Tree shear

[haytontreeservices]

Looking to put a shear on my 8 tonner.  What would people recommend. Tmk, omef, jak? 

[Steve Bullman]

No experience with any of them, but @justinkingwell has plenty and sells TMK out of preference, thats good enough for me.

 

TMK Tree Shear - KHL Plant & Machinery

KHLPLANT.COM

 

[gdh]

We've got a tmk 300 on our 8ton takeuchi with tilt which works well. I've got a friend with an omef on a 13tonner which he had a couple of issues with (due to heavy use) but all fixed and he's happy with it.

 

 

Edited August 16, 2019 by gdh
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[BENNETTS CONTRACTING]

1 hour ago, haytontreeservices said:

Looking to put a shear on my 8 tonner.  What would people recommend. Tmk, omef, jak? 

I have a T25 on an 8 ton Kubota which works well.

Tiger Cut 250E Tree Shears

WWW.APPROVEDHYDRAULICS.CO.UK

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Powerful cutting grapple for excavators. Key Features Heavy duty High tensile wear resistant steel (400 HB) Extra...

 

[haytontreeservices]

3 hours ago, gdh said:

We've got a tmk 300 on our 8ton takeuchi with tilt which works well. I've got a friend with an omef on a 13tonner which he had a couple of issues with (due to heavy use) but all fixed and he's happy with it.

 

 

 

[haytontreeservices]

Who makes / supplies the tilt mechanism on the Takeuchi? Is interchangeable onto buckets etc? 

[gdh]

56 minutes ago, haytontreeservices said:

Who makes / supplies the tilt mechanism on the Takeuchi? Is interchangeable onto buckets etc? 

It's a Geith quickhitch/tilt so it works with any attachment but can't be removed if you don't want it on for something like digging rock.

 

We bought it with the digger so I'm not sure on cost or dealers.

 

I think it's this one :

 

Tilting Quick Coupler | Geith Excavator Attachments

WWW.GEITH.COM

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Tilt your Excavator Bucket or any Excavator Attachment up to 180°...

 

[Plebby]

Depending on what you are cutting Westtech woodcracker - available in a few different versions, for an 8 tonner. 

 

https://youtu.be/NnU7dpfuZgA?t=74

[john meehan]

We've got a tmk 300 on our 8ton takeuchi with tilt which works well. I've got a friend with an omef on a 13tonner which he had a couple of issues with (due to heavy use) but all fixed and he's happy with it.
 
 

How do you find the tmk for weight on the 8 ton? Our can be a bit rocky far out.

[gdh]

26 minutes ago, john meehan said:

How do you find the tmk for weight on the 8 ton? Our can be a bit rocky far out.

We usually have someone else operating it when the shears on to be honest but it's fine to use for most stuff, it's not very heavy for what it is, just the bigger trees you have to be careful with but a bigger machine would just cause more access issues so I think it's the right balance.