Reipal Tree Jack - just buy one !!!

[luftwaffe]

Is the harvester struggling to get up the bank? Larch brash is next to useless for traction. Couldnt you winch the harvester up and then harvest on the downhill so to speak to save on the saw work?

[Mark Bolam]

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.

 

Thanks Chris.

It would be worth the carry in the right rack though.

Like a line of edgers even on flat ground.

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Edit- I do mainly domestic nancy boy tree work, and some commercial.

I help mates out in forestry stuff, and still do a little myself.

I see this as a pure forestry tool.

 

I take no responsibility for anyone trying to shove a back leaning oak off a conservatory just because 'Bolam said it looked good on Arbtalk'.

 

 

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[TimberCutterDartmoor]

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

 

We did an 18" er with double the back lean of the one in the pic; pushed the jack to its limits; but bear in mind this is 1800kg pressure Model #2, they go all the way up to model #6 which must be amazing.

 

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

 

Tips to the track for the harvester. S/west wind has blown crop up and along the hillside.

 

Looks great. Impressive against that lean.

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

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We put a 3" thick ring under the foot - worked perfectly and the ground is soft; 6" thick layer of litter here.

 

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?

 

Correct. Doesn't shake the tree, has as much push as the hydraulic ram-wedge and a lot cheaper than the latter. You still can't get a ram wedge in a small tree; this overcomes all the issues of wedges/levers/ropes. We worked in a pair; me on the saw and mate on the jack; worked well. Orion heating only stockist.

 

Ere you go:

Tree-Jack Felling Tool - OrionHeating.co.uk

 

Is the harvester struggling to get up the bank? Larch brash is next to useless for traction. Couldnt you winch the harvester up and then harvest on the downhill so to speak to save on the saw work?

 

The bank is way too steep for any harvester with the exception of a Tigercat/TJ hill climber tracked machine. The Purpose-Builts are light on the arse so pointing downhill thanks but no thanks. It could end up like this even with tracks and chains!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45JYTLHhlI

Edited December 3, 2014 by TimberCutterDartmoor

[Mark Bolam]

Ouch!£££££££££££!

Even more impressive now John.

I can see now that set fairly low as it is even a moderate extension on the arm will move the head weight of the tree a fair amount.

 

 

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[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I'll need to make a video...