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In Search of Weeding with Brush Cutter Without Herbicide, Producer Reports Labor Shortage and Daily Wage of R$ 120. Tried Machete, Trimmer and a R$ 30 Video Disk with 80 Teeth. In Tough Weeds and With Stone, It Bent but Didn’t Pull Out Roots. Now He Promises to Buy the Expensive Model.
A rural resident says that weeding with a brush cutter has become a necessity, not a trend. He says he never liked weeding, that age has caught up with him, and that he is trying to retire the hoe because there are not enough people for the job. According to his account, offering R$ 120 per day has not solved the issue, while the weeds grow around the house and the pressure at home increases.
The producer reports that he used chemical weeding in the past, but claims he hasn’t used herbicide for many years. To try to cope with the weeds, he resorted to homemade weed killers, but describes that they only work on small weeds and do not resolve the problem completely. His recent bet was to weed with a brush cutter using accessories, including a disk that went viral on the internet and promises to “replace the hoe.”
The Routine That Pushes the Hoe into Retirement
The starting point is simple and harsh: weeding is the service he likes the least, and now he says he can’t stand it like before.
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The account links this exhaustion to a practical bottleneck, the lack of labor.
He summarizes the scenario: the hoe remains necessary, but few people accept to weed even with a daily wage of R$ 120.
With the weeds closing in around the house, he seeks alternatives to reduce physical effort.
The strategy, in his words, is to find a way to weed with a brush cutter without reverting to herbicide.
In this context, each accessory tested becomes an attempt to transform mowing into weeding.
Machete, Trimmer and the Path to the Announced Disk as a Solution
Before the new disk, he describes two main pieces in the brush cutter.
The first is the machete, described as “very good” and the one that performs best for cutting.
The second is the trimmer, which he considers good but less productive than the machete.
The trimmer, however, gains a specific function: in areas with stone, he reports that he uses this option because it reduces the risk of breaking, something that can happen when the machete hits stone.
In practice, the producer separates the terrain by risk and yield, alternating tools according to the type of ground and the density of the weeds.
The Video Disk, the Teeth and the Difference Between Cheap and Expensive
The turning point of the story occurs when he sees many people online saying that it is possible to weed with a brush cutter using a “video disk.”
He decides to buy it to test and reports that he paid R$ 30 for a disk, described as coming “from China.”
In the same survey, he mentions that a good disk usually costs R$ 110, R$ 120 or even R$ 140.
The tested model is presented as a video disk with 80 teeth, and he mentions that there is a version with 40 teeth.
The goal was to tackle the weeds around the house and see if the disk would actually penetrate the soil to cut roots, as seen in the videos.
The Test in Practice: Tough Weeds, Obstruction and Stone in the Way
In the chosen area, he describes the problem as hard weeds, with “obstruction,” “broom,” and a lot of stone.
The result, according to him, was frustrating: the disk bends, cuts a little, and knocks down part of the weeds, but does not enter the soil and does not pull out the root.
He points out a physical detail of the disk that helps explain the feeling of inefficacy.
The “teeth” would have a kind of protrusion at the tip, and in the manual test, he says that it doesn’t even cut a finger.
In his reading, this translates to superficial impact, hitting and bouncing back, especially when the stone limits penetration.
Why the Disk Didn’t Solve and What He Observed on the Ground
The producer’s diagnosis is straightforward: for his terrain, weeding with a brush cutter with this cheap disk did not work.
He states that the tool does not cut the root and that, in the best-case scenario, it is suited for light weeds or garden beds, where the weeds are weaker.
There is also the hypothesis he himself raises: perhaps the failure is related to the amount of stone.
In a section with less stone, he describes that the disk bent everything, but still did not pull out roots. The final effect resembled heavy mowing, not complete weeding.
The Next Step: Repeat the Test with a More Expensive Disk
Despite the poor result, he does not conclude the matter.
The producer says that he saw many videos of people succeeding and claims that he will buy a “good” disk, even paying up to R$ 140, to try weeding with a brush cutter again in the same location.
The promise is to redo the weeding in the entire area around the house and compare, in practice, if the price difference changes the efficiency in the heavy weeds.
Up to this point, the account shows a clear dividing line: the cheap disk did not replace the hoe, but the test will continue.
The case exposes how a disk can go viral with a promise of “miracle,” but stumble on the detail that rules the field: hard weeds, roots, and stone.
For those trying to weed with a brush cutter, the lesson from the account is that the accessory can even help in light garden beds, but does not guarantee weeding where the hoe has always reigned.
If you have tried weeding with a brush cutter using a video disk, describe the terrain, the type of weeds, and whether there were stones, because this changes everything and helps other producers decide.
Have you managed to replace the hoe with a disk on the brush cutter in the heavy weeds of your area?
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