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Galen

01-18-2002 20:09:08




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Anyone know where I can get plans for building a tree shear?




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Harold Hubbard

01-20-2002 06:34:32




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 Re: Tree shears in reply to Galen, 01-18-2002 20:09:08  
I think I saw one or two in the Farmshow magazine. Go to their website, www.farmshow.com. They have a search feature ther for past articles, and will sell reprints. They also have a CD with all the previous issues on it.



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PCC-AL

01-20-2002 06:11:31




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 Re: Tree shears in reply to Galen, 01-18-2002 20:09:08  
Hi Galen,
Down in my neck of the woods, folks us a cutter like the ones used by power line crews. It is just a very heavy duty rotary mower pulled with a heavy tractor. The railroad even had one mounted on a engine or flat car that cleared the sides of the track. I have seen these cutters take out big stuff. Generally, if the tractor can run over it, the cutter will cut it.
Have you thought about saving the cedars for fence posts? I save all my red cedar, even built my pole barn entirely with cedar. Good luck

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bbott

01-19-2002 17:40:20




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 Re: Tree shears in reply to Galen, 01-18-2002 20:09:08  
Tree shears ? How big ?

You mean like the feller-bunchers that the loggers use or smaller ones like this one for a skid-steer loader? (see link below)

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The ones we use around here are attached to BIG backhoe platforms.

Remember you have to hold onto that tree and lay it down after you cut it.. (unless you want it falling on you).

Note that even the little skid steer model in the attachment talks about needing a grapple to hold onto the tree after it's sheared and 'extra protection' for the operator.

Keep safety in mind. Logging is an easy way to get hurt or killed.

bbott

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Galen

01-19-2002 19:10:51




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 Re: Re: Tree shears in reply to bbott, 01-19-2002 17:40:20  
I need a small one that attaches to the 3pt of a tractor. just need it to cut 6' - 8' cedar trees out of the pasture. I don't plan on doing any heavy logging.



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bbott

01-19-2002 20:24:12




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 Re: Re: Re: Tree shears in reply to Galen, 01-19-2002 19:10:51  
Ok.. LITTLE trees.

Were you envisioning something with a hydraulic powered shear or something you could just drive into them and shear them at ground level ?

I'd wonder if you'd be money and time ahead by just renting a small cat for a couple of days ?

If you have a lot to do, after you shear them you're gonna want something to get them into burn piles anyway.



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dhofTally

01-22-2002 12:46:30




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Tree shears in reply to bbott, 01-19-2002 20:24:12  
I saw a shear like you are talking about here in Tallahassee for around 3200.00 It hooks up to a 3-point and has a round blade avout 4 feet in diameter with a graple about 5 feet off the ground.
It is Located at Seminole Tractor 850-576-5102



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Galen

01-20-2002 05:54:17




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Tree shears in reply to bbott, 01-19-2002 20:24:12  
I need one I can mount on either the loader or 3pt that I can use to snip the tree off at ground level. I have about 35 acres of the things and need to get them out before they spread any further. I have another 80 acre pasture that is starting to thicken up also. Need a shear to keep around for fence rows and other stuff. Bobcat with a shear hire for about $85 an hour, rent for around $250 a day plus trailer. Since there will be SEVERAL days, and I like to have one around anyway, it would be cheaper to build or buy one.

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bbott

01-21-2002 12:21:41




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tree shears in reply to Galen, 01-20-2002 05:54:17  
Reason I suggested a Cat is you would be blading them out with a 7' wide swath rather than dealing with one at a time.

If you have LOTS of those little guys I think you're going to wear out your clutch (and your neck) backing up to them one at a time with a 3 point shear.

But, only you can tell what's right for you as I can't see your ground from here !

Either way, good luck with it, if you build a shear let us know how it turns out.

bb

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