Fire Breaks

Tuesday 22 June 2010
Fire Breaks

I helped Marno with the fire breaks today on the Sondela Service Road. I was put in the position of walking in front of the tractor while the tractor slashed. The morning, whilst cold was worked through quite quickly, despite the veld being very thick & the ground very unstable. Found a few beautiful termite mounds while I was busy, as well as a few holes made by ground digging snakes, possibly Rinkhals. All these things needed to be watched by the tractor while it was slashing. We then encountered a couple of problems with the tractor. After lunch we couldnt do much because the slasher had a problem. But over all it was a good experience, I learned alot from Marno about the slasher & cutting the grass.