.

@melbournesparks3828 18 күн бұрын

Winter in Victoria is the wet and weedy season! I definitely wear PPE when operating this, it can throw all sorts of things a good distance including parts of itself.

@MisatoBestWoman 10 күн бұрын

From the intro I thought this was a real full size train absolutely incredible

@rclass707 18 күн бұрын

I might look at something like this for my 5 inch gauge railway. What a great idea.

@NorthShoreRails 13 күн бұрын

I appreciate the respect for the native vegetation. Very satisfying and cleverly built!

@RustyInventions-wz6ir 17 күн бұрын

Nice work. Playing and doing maintenance is one. Great

@floydfanTN 10 күн бұрын

Randomly had this video pop up on my feed and I love it. It's like a fantastical alien planet these trains operate on. Very otherworldly! :D

@ChuckBame 10 күн бұрын

Most entertaining, satisfying thing i have watched in a while!

@everything_Burnz 12 күн бұрын

Repurposed protest sign? I guess I am not surprised someone mindful enough to stand up in support of a cause is also mindful enough to reduce, reuse, recycle. Nice little creative tool train you built there. 10/10 respect

@athab8256 19 күн бұрын

Fantastic and hypnotic as usual!!

@svennilsson8459 19 күн бұрын

Yes Sir!!! 👏 I see we went to the same school, "if the lawn gotten full of tree branches & mould heaps, go over it wirh the mower" 😱The blades, what blades ? 🤔 All the best from the very south of Sweden. 👍

@tominnis8353 18 күн бұрын

Very efficient and satisfying to watch. Thank you!

@PierreCC1 17 күн бұрын

Most relaxing and satisfying to watch! Excellent tooling!

@Its_just_Dave. 6 сағат бұрын

That’s absolutely brilliant. Very satisfying to watch it cut a path through all that over growth. Was going to mention a blower or sweeper would be handy, but read the comment as to why it wouldn’t work (with your set up). Maybe a vacuum setup could be handy?

@mokou2526 13 күн бұрын

Now all you need is a brush carrige to clear stuff off the tracks! Excellent machinery all said and done.

@melbournesparks3828 13 күн бұрын

It usually isn't really needed, the clippings just fall between the rails.

@stephenmoeller2408 18 күн бұрын

Nicely done. Loved the machines and camera work!

@odaikorob 19 күн бұрын

It's Onion Weed. You've got to pull them out by the roots and remove the bulbs underneath otherwise they grow back real quick.

@melbournesparks3828 19 күн бұрын

It's a type of oxalis, which luckily is much easier to slash than onion weed! It has similar tubers though that make it very difficult to exterminate.

@odaikorob 19 күн бұрын

@@melbournesparks3828 ah yes...oxalis. Sorry got the naming wrong there. Its in my garden here in Auckland NZ and I find that when I dig it out and remove the bulbs at the bottom of the roots, it doesnt come back for quite a while.

@aquacactuscheeseburger 16 күн бұрын

bloody oxalis, As a local I can't escape the stuff! It does make for very nice scenery at this scale though. Love the railway, Cheers

@paladinkhan 5 күн бұрын

Really awesome end result, looks beautiful. Would be cool to see the mowing vehicles even more stylized like some kind of railroad equipment, i really like the style youve chosen looks lovely and fits the environment well

@melbournesparks3828 5 күн бұрын

They definitely need some refinement, the front one is still kind of a prototype

@seanrichardson266 13 күн бұрын

This was a mesmerizing video! Very impressed with the engineering involved. Outstanding job!

@ramadhanisme7 13 күн бұрын

What a great train set, beautiful garden too

@alenaxp 18 күн бұрын

wow looks so amazing! I wish it was longer video 😁😁

@Recivichunter 16 күн бұрын

Very cool stuff, first time seeing this channel and I'm already super into it.

@concor10 9 күн бұрын

the scarey thing is in places of the UK they actually use trains sort of like this in spring time. and they look just as horrifying, you can sometimes see them working just before the track cleaners appear.

@DriveShifty 18 күн бұрын

I'm lost for words. This is amazing!

@KerboOnYT 17 күн бұрын

What a neat solution! Thanks random KZfaq feed. Cheers from Missouri, USA

@jackphoton 18 күн бұрын

Makita batteries rule! I use them in all sorts of home and hobby uses. Too useful for stuff exactly like this train!

@lilfur 18 күн бұрын

That was absolutely fantastic! First time seeing something like this~

@tylersowa3858 4 күн бұрын

That's so cool how you made that ! Highly impressed

@stefancupka 12 күн бұрын

The most satisfying video on the internet I've seen recently. Well done 👌

@thepainter3575 11 күн бұрын

thx for making this. had a bad day, watched this and now im happy :)

@rdwatson 10 күн бұрын

That was surprisingly satisfying. Cool custom cars too

@ramblingman8992 17 күн бұрын

That is pure genius. Let the train do the work and save yourself hours of back breaking pruning work. All you need now is a leaf blower to clear the debris from between the lines.

@seldoon_nemar 11 күн бұрын

my first though on seeing this thing roll out is "this is the most rail-ass looking model railroad I've ever seen" between the scrungly milkjug mower up front, the tinwork mower, and the filthy engine, it looks like a real small railroad in operation just trying to keep running and it's awsome

@davidmarconett3820 18 күн бұрын

Wow! That's pretty smart, and resourceful! Well done!

@stevenhorne5089 13 күн бұрын

I've got to admit. This is cool. I had a race car set with trains that crossed its track.

@Feintgames 18 күн бұрын

Very satisfying. I like your layout. Very cool.

@csongorvarga 18 күн бұрын

Brilliant, and as far as I can tell, works quite effectively.

@malcolmgibson6288 17 күн бұрын

I've just stumbled across this channel. I've got a lot of catching up to do, so I've got another subscription.

@MakersMuse Күн бұрын

Really satisfying to watch! Om nom nom clovers. 😂

@joelaichner3025 17 күн бұрын

Awesome Train set up

@Mojojosie86 19 күн бұрын

This was so satisfying to watch, love it!

@paulroussell 7 күн бұрын

Simply brilliant! Made my day, and inspired me to build a garden railway (might need some domestic discussions at home first😅)

@melbournesparks3828 7 күн бұрын

you should! There are quite a few online garden railway communities you can look at for inspiration

@Chevyguy-1984 18 күн бұрын

That’s a pretty cool setup, you need a blower car to go with them too lol Awesome railway too by the way

@MajesticDemonLord 10 күн бұрын

As someone who hates gardening, I can absolutely relate.

@lyndonfoster1090 17 күн бұрын

Wonderful. Be great if you did an article for garden railway with plans. Lovely layout too.

@finlayfraser9952 14 күн бұрын

I like the dunny on the loco!

@harrisondrumz 11 күн бұрын

The satisfaction button 👇🏼

@jordanw8382 17 күн бұрын

This was so oddly satisfying. Watched the entire thing and it was a thrill.

@tonywright8294 18 күн бұрын

Must be the best garden rail way I’ve ever seen ,excellent !

@michaelguerin56 16 күн бұрын

Nice solution. Smart thinking. I would suggest, however, that you fit some type of safety cap to every one of those deformed steel reinforcing stakes that you have emplaced beside your permanent way. As a carpenter, I can assure you that steel reinforcing safety caps have made a huge difference to site safety over the last few decades.

@melbournesparks3828 15 күн бұрын

Those are the poles that hold up the overhead wire. The safety requirements for a work site and a garden railway are not the same.

@michaelguerin56 15 күн бұрын

@melbournesparks3828 I was not, with all due respect, talking about the majority of your poles. I was specifically referring to the short pieces of reinforcing steel that I saw in two or three shots. I am specifically worried about your safety. In regard to 'site safety rules', some are good, some are questionable; and some are ludicrously dangerous. We have a standard scaffolding handrail height of 1 metre, here in NZ. I am 6 foot (1.83m) tall and I need a minimum handrail height of 1.15m to be safe, especially given that the effective height of a horizontal round-pipe handrail is closer to its central axis than the top of the horizontal pipe. Getting back to my main point, we no longer hear about workers being impaled on steel starters BECAUSE we use safety caps. Have a good week.

@thomasdemaio53 17 күн бұрын

Wow. Nice build dude. I'd probably put the grinder in the front to clear the tracks for itself. The results it gave were awesome though.

@psychodboy1511 Күн бұрын

The starting clip made me think Ricky was smuggling cigarettes again.

@cbt1960 17 күн бұрын

Very nicely done👍👍👍

@jerryrigsit5400 12 күн бұрын

Ok, this is like the coolest weed eater video ever. Or MOW video. Very cool and creative.

@AfroMyrdal Күн бұрын

@5:04 hah a little potty humor, I love it! 😆 I do however have a suggestion. I can see that the OSHA approved blades you made from a filing knife or whatever it's called in English is HITTING off the grass and brush, not cutting it like you probably want. I can see this by the look of the grass and brush that is left behind. (10 year experience lawn guy) string like the underside one or sharpened blades (turn them around and make them sharp instead of jagged. I think it would be less messy too 😁 it works though and is a very fun way to clear the trails so to speak. Very cool video! @8:12 oh my lawd absolutely fantastic result!