Best Tree / hedge saw attachment for hedgecutter / digger

[Doing it for the kids]

some of our hedges have got a little carried away of late with plenty of stuff now a but too manly for the flail.

looking at the options out there. I think a number of smaller blades are going to work better than one large one. Ideally we qoudl be able to fit it with a few mods to either a 7.5t digger or standard hedge cutter.

it seems Speahead, Bomford Turner and Protec are all in the running.

any advice welcome!

 

[spikeislander]

There is a thread running in machinery , re tree shears , this may be your answer , not sure how far away you are but I’m getting one , but I’m sure there’s others nearer if getting someone in is an option ?

 

[solo]

If you’re looking at saw heads for the hedgecutter @Kevtherev had a bad experience a couple of years ago. On the other hand @goodevans had similar with excavator snips. At least with the excavator route you have a bit more control and everything happens a bit slower.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

There is a thread running in machinery , re tree shears , this may be your answer , not sure how far away you are but I’m getting one , but I’m sure there’s others nearer if getting someone in is an option ?

I know thanks, is started that one too

If you’re looking at saw heads for the hedgecutter @Kevtherev had a bad experience a couple of years ago. On the other hand @goodevans had similar with excavator snips. At least with the excavator route you have a bit more control and everything happens a bit slower.

im looking at both thanks, the snips are sorted, the saw head is up in the air.

i found one second hand which made me move faster

 

[Wombat]

If you are getting a shear, i would have a mulching head for the excavator, i wouldn't buy a saw if you paid me to have it

 

[Lofty1984]

Can you not get an omega type head for the hedgecutter

 

[Robert K]

Tree shear would be the safest and the quicker option in my opinion and as for saw blades they are just damn right dangerous.

 

[ORRA LOON]

A mate has a spearhead on the front of the tractor for doing roadsides, not seen it action but looks a weapon

 

[Lofty1984]

Guy that does a hell of allot around here runs reverse drive valtras it’s like poetry in motion watching him on a saw blade on his trimmer

 

[Still Farming]

Guy that does a hell of allot around here runs reverse drive valtras it’s like poetry in motion watching him on a saw blade on his trimmer

5k heads apparently

 

[Lofty1984]

Doesn’t surprise me

 

[spikeislander]

Followed a saw blade on a hedge cutter and tbh it just left a lot of work behind clearing up, the sides were not too bad as a muck grab on a loader could get them but all the top cuts seemed to fall into the hedge then you have to drag them out, and they seemed to eat belts.
From looking at videos but yet to use mine I would say the tree shear is a marked improvement.
Trimming a pretty kept hedge with a blade will undoubtedly leave a first class finish

 

[Lofty1984]

Followed a saw blade on a hedge cutter and tbh it just left a lot of work behind clearing up, the sides were not too bad as a muck grab on a loader could get them but all the top cuts seemed to fall into the hedge then you have to drag them out, and they seemed to eat belts.
From looking at videos but yet to use mine I would say the tree shear is a marked improvement.
Trimming a pretty kept hedge with a blade will undoubtedly leave a first class finish

That’s the difference in operator like I said the lad I’ve seen doing it drops the lot on to the floor some skill involved

 

[mo!]

We had a guy in with a saw, he had a buck rake on the front linkage which doubled up as a carrier for the flail head. He tidied up as he went along.

Also had a tree shear in last week to coppice a hedge/ditch. Completely different jobs but very impressive on bigger stuff and also gathering up big tangles of brambles. I would have the shear for this farm and coppice rather than shaping up big overgrown hedges. Tempting to go down the 5-10 year coppice and not trim at all route.

 

[ED.D]

Have a Protech saw blade that fits a 5 ton machine and it’s safe enough, you just have to respect it a bit like a chainsaw. We have a treemaster shear from exac one on a 14 tonner, works well enough, works better since it went to terra tech to be fixed as manufacturer wasn’t very helpful.

 

[KB6930]

Will something like this work while tracking?

I'm pretty sure my jcb wouldn't have enough oil to move and run something like a mulcher together

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Will something like this work while tracking?

I'm pretty sure my jcb wouldn't have enough oil to move and run something like a mulcher together

good question, I am pondering the same.

Also, tracking at full reach will mean going in a straight line may be challenging as well.

just about to order a shear but some of our hedges we don't want to fell, even if they will look much better in 5 years. the saw looks like it will work on the sides but as others have said, where does the top lot fall and how you do you tidy that up.

we have a brilliant rake for the digger but its going to take some time.

sadly neither out hedge cutter unit or our digger have enough flow to get a big arse mulcher / flail to eat 4 inch stuff which would solve this problem.

We had a guy in with a saw, he had a buck rake on the front linkage which doubled up as a carrier for the flail head. He tidied up as he went along.

Also had a tree shear in last week to coppice a hedge/ditch. Completely different jobs but very impressive on bigger stuff and also gathering up big tangles of brambles. I would have the shear for this farm and coppice rather than shaping up big overgrown hedges. Tempting to go down the 5-10 year coppice and not trim at all route.

guessing he still had to do that as two passes? front linkage suggests tractor mounted so maybe he could do it all in one operation? at least a shear stacks it neatly, I imagine saw leaves bits everywhere?

 

[KB6930]

good question, I am pondering the same.

Also, tracking at full reach will mean going in a straight line may be challenging as well.

just about to order a shear but some of our hedges we don't want to fell, even if they will look much better in 5 years. the saw looks like it will work on the sides but as others have said, where does the top lot fall and how you do you tidy that up.

we have a brilliant rake for the digger but its going to take some time.

sadly neither out hedge cutter unit or our digger have enough flow to get a big arse mulcher / flail to eat 4 inch stuff which would solve this problem.



guessing he still had to do that as two passes? front linkage suggests tractor mounted so maybe he could do it all in one operation? at least a shear stacks it neatly, I imagine saw leaves bits everywhere?

I find it nigh on impossible to track straight never mind cutting a hedge at the same time!

 

[Wombat]

I find it nigh on impossible to track straight never mind cutting a hedge at the same time!

I changed a track motor for a 3rd party one so now I am totally buggered trying to keep it straight

 

[mo!]

good question, I am pondering the same.

Also, tracking at full reach will mean going in a straight line may be challenging as well.

just about to order a shear but some of our hedges we don't want to fell, even if they will look much better in 5 years. the saw looks like it will work on the sides but as others have said, where does the top lot fall and how you do you tidy that up.

we have a brilliant rake for the digger but its going to take some time.

sadly neither out hedge cutter unit or our digger have enough flow to get a big arse mulcher / flail to eat 4 inch stuff which would solve this problem.



guessing he still had to do that as two passes? front linkage suggests tractor mounted so maybe he could do it all in one operation? at least a shear stacks it neatly, I imagine saw leaves bits everywhere?

He did it as he went along, cut a bit, push some up. Whatever you do there will be some manual clear up.