Large Loppers

[Quickthorn]

I saw this at work recently, taking down sycamore.. giant shears on the end of an excavator. They can shear through 9" or so, I believe. I heard they were charging it out at around £500 a day, or something.

[Mr Ed]

Dymax shears. http://www.dymaxattachments.com/attachments/catalog/index.html

Check out their 20" model.

[Lee Winger]

My mate Dick has a shear on a bobcat it will cut through 14''. I personally can't see that much use for them, but thats just my opinion

[madmatt]

My mate Dick has a shear on a bobcat it will cut through 14''. I personally can't see that much use for them, but thats just my opinion

 

 

The environment Agency use them ocassionally to clear willows from river banks. Its much safer having a shear on the end of a 20 ton excavator than a man in a boat with a chainsaw! Also seen them used to restore heathland, the machine will just shear a tree off swing round and drop on fire or in chipper its a lot less labour intensive!

[Quickthorn]

It doesn't look very nature conservation friendly, but when these countryside officers see how much money they save from using it..it got those stems down a lot faster than you could fell them by chainsaw, even if they didn't get hung up.

[vduben]

is the wood then ok to plank up etc??? or does the shear crack, split and compress the wood?

[Quickthorn]

I reckon you'd have trouble at the ends, because it's just crushed. You'd probably need to cut off 4-6" to get into sound wood.

[Mr Ed]

No. sheared timber is no good for planking, as the compression goes quite a way in.