How do you maintain walking / biking trails in the woods? Recently purchased a home with more than 4 acres of property. The majority of that is fairly dense woods.
Clearly the previous owner had some trails at some point. I have a zero-turn mower, but I’m hesitant to drive it through the woods and risk hitting a large stump or a rock.
100% a powerful (36v+ or gas) string trimmer pass, then rake pass. Bring a machete and/or a branch clipper or a saw of some kind too for the bigger stuff (if you have money, I suggest a battery powered chainsaw since they're good at sitting for 45 mins then being used once then sat down for another 45 mins, and you're unlikely to have/want to fell a tree). Find some comfortable work gloves, get one of those plastic face shields, noise cancelling headphones or bt speaker, and then just go to town with some tunes. Bring water and be safe, but have fun.