Reipal Tree Jack - just buy one !!!

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Deserves a thread of it's own.

 

Expensive? No; just bought a model #2 and it will have paid for itself in a week.

 

As per other thread - should have bought one the day I passed my NPTC.

 

It is absolutely unforgiveable that I didn't get one then.

 

Just one day with it and it has saved so much bother and winching. Felling levers and wedges would never have got these backleaners over; some were at savage angles...

 

By far the easiest, fastest and safest way. Thank you Reipal & Orion.

[penfold]

Is that the same as the stalpen?

[Dan Curtis]

That's a fair back lean! Have you tried it in any bigger wood? I regularly use a bottle jack and plate with back leaners but sometimes on small diameter wood it's hard to keep the jack away from the hinge and stop it picking the tree up off the hinge. That looks just the job

[peatff]

Is there a reason they had to fall down the slope or is that just to illustrate what they can do ?

[biggarlogs]

Is there a reason they had to fall down the slope or is that just to illustrate what they can do ?

 

it is dangerous to fell up slope ,especially softwoods which can bounce back over stump or slide down hill.

 

 

looks a great gadget is it expensive??

[Mark Bolam]

Looks great. Impressive against that lean.

I can't believe it doesn't just push the plate into the ground.

 

 

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[Wood wasp]

Is there a reason they had to fall down the slope or is that just to illustrate what they can do ?

 

I would imagine it's so that harvester can reach them from road at bottom of hill.

 

Edit: Looks an interesting piece of kit and if gets them over quicker and easier than hammer/wedges then worth a punt.

Edit 2: Where did you buy it, just had look on FR Jones and don't see it?

Edited December 3, 2014 by Wood wasp

[slack ma girdle]

Ere you go:

Tree-Jack Felling Tool - OrionHeating.co.uk

[peatff]

I've just watched the video and they look like a good tool for the job they do.

[Chris Sheppard]

I can't believe it doesn't just push the plate into the ground.

 

 

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We get round that by laying a 3" diameter pole on the ground and putting the foot on that to spread the load if it's a problem.

 

Think it's the No. 3 I've used and it's saved loads of wedging/levering/winching, but it's a cumbersome thing to carry.