Man Sized Hedge Trimmer

[Jerrico]

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 564475View attachment 564476View attachment 564477View attachment 564478

Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

 

[Gary Fowler]

Very nice.

 

[texasranger556]

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

 

[Jerrico]

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]

That was an awesome video!
Thanks for posting.

 

[kf4uda]

Outstanding!

 

[fried1765]

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 564475View attachment 564476View attachment 564477View attachment 564478

Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

GREAT project!
Thanks for sharing.

 

[ning]

Bookmarked. My hedge is small in comparison but it's still a pain to keep topped at the height I want it - about 2m - and this would be perfect.