Tree shear

lostcreekranch · Dec 23, 2017

Looks like problem was solved many years ago?

ovrszd · Dec 23, 2017

Today's Safety Police would find soooooo many things wrong with that......

powerstroke444e · Dec 23, 2017

ovrszd said:
Today's Safety Police would find soooooo many things wrong with that......

But I would love to have that to take to the shows. And I found several that were very similar that mount on bobcats

Xfaxman · Dec 23, 2017

ArmyDoc said:
Out of curiosity, why choose a tree shear over a tree puller or a stump bucket +/- grapple? The tree shears seem to run more than double what either of the other two implements run, and the shear leaves behind a stump and roots...

I chose a tree shear about 10 years ago, because my MF240D didn't have a loader and we were overrun with cedar trees:

I put the loader on the TORO so I could pick them up with a homemade brush fork and make burn piles:

ovrszd · Dec 24, 2017

Eastern Red Cedars are out of control here too. That has happened in the last 50 years. As a kid we had to search to find one suitable for a Christmas tree. Today they are everywhere. I'm not a fan of them. They will eventually crowd out our large hardwood timbers.

rd_macgregor · Dec 26, 2017

I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

ovrszd · Dec 26, 2017

rd_macgregor said:
I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

Although rare, I've saw pullers designed like that.

Your comments are why I mentioned earlier that a puller requires a larger tractor than a shear.

Xfaxman · Dec 26, 2017

rd_macgregor said:
I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

Yep, here is one: Tree Grapple / Post Puller - TJ12UN-TRK-BF