excavator mounted tree shear or saw?
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Goweresque
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You couldn't pay me enough to operate a saw like that. One flaw in the steel, one crack caused by the blade getting slightly twisted in a stump or such like, and you're in two pieces, if you happen to be in the firing line. Machines like that are a catastrophic failure waiting to happen. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it.
I know a man with a 13 tonner who has a saw blade on it, he's busy cutting back the woodland and overgrown hedges of Kent as we speak.
He does a hell of a lot in a day, he'll even cut some of the logging Wood out of it if you want. You won't find a better operator round here.
I'll pass his details on if you want?
He does a hell of a lot in a day, he'll even cut some of the logging Wood out of it if you want. You won't find a better operator round here.
I'll pass his details on if you want?
Groweresque I agree, quite scary!
Badshot I know of two saw blades, one on a tractor one on a 20t machine for hire, operator & machine basis, both know what they are doing.
David do you use a tree shear?
Trouble (and benefit depending on how you look at it) with the saw is it knocks over so much in a day you tend not to save the firewood out of it because you are in a rush to clear up before drilling.
Theory with the tree shear would be to make a tidier job taking low branches off oak trees in the winter and be able to pick them up and either feed a chipper or load firewood into a trailer on the headland tramline during the winter.
Tree shear would be slower but could be farm labour during the winter.
Thanks for your opinions
Badshot I know of two saw blades, one on a tractor one on a 20t machine for hire, operator & machine basis, both know what they are doing.
David do you use a tree shear?
Trouble (and benefit depending on how you look at it) with the saw is it knocks over so much in a day you tend not to save the firewood out of it because you are in a rush to clear up before drilling.
Theory with the tree shear would be to make a tidier job taking low branches off oak trees in the winter and be able to pick them up and either feed a chipper or load firewood into a trailer on the headland tramline during the winter.
Tree shear would be slower but could be farm labour during the winter.
Thanks for your opinions
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We've had our hedge cutting guy out today. Only 150 odd meters of overhanging woodland that needed taking back so we can put the fence up. Plenty of smaller bushy stuff on the outside, then small branches , with holly in the bottom. Biggest is maybe 6inch diameter, so no call for a shear.
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I can recommended the tree shear, as have one! Use it to pollard willows, cut overhanging branches. In the pic's needed to clean the ditch out, so cut the hedge back to get access.
Machine for hire if needed! Oxford area
Machine for hire if needed! Oxford area
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General-Lee
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Those shears look impressive!! It's one thing to saw things against the grain but to cut takes some doing, must be a fair old strain!
@155tm
Man we use has one, you did not specify what the work was in OP, if it is only a hedge that needs siding up, then obviously a saw.
If bigger stuff, boughs or sutmping off to ground level I'd use the local 360 man with the shear every time. Would never climb willows with a chainsaw again, that is for sure.
Man we use has one, you did not specify what the work was in OP, if it is only a hedge that needs siding up, then obviously a saw.
If bigger stuff, boughs or sutmping off to ground level I'd use the local 360 man with the shear every time. Would never climb willows with a chainsaw again, that is for sure.
young&keen
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I want one.
one just down road from you! Altho best staying safe distance when in use he takes no prisoners!
Brewer?
young&keen
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yea, very dangerous wi JB piloting it! Better wi one o men on it
Father ted
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Nice bit of kitI want one.
155tm. Stop mucking about with toys. what you need is one of those rigs like they have in New Zealand. Basically get a truck, something with 4 or 6wd, Then you need a big engine bolted to the deck cross ways over. Something out of a cross channel ferry should do it (quite local for you to borrow one as well) Then fasten an old aeroplane prop to that and jobs a good un!!!!!!!!!
Heres the utube link
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Or if you can lay your hands on a helicopter one of these
Any set up problems give me a call and I will come and 'Steve' it for you!
Heres the utube link
Or if you can lay your hands on a helicopter one of these
Any set up problems give me a call and I will come and 'Steve' it for you!
thank you Drillman they are both scary! Makes a circular saw and a cabless tractor seem like a good idea!
@whiddy Thanks for the offer, Oxford to Kent is a bit of an ask really!
It is nice to hear that users and customers like the shear, that is my favourite more control over what you cut and where it goes.
To reduce an overgrown hedge the shear could probably take large stems out for firewood, leaving smaller spindly stuff for the flail to shape up and mulch the cuttings?
@whiddy Thanks for the offer, Oxford to Kent is a bit of an ask really!
It is nice to hear that users and customers like the shear, that is my favourite more control over what you cut and where it goes.
To reduce an overgrown hedge the shear could probably take large stems out for firewood, leaving smaller spindly stuff for the flail to shape up and mulch the cuttings?
Legislation wise is there any problem in cutting to ground level and allowing to regrow?
E.g. as long as you don't remove the roots you are free to cut it right down and allow to regrow?