Help!

[Pete]

Bought a straw door mat to make a stubble field, what is the best way to trim the bristles shorter?

[Coxy]

hair tremer

[powerrabbit]

You can get carpet shears which look like an over-sized pair of sisccors that have handles higher than the blades, like a smaller version of garden shears. Or you could use a small pair of just that, garden shears.

[Tractorman810]

hair shears wont work, the bristles are to thick ,just blocks up the knifes and busts them

sicors dont work either, as the bristles are way to close together to get a good cut,

have tried all sorts of ways since i did mine ?? years back, and by far and away the easiest option is 2 mats, one short for the cut stubble underlayer, then another on top for the un cut crop,just build the edge of the field up to hide the edge of the lower bit,look in the ash tree farm topic for pics

[Pete]

Thanks guys, sean great tip thanks

[Tractorman810]

Look on eBay pete " coir matting" you will find a very nice 35 mm I think thick type which is what I use for the uncut , with 17 mm for the stubble