tree shear

[clbarclay]

I think the weight would be too much for the rotator, not only as the claw type of shears tend to be heavier than the single cut type, but because it then has to take the strain of the branch you've cut off. That's some serious leverage stress when you have a big branch held by the very end.

I was wondering about this recently and if cutting tree boughs with a rotating grabbing shear (e.g. Tiger Cut ER), couldn't you just rotate the shear so its grabbing the remaining tree and the cut bough is then free to fall to the ground with no excessive stresses on the digger?

 

[R J]

What sort of hourly rate are contractors charging for excavator plus tree shear ?
Thanks

 

[chickens and wheat]

Im a bit lost as to the reason for owning such a thing, is it for sorting out overgrown entry level hedges? Or am I just blind to the amount of hedges left out there as my Dad ripped most of ours out in the early 70's?

 

[Derky]

What sort of hourly rate are contractors charging for excavator plus tree shear ?
Thanks

£65

 

[R J]

Plenty of hedgerow's and undergrowth left in herefordshire !

 

[chickens and wheat]

not for much longer if those shears are let loose,

 

[R J]

That's the plan , they scrach my shiny tractors too much !

 

[Goweresque]

I was wondering about this recently and if cutting tree boughs with a rotating grabbing shear (e.g. Tiger Cut ER), couldn't you just rotate the shear so its grabbing the remaining tree and the cut bough is then free to fall to the ground with no excessive stresses on the digger?

Yes you could, if you could rotate the entire shear then you would end up holding the tree and the branch falls to the ground.

I was thinking more of the design issues - whatever rotator you had would have to be capable of dealing with the potential stress of holding a fairly big branch or tree just by the end, of a diameter up to the capacity of the shear. The manufacturer couldn't assume it wouldn't be used to cut and hold the biggest branch possible.

 

[cheggars]

What about this one View attachment 408184

We Hired one to try, the only problem we found was ,it onlly cuts one side of the blade, which it fine cutting branches, but a bit of a pain Cutting bushes( Hazel etc.) But very fast otherwise.
Bought a Exact one in the end, which is slower cutting, But it does have a much higher cutting capacity.

 

[boyo]

We Hired one to try, the only problem we found was ,it onlly cuts one side of the blade, which it fine cutting branches, but a bit of a pain Cutting bushes( Hazel etc.) But very fast otherwise.
Bought a Exact one in the end, which is slower cutting, But it does have a much higher cutting capacity.

What size machine did you have it on?

 

[cheggars]

What size machine did you have it on?

8 ton Neuson, Doesn't really matter what size machine , its the amount of reach its got that matters.

 

[boyo]

Will a shear like the ones shown handle a hedge where there is alot of small stuff as well?

 

[cheggars]

Will a shear like the ones shown handle a hedge where there is alot of small stuff as well?

yes. no problem. the tmk type would be really good for smaller stuff ,as its fast(maybe not so good for larger stuff as less outright power. Exact one also cuts smaller stuff well , but slower and doesnt hold it. The Tiger cut was Very fast but needed carefull placing in hazel as it only cut in one corner of the Grab.

 

[DaveJ]

So which type would be best for coppicing thorn hedgerows that haven't been touched in 50 years and are basically a line of small trees? I would also like to bough overhanging trees around several of my silage fields, hence my earlier question about rotators.

 

[cheggars]

Tmk for smaller stuff or a Hans Habbig( Much more expensive . Exact one for ultimate Power to cut anything that will fit in the Jaws. Some sort of rotator would be needed for Branches. Mine is fitted under a Engcon Hitch.

 

[Goweresque]

So which type would be best for coppicing thorn hedgerows that haven't been touched in 50 years and are basically a line of small trees? I would also like to bough overhanging trees around several of my silage fields, hence my earlier question about rotators.

Thats pretty much exactly what I use mine for, and its spot on. Best for vertical hedge work, but can do tree limb work if needed.

 

[Lapwing]

Have you got a 360? Nick Dinsdale who sells the TMK shear has a demo unit: we just measured our pins & pipes and he turned up with a bracket to fit our digger. Seeing is believing!

 

[Headless chicken]

What sort of hourly rate are contractors charging for excavator plus tree shear ?
Thanks

£45 an hour my man is.

£35 just for the digger

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Interesting thread, been looking at this recently. We have lots of gappy hedges, which are really thin at the bottom.

I want to shear the lot off 6 inches off the ground and plant in the gaps, in 5 yrs should have a good hedge I reckon?

Like the idea of shears as moves all cutting in neat line for Jcb and grab to the collect

My problem is our 7.5t isn't dual pipes which I think is needed to use one?

 

[cheggars]

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Interesting thread, been looking at this recently. We have lots of gappy hedges, which are really thin at the bottom.

I want to shear the lot off 6 inches off the ground and plant in the gaps, in 5 yrs should have a good hedge I reckon?

Like the idea of shears as moves all cutting in neat line for Jcb and grab to the collect

My problem is our 7.5t isn't dual pipes which I think is needed to use one?

Has it got a Hammer Line?
If Not , you could fit a Electric Valve to the Bucket ram to switch the supply to the Shears( Fairly cheap solution)