Mechanical felling wedges

[josharb87]

Yep still got mine! 
 

for the right trees they’re awesome, a colleague summed it up nicely, so much more civilized than banging in wedges.

 

my wedge lifts a height of 2-2.5 normal wedges

[difflock]

That above is a neat clever arrangement, with a grippy/toothed outer and (presumably) a super-slidy inner.

And, so simple I never thought of it!

mth

[slack ma girdle]

Here mine in action.
Every time I take an impact drill to speed things up, its pouring with rain. It also adds massively to the amount of weight you have to carry.
The Koller wedge fits in my wedge pouch, but the impact drill doesn't and you also need additional batteries.
I would rather rather travel lite, and take a little longer to drop the trees.

[drinksloe]

Wot's it like on big hairy outsider Sitka or Norway thou, talking things with a 3 or 4ft+ butt and leaning and wieghted over the boundry??

 

I doubt it would go high enough to push them in.

 

Must admit had a swearing session today bloody jack popped out, ugly twin stemmer tree was well well over wind stopped and the high lift I had for back up just sort of got compressed in to the tree, bloody lucky the hinge held as came back with some force

Going to get a local welder to weld a better grippy plate that will change angles to

[The avantgardener]

17 minutes ago, drinksloe said:

Wot's it like on big hairy outsider Sitka or Norway thou, talking things with a 3 or 4ft+ butt and leaning and wieghted over the boundry??

 

I doubt it would go high enough to push them in.

 

Must admit had a swearing session today bloody jack popped out, ugly twin stemmer tree was well well over wind stopped and the high lift I had for back up just sort of got compressed in to the tree, bloody lucky the hinge held as came back with some force

Going to get a local welder to weld a better grippy plate that will change angles to

I have found that all the ratchet type ones that I have used are limited to small & medium trees, for which they work well. But the effort involved with larger trees/ back leaners was more than pounding in wedges, treemans jacks are great but pricey.

[slack ma girdle]

Wot's it like on big hairy outsider Sitka or Norway thou, talking things with a 3 or 4ft+ butt and leaning and wieghted over the boundry??
 
I doubt it would go high enough to push them in.
 
Must admit had a swearing session today bloody jack popped out, ugly twin stemmer tree was well well over wind stopped and the high lift I had for back up just sort of got compressed in to the tree, bloody lucky the hinge held as came back with some force
Going to get a local welder to weld a better grippy plate that will change angles to

On that size i would go Treemans jack or a big winch

[drinksloe]

Cheers, good to know.

With the Freeman's ur back to cutting a cubby hole at back of tree again.

I remember at last summer's forestry show, speaking to da Hughes reckoned his ratchet wedge things were pretty good

 

Just expensive for a trial to know if up to ur job.

[slack ma girdle]

Cheers, good to know.

With the Freeman's ur back to cutting a cubby hole at back of tree again.

I remember at last summer's forestry show, speaking to da Hughes reckoned his ratchet wedge things were pretty good

 

Just expensive for a trial to know if up to ur job.

beware the saleman, they are not in the undergrowth knocking over big hairy trees

[Stere]

Did you get the 15t or 20t version wedge?

 

Wondering how much difference an extra 5t makes as just says ones for meduim tree and one is for large trees...

 

 

 

Which  dolmar is that?

Edited March 17, 2020 by Stere

[Stubby]

49 minutes ago, Stere said:

Did you get the 15t or 20t version wedge?

 

Wondering how much difference an extra 5t makes as just says ones for meduim tree and one is for large trees...

 

 

 

Which  dolmar is that?

No body expects the Spanish Iquisition ! ?