Firewood Gathering With A Power Trac

[MossRoad]

It would be fun to put a carbide tipped circular saw blade on a motor horizontally and have some sort of 6' high brush frame that you could push up against 3" and under trees and cut them off at the base. I have several hundred, if not a thousand small trees I'd love to get rid of.

This is interesting...

 

[MossRoad]

And then I found this.... I can't believe they say it will do a 4" tree with practice.... seems like a good way to do a face plant to me.

 

[SpringHollow]

Several places sell V-shaped knife setups for cutting off small trees with an atv, tractor, truck. People seem to be reasonably happy with them but it sounds brutal to the tractor and driver.

Ken

 

[ponytug]

Or, you could do what I do, and use the PT brush cutter... 4" oaks go down on the first pass. If I had many of them to do, I'd probably add a roll bar rail out front to push the trunks down, so the cutter can drive over them.

You don't want anyone in the area because of flying debris.

All the best, Peter

 

[J_J]

You could use a wheel motor and large blade.

Use a 14 to 24 in carbide blade.

http://www.wikco.com/images/saw16.jpg

High Torque Tree Saw Attachment for Skid Steers

https://youtu.be/r4XvvyVGCKs

https://youtu.be/Q2pzVfLXRgM

https://youtu.be/Yexoi0lVSQk

 

[MossRoad]

Or, you could do what I do, and use the PT brush cutter... 4" oaks go down on the first pass. If I had many of them to do, I'd probably add a roll bar rail out front to push the trunks down, so the cutter can drive over them.

You don't want anyone in the area because of flying debris.

All the best, Peter

My little PT425 brush cutter gets stopped by oaks larger than 2". I'm plenty happy with it. But I'd like a saw that cuts at or just below ground level. I'm thinking on the lines of a small forklift mast with a circular blade instead of forks. You know how you can tilt a forklift's forks forward and raise it up and down? I'd like to be able to do something similar with a saw blade. I already got the raising and tipping with the FEL, so really, all I'd need to do is build a tall, skinny rectangle about 6' high and 18" wide to use to put some leverage on the trees, while the blade cuts them down low. Anyhow, I have a ton of unfinished projects and I'm not gonna allow myself to start another one until I get the honey-do list whittled down to less than half a page!

 

[woodlandfarms]

So maybe I should take my home made stump grinder and but a side mounting plate on it... Hmmmm... spinning wheel of death V2

 

[3238dpw]

My little PT425 brush cutter gets stopped by oaks larger than 2". I'm plenty happy with it. But I'd like a saw that cuts at or just below ground level. I'm thinking on the lines of a small forklift mast with a circular blade instead of forks. You know how you can tilt a forklift's forks forward and raise it up and down? I'd like to be able to do something similar with a saw blade. I already got the raising and tipping with the FEL, so really, all I'd need to do is build a tall, skinny rectangle about 6' high and 18" wide to use to put some leverage on the trees, while the blade cuts them down low. Anyhow, I have a ton of unfinished projects and I'm not gonna allow myself to start another one until I get the honey-do list whittled down to less than half a page!

How about something like this. Have to make it yourself as the one they sell is too big.

Marshall Tree Saw | Tree Removal

 

[MossRoad]

I saw those several years ago. Very cool.

 

[ponytug]

You know, if you watch the ATV, especially the wheel angle view point, there doesn't seem to be much impact.

I would bet that it works great on softwood, and not so much on locust and oak.

It all depends on whether you want 2" high stumps. There is also the brush grubber sold by Northern Tool, but it has decidedly mixed reviews.

All the best,

Peter