Man Sized Hedge Trimmer

Jerrico · Jul 28, 2018

I have a hedge row that is about 250 feet long and it takes me several days every year to trim it with an electric hedge trimmer. I decided to build a man sized hedge trimmer for my Kioti. I went looking for a sickle bar for a Cub and found one. I sand blasted it and painted it then started designing a mount and drive system for it. I bought a hydraulic motor and machined an eccentric flywheel. I took it out for a test drive and it now takes me less than an hour to trim the entire hedge row. View attachment 564475 View attachment 564476 View attachment 564477 View attachment 564478

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Gary Fowler · Jul 28, 2018

Very nice.

texasranger556 · Jul 28, 2018

Very nice! Do you have any protection in case it binds up?

Jerrico · Jul 28, 2018

Yes I do. Look at the video and you will see that it ran into some branches that were 1" or larger. I have the hydraulic motor tied into the joystick control for the bucket so when it gets jammed all I have to do is reverse the motor a few times and it will saw through large branches.

Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

Inspector507 · Jul 28, 2018

That was an awesome video!
Thanks for posting.

kf4uda · Jul 28, 2018

Outstanding!

fried1765 · Jul 28, 2018

Jerrico said:
I have a hedge row that is about 250 feet long and it takes me several days every year to trim it with an electric hedge trimmer. I decided to build a man sized hedge trimmer for my Kioti. I went looking for a sickle bar for a Cub and found one. I sand blasted it and painted it then started designing a mount and drive system for it. I bought a hydraulic motor and machined an eccentric flywheel. I took it out for a test drive and it now takes me less than an hour to trim the entire hedge row. View attachment 564475 View attachment 564476 View attachment 564477 View attachment 564478

Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

GREAT project!
Thanks for sharing.