Cleaning the fence row is fun now

ns_in_tex · Apr 13, 2002

Rozett
Your are right about the rear lift capacity being greater. My original plans were to build it to work on front or rear & on a larger tractor. It was more than twice as tall (for top link connection). When I got to the point I could try it out on the fel, I found that in this soft sand I had to go down in the ground a little to get enough pressure behind the tree to make the teeth cut into & hold well. If there was a tree I wanted to save, very close behind the one to remove, the top of my implement (when set at a 45 deg tilt to go down) would scar the bark on the other tree. Also I think the one on the fel will be much eaiser to use facing forward & eaiser to slide the hung tree back out of the teeth when unloading. This is when I made the decision to cut the top of the implement off & have two separate implements. Do all I can with the fel, then what I can with the rear attachement & what that won't do, I will have to use the chain saw.
Neal

TonyC · Apr 13, 2002

Extraordinary piece of work, Neal. Building a treegetter is number one on my list and yours is the nicest self built I've seen by far. Aside from trees, I have these huge thorny briars here that would scoop up very nicely with one of these. Hopefully I'll be posting some photos of mine at work. I only hope it looks half as good as yours!

gerard · Apr 13, 2002

Outstanding job - I'm almost going to be ashamed to show the guage wheels I'm building for my york rake (but I will anyway!!) Did you make the tree cutter too?? I can see how that was put together except for the shears themselves. How did you hone down the edge? That would be an awful lot of grinding since it looks like it was 3/4" plate steel and that didn't LOOK like a hand grinder done job.

Old_Wanker · Apr 13, 2002

Nice job. Where I am I think the clay and rocks would make life harder - but theres something about seeing those clean root systems out of your sandy soil that makes me want to go out and get a bigger tractor so I can attack some of my scrub.

greenthumb · Apr 13, 2002

Can you make sure that the paint is New Holland blue. And then ship one of the tree getters to Michigan via well UPS won't carry that much weight will they. I have several food plots to put in this spring summer. Great looking tool nice job

Greenthumb

gordon · Apr 13, 2002

I'd say the roses are much deserved on that one. You did a nice looking job. It puts mine to shame looks wise! But I built mine for the tree point just to see how well it would work. I posted a picture of mine a while back on another thread about the treegetter. Pretty plain jane compared to your model.

The bucket version is a much better idea. That way you can not only put more down pressure when first digging in but also can put down pressure when cleaning it out as well. That is a drawback with the tree point and real small stuff. I've got to get off the tractor at times to clean the teeth.

About painting stuff, I'm the same way. It gets built used and once in awhile I will paint what I build. Never got around to painting the treegetter I built. But it was a prototype to see how well it would actually work. Next one I build will have some changes to the frame work. Mine was built out of scrap steel so it cost me a few welding rods.

Gordon

kcbarnes · Apr 13, 2002

You have just made me add that to my "to build" list.

ns_in_tex · Apr 13, 2002

No, I did not build the "High Reach Tree Trimmer with optional power tilt mount" I think is what they call it. I did build the quick hitch mount & installed the angle iron braces. It came made to bolt to the bottom of a loader bucket & recommended to use chains where I put the angle iron braces. It comes with cylinders, but you have to plumb & have the outlets on your tractor. They have a skid steer mount attachement for something like 350.00 extra, but I chose to start from scratch on the mount.
We purchased it from P & W Engineering, 424 N Harding Ave, Sedalia, MO 65301, Phone 888-497-3224, John Parkhurst. I think we paid $2233.00 delivered to us.
I think both this tree trimmer & the treegetter we built would be much more difficult, or at least less productive if you didn't have an HST transmission.

ns_in_tex · Apr 13, 2002

Gordan,
Sorry I didn't mention your name in the thanks for sharing it with me. I know I havn't seen near all of the good information at this site. I just found it a few weeks ago. After I got mine built, I saw the name of Brush Brute mentioned, did a Google search & found it. Very similar to mine, only $1495.00 I think. Think I had about $50.00 in mine plus a couple days work. I hope to get around to building an extra heavy duty one for the 3ph, to go on the big tractor. I have pulled up some 6/8" trees with a chain on it. Left at least a wash tub size hole in the ground where it came out.