dont take this as a joke - controlled burning works if you are sure you can manage the area and you know the land owner. Just make sure it not on a peat base!

Yeh extended hedge cutters are good! you can hire sthil ones for about £50 a day when I last looked, ethier that or a sthil strimmer, but a hedge cutter is easier!

To keep down the smaller weeds I would probably just pour petrol over them, kills them and stops stuff growing in the soil for quite a while.

I got a neighboring farmer to come in with his Telehandler and drive at it!! It workd a treat, and all it cost was a gallon of scrumpy! Proper job!!

deoderant can and lighter the getto way lol but it works

Whats wrong with just riding on them? Small weeds aren't much of a problem anyway as they would help bind the soil.

Can't see burning being a popular (or clever) idea unless you know what you're doing, mate of mines dad managed to burn down a hedge from a bonfire that had been set 2 days before  All the heat went down and a small fire burnt through the ground until it reached the hedge. Not that I'd expect it to happen but it can...

Just go through, break the stems with a spade or a big stick. Come back a couple of days later and rake it all out. Wallah!

In my experience rake it then ride it loads, keeps all the weeds down and works a treat. All out local trails are done this way and it really isnt much effort at all!

Rich