Dougherty Turbo Saw Review

[Cataclysm]

Here's an idea of how big a tree you can cut. I took 3 cuts and a push with the grapple to lay this down. This Honey Locust was maybe 40' tall and heavy enough my 6500lb/55hp tractor didn't want to move it much. I did feed the saw in slowly but you could keep cutting steady all the way until it would bottom out.

 

[newbury]

Here's an idea of how big a tree you can cut. I took 3 cuts and a push with the grapple to lay this down. This Honey Locust was maybe 40' tall and heavy enough my 6500lb/55hp tractor didn't want to move it much. I did feed the saw in slowly but you could keep cutting steady all the way until it would bottom out.

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[Cataclysm]

I re-attached the pic's, sorry!

 

[Piston]

Great job with your review Cat! Thanks for taking the time to post photos and descriptions.
How much PTO hp do you have? I can see why this tree saw would really benefit from operating it with an HST tractor.

For what it's worth, I enjoy videos like you posted, rather than edited videos with music or too much talk in them. It's nice to see how much you can do with that saw in the 12 minute time period you posted.

 

[newbury]

I re-attached the pic's, sorry!

Thanks, with a vertical grapple you've got a feller buncher.

 

[Cataclysm]

Great job with your review Cat! Thanks for taking the time to post photos and descriptions.
How much PTO hp do you have? I can see why this tree saw would really benefit from operating it with an HST tractor.

For what it's worth, I enjoy videos like you posted, rather than edited videos with music or too much talk in them. It's nice to see how much you can do with that saw in the 12 minute time period you posted.

Thanks! I like giving back to the site! It sure has helped me alot! I have 47.3 PTO hp. I think a 25-30 hp tractor would run this saw just fine.

Yep, I agree the music on a lot of video's ruins it. I want to hear the engine/machine so I can tell what its doing. Most of the video's I watched before buying just showed cutting the perfect tree in the perfect setting. I thought this would be something different!

 

[Cataclysm]

Thanks, with a vertical grapple you've got a feller buncher.

I don't know if I'd want to grab a tall tree. It might take me for a ride. They do make a horizontal grapple version tho.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I don't know if I'd want to grab a tall tree. It might take me for a ride. They do make a horizontal grapple version tho.

Cat, if you were cutting down a perfectly vertical tree does blade start cutting before the push bar contact the tree trunk? Hope this question makes sense?

What is biggest diameter that will fit between guards around the blade?

Thanks.

 

[My Gym]

I own a Turbosaw with grapple but no rear hydraulics (Just chain up grapple) with a John Deere 3038E 30 HP at pto. I have cut hundreds of trees. I have had 2 fall towards the tractor and land on the hood and FEL . One broke the lens on the turn signal. On Large trees, I will cut about 1.5 foot above the ground with multiple directions of cut. I keep in consideration depth of cut lean of tree and wind just like felling a tree. The trunk is smaller than the spread out base of the tree trunk. Tree size is limited by the skid bars on the sides of the blade and depth of cut. On Large trees, I fell the tree with a chainsaw and then use the turbosaw as a stump grinder. The turbosaw works best on trees 8-10 inches or less. As a Stump grinder it will only cut to ground level.

 

[SandburRanch]

Handy fun piece of equipment. What's the next step for making those acres a hay field?