Man Sized Hedge Trimmer

[Jerrico]

That is pretty nifty! Do you need the tire chains for this job, or do you just leave them on all the time?

The link pycoed posted looks like some Mad Max nightmare contraption!

I just leave them on.

 

[CincyFlyer]

It appears that quite a bit of the dross falls into the bucket!

 

[NCMau]

What size GPM motor are you using?

 

[Jerrico]

What size GPM motor are you using?

969 Rpm, 12 gpm

 

[MossRoad]

If you don't like sickle bars, how about one of these?
Mean Hedgecutter - YouTube

Read the comments in the 2nd video.... man, that thing is a tragedy waiting to happen....
Mean Hedgecutter 2 - YouTube

 

[MossRoad]

I have a hedge row that is about 250 feet long and it takes me several days every year to trim it with an electric hedge trimmer. I decided to build a man sized hedge trimmer for my Kioti. I went looking for a sickle bar for a Cub and found one. I sand blasted it and painted it then started designing a mount and drive system for it. I bought a hydraulic motor and machined an eccentric flywheel. I took it out for a test drive and it now takes me less than an hour to trim the entire hedge row.View attachment 564482View attachment 564479View attachment 564480View attachment 564481
Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

Very nice! Do you happen to know the GPM that your machine is running through that circuit?

 

[pycoed]

Read the comments in the 2nd video.... man, that thing is a tragedy waiting to happen....
Mean Hedgecutter 2 - YouTube

That's Kiwi's for you! -They're all nuts - have you seen them playing rugby?

 

[bcp]

That's Kiwi's for you! -They're all nuts - have you seen them playing rugby?

Bruce

 

[Jerrico]

Very nice! Do you happen to know the GPM that your machine is running through that circuit?

Well according to the spec sheet the pump will do 7.66 gpm. I knew that before I bought the pump. I wanted to run the motor at around 500 to 600 rpm so the one that I bought would be just about right with the lower gpm system.

 

[MossRoad]

Thanks. The reason I ask is I have thought about that very attachment several times. My machine is all hydraulic. I have a hydraulic circuit that I run my brush cutter and mower with that puts out 8GPM@2500psi. Sounds very doable in my situation. Thanks again. :thumbsup: