The Amazing Brush Machine

We timed this trip to coincide with a visit from the amazing brush machine.

Our neighboring property owner, Bryan Evans, had somehow learned of a guy named Mark from Tennessee who was in the state working a contract with the Prescott National Forest to clear brush.

By all accounts, his brushing equipment was unbelievable. We wanted to see for ourselves.

Here's Bryan and Gerald.

We didn't stay long because we didn't need much convincing. This thing could take down an 8-foot tree just like that, and turn it into mulch. At the same time, he could get right up to pinyon pines and brush all the scrub oak around it without damaging the tree. We invited him to do our house the next day.

At the end of the day, we all had dinner together. Bryan had brought homemade salsa, from garden fresh produce, free-range chicken drumsticks which he cooked to perfection and a delicious seafood salad. Truly, it was a memorable evening.

Mark arrived at our house the next day. In two hours he had cleared everything we wanted. Here's a before picture.

Here's what the same area looked like after he was done. Notice that nothing remains of that pile of debris but mulch.

This is Mark posing in front of his rig after he was finished.