Tree shear for 7.5t digger - is it worth it?

cb387

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This is my hard life (bucket warehouse) one.

There are a lot out there. This for me was the best combination of price and cutting amount. I like the grab as I spend most of my time doing blackthorn and over grown hedges.

The power these have to pick up long branches etc always astounds me

You will get a smaller cut diameter with the claws as they close over each other vs the tmk or some of the others but I like the claw for grabbing big clumps of hedge or picking stuff out of ditches and it will still do the branch sizes I want

What thickness of ash will yours cut through?
 

how do these compare? I like the way you can flip them 90 degrees by having another bracket added on.
 

cb387

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If you get it in the left jaw which shears direct onto the blade 6” or so

You can get bigger if you have a couple of cuts and put a bit of digger weight on it
Thanks. We have quite a few ash to come down. Think a shear might save a lot of time taking the top brash out of them and just chainsaw the main trunk down afterwards
 

cb387

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Cotswolds
Something like the unit in your post #24 above. It’s not like it’s going to be used everyday, but neither do we want cheap crap that doesn’t last or do the job. A shear that can also work as a grab would be really useful and save a lot of manual work. If we fell some of our ash trees whole they could well damage adjacent trees that we want to keep. If we could be more selective and just take the top out with the shear it would be ideal even if it won’t cut through the base.
 
Something like the unit in your post #24 above. It’s not like it’s going to be used everyday, but neither do we want cheap crap that doesn’t last or do the job. A shear that can also work as a grab would be really useful and save a lot of manual work. If we fell some of our ash trees whole they could well damage adjacent trees that we want to keep. If we could be more selective and just take the top out with the shear it would be ideal even if it won’t cut through the base.

all good points.

I’ll be looking into this with a view to buying next week, let’s keep in touch!
 

cb387

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all good points.

I’ll be looking into this with a view to buying next week, let’s keep in touch!
Good idea. Will be interested to know how you get on.

We have to get the hydraulics sorted on the digger first. Local JCB man says it isn’t too difficult. Hope he might be able to tweak the operating pressure as well. I understand the TMK units have an option of a larger cylinder for diggers with lower pressure hydraulics
 
So I have spoken to:

TMK - about £4800
Bucket Warehouse - £2990
Approved Hydraulics - £5000
JB Equipment - £2990.

all broadly the same. TMK have welded blade which seems high risk if it cracks on you. the rest have a few differences.

having a second headstock on the side is appealing. Bucket Warehouse have their best cut on the right not left so harder to see from the cab how its going.

I am favouring JB Equipment - https://www.jbequipment.co.uk/colle...-tree-shear-6-10-tonne?variant=18652199157822

adding the second head brings it to £3240, about a week to deliver....
 

pine_guy

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So I have spoken to:

TMK - about £4800
Bucket Warehouse - £2990
Approved Hydraulics - £5000
JB Equipment - £2990.

all broadly the same. TMK have welded blade which seems high risk if it cracks on you. the rest have a few differences.

having a second headstock on the side is appealing. Bucket Warehouse have their best cut on the right not left so harder to see from the cab how its going.

I am favouring JB Equipment - https://www.jbequipment.co.uk/colle...-tree-shear-6-10-tonne?variant=18652199157822

adding the second head brings it to £3240, about a week to deliver....
Do you worry if it’s rated for 5-10ton machines and you put it on a 10 it might be on its design limit? Interesting thread, have a stewardship application in and if successful was considering buying a 8/10 ton machine and a lot of pruning needed for the fencing work. Getting more expensive idea since I looked at this thread 🤦‍♂️😂
 
Do you worry if it’s rated for 5-10ton machines and you put it on a 10 it might be on its design limit? Interesting thread, have a stewardship application in and if successful was considering buying a 8/10 ton machine and a lot of pruning needed for the fencing work. Getting more expensive idea since I looked at this thread 🤦‍♂️😂
It would be more likely too much for a 5 to handle to full potential rather than not up to going on an 8. You're most limiting factor with a shear is overwhelming the digger with what you are cutting if the shear is big enough I would have thought.
 
Do you worry if it’s rated for 5-10ton machines and you put it on a 10 it might be on its design limit? Interesting thread, have a stewardship application in and if successful was considering buying a 8/10 ton machine and a lot of pruning needed for the fencing work. Getting more expensive idea since I looked at this thread 🤦‍♂️😂

mine is a 7.5t so nicely balanced. the unit is 365 kg so mine can cope with it ok but as above, a 5 t will be fine so long as you don't try and snip a tall tree with a 300 mm DBH at full reach, she may go over!
 
Also Omef https://www.omefgroup.com/en/product/bi300-tree-shear-big-inch/
seem to be getting a bit more popular, more info on arbtalk forum. I would have resevations about the BW shear, not sure about JB, they are just down the road so https://www.omefgroup.com/en/product/bi300-tree-shear-big-inch/Utd be good to see one in action and see who/where it is made.

thanks. they cover 3-8 tons (200 soft wood cut) or 8 - 19 tons (300 soft wood cut) so my machine is stuck between the two really. They are also less of a grab which I fancy being able to use for staking timber and other jobs.
 

Wombat

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Also Omef https://www.omefgroup.com/en/product/bi300-tree-shear-big-inch/
seem to be getting a bit more popular, more info on arbtalk forum. I would have resevations about the BW shear, not sure about JB, they are just down the road so https://www.omefgroup.com/en/product/bi300-tree-shear-big-inch/Utd be good to see one in action and see who/where it is made.

What would be your reservations on the BW one? We have had one 3 years and it’s as good as the day we got it and it gets a fair chunk of work
 
What would be your reservations on the BW one? We have had one 3 years and it’s as good as the day we got it and it gets a fair chunk of work

it looks ok but its a bit lighter (minor) but I think the blade sits on the right side meaning you cant see it as well? it was also slightly more expensive I think and opens 531 mm vs 585. I like the blue colour :))) and the lifting eye that comes with it. I was also told that the pins are smaller on the BW one.

reality is they will both do the job I am sure.
 

it’s a claw rather than a grab and no prices anyway.

tilt is brilliant as versatility off the shear is twice as good

yes but we don’t all have fancy diggers with multiples services and another 3k for a rotator! I’m going to use this periodically so spending £6k is hard to justify
 

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