excavator mounted tree shear or saw?

[Andy26]

I want one.

I'm told is about £11.5k.

 

[Blue.]

I'm told is about £11.5k.

We'll make one then.

 

[renewablejohn]

I have a Kesla 19G tree shear a bit different to the one in the photo which we use for woodland thinning a very handy tool on an excavator.

Not quite as crude as the one in the video as it clamps around the trunk which allows you to choose where the tree falls you can even rotate round and stack on a heap.

 

[whiddy]

No, not a problem as its classed as coppicing. Hedgerow management!

 

[Big Al]

I think coppicing low to the ground would be alright, I even think it's an option on els or hls schemes. As long as your hedge is a certain height on the agreed date.

 

[Ben M]

We do quite a bit of hedgerow coppicing. We work in a team of 2 hand cutting though. Its much neater and kinder by hand. We can also salvage more timber for firewood. Yeh these machines are impressive but for us, we can make more money and do a much better job then any machine by hand cutting.

 

[Ben M]

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?

A fair bit of the hedgerow coppicing we do farmers get £5 per metre to pay for the work, through environmental scheme

 

[Andy26]

A fair bit of the hedgerow coppicing we do farmers get £5 per metre to pay for the work, through environmental scheme

Does it not need laying as well though?

 

[Post Driver]

We used a forestry mulching contractor on 3km of neglected land.

It was in HLS and they couldn't agree on burning it as it had to be burnt on tin sheets to protect the ground, chipping it couldn't be blown in heaps and was too time consuming and costly and fencing the scrub outside would have meant the fella wasn't getting the full acreage he was renting and the land was lost forever.

 

[whiddy]

I find it a lot kinder not having to cut and pull blackthorn by hand!!
Grandfarther died of blood poisoning caused by blackthorn.

 

[Andy26]

We used a forestry mulching contractor on 3km of neglected land.

It was in HLS and they couldn't agree on burning it as it had to be burnt on tin sheets to protect the ground, chipping it couldn't be blown in heaps and was too time consuming and costly and fencing the scrub outside would have meant the fella wasn't getting the full acreage he was renting and the land was lost forever.

Looks a tidy job.

 

[Post Driver]

Great bit of kit, him and our sawblade guy just followed each other round and round for a day til it was all gone. Then we picked up any half mulched lumps and chucked them in the wood.

 

[Ben M]

Does it not need laying as well though?

Nope.

 

[Ben M]

I find it a lot kinder not having to cut and pull blackthorn by hand!!
Grandfarther died of blood poisoning caused by blackthorn.

We use a grab to handle the brush and rubbish

 

[mjganfield]

What do people charge ph for the shear?

 

[Penmoel]

Following the other topic on logging I looked up the felling licences, coppicing is exempt from the felling licence requirement

• to fell less than 5 cubic metres in a calendar quarter (Please note that you cannot sell more than 2 cubic metres in a calendar quarter)

• for trees that have the following diameters when measured 1.3 metres from the ground
  • 8 cm or less
  • 10 cm or less for thinnings
  • 15cm or less for cutting coppice

So 6" wide at five foot height,

Also trimming , lopping and topping would not need a licence either

 

[combineguy]

Or from the operators perspective

Quite a few of these roam the roads in Canterbury NZ

Or the saw blade type

 

[USG1234]

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

Does you tree shear fit on a 13 ton machine IE a 65mm pin quick hitch would you hire just the shear attachment, to put on my excavator .
Based north Oxford

 

[whiddy]

Hi, yes 65mm pin, you do need a double acting circuit which most machines don't have.
as for hiring, probably best to give me a call.
not to far from me as I'm between Oxford and Bicester! pm sent

 

[JNP]

Get one of these, should do the job.