Tree Shear Attachment Hire?

[LGP Eddie]

I have a need for a couple of Tree Shears of differing sizes for projects, but obviously they won't be utilised 100% of the time?

 

It won't be too difficult to have universal top brackets made to fit a wide range of machines, and pipework is pretty straightforward on these?

 

I'm just gauging if this is something that people may wish to hire short term for their own projects, as I don't normally self drive anything but these are pretty bombproof and I'd be fairly confident?

 

Basically a 10" rotating shear for 5 to 7 tonne and a 14" rotating shear for 8 to 15 tonne machines?

 

The other question would be do you wish to grip the limb you cut or is reasonable direction control and no shock loadings better?

 

Just gauging a bit of interest and if I go this route then it'll obviously go on here with full details via the correct channels.

 

Eddie.

[Stephen Blair]

It would need to be clamped imo

[LGP Eddie]

It's a real hard call for smaller machines to clamp or not in my opinion?

 

On the one side you have the simple fact you know what's going to happen, or so you think? Which leads straight into the other argument, on a smaller machine you're better off not gripping in case you can't hold it?

 

The principle of the type with no grip is they always go the one way as the blade driven through acts as a wedge, with the operator probably providing a bit of encouragement via the rotate?

 

I think most people have seen them at the Demo's now but here's a 5 tonner with one?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMPaiSiaM-E&feature=c4-overview&list=UUrtdH-_QESwXTqwHhJp5nmg]Tree Shear TL250 - YouTube[/ame]

 

Eddie.

[Stephen Blair]

I find that frustrating just to watch, everything needs double handled and it's just not doing it right. It's like Splitting logs with an axe, there's more energy wasted picking up the 2 bits that come off the block.

[Treemon]

That's sooooo slow not the greatest promo video if it showed it felling at the bottom to start with - but a branch at a time . I've been looking for a compact harvester head for first thinings that will fit on this size machine if anyone knows of one

 

 

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[Johny Walker]

could have felled & chipped quicker, then the operater didnt seem fluent with the set up

[LGP Eddie]

Possibly not the best demonstration I'd fully agree, he seemed to be doing a bit of sword fighting around it instead of getting on with it, and reaching for the track levers to move is normally a giveaway?

 

It was just to demonstrate the difference with this type of Shear against the more traditional type that grabs the limbs?

 

Plenty now have their own machine or access to them, and If I could gain a little hire instead of sitting in the nettles it would help justify them?

 

Eddie.