DeadTurtleCreek
New member
I have searched this forum and seen a few people who seem to be searching for the same type of equipment. I am looking for some type of saw, mower, or rotary mulcher that attaches to the FEL and can trim tree limbs that are encroaching on roads and shooting lanes. We have a large amount of acreage planted to 20 year old oak trees. Our roads and shooting lanes were fine for years, but now that the trees have gotten bigger, the limbs have grown together from both sides making mowing grass miserable as well as shooting a rifle down these lanes impossible.
I have seen the limbinator and similar pole-mounted chainsaws. This is not necessarily what I am looking for given that I would be cutting max 3" diameter limbs and needing to do it constantly down the length of these roads. I have also looked at google earth and added up that I have more than 7 miles of these roads and shooting lanes to trim on both sides so doing this manually is just not feasible.
Does anyone have any ideas about a piece of equipment that might do this job? I have seen the limb beaver, but at $9k I think I can come up with something better and a whole lot cheaper.
I was looking into the idea of running multiple circular saw blades mounted vertically on top of one another with a hydraulic motor used to power them. I'm trying to figure out some pointers from this group as to what may be the best way to get this built. It seems I could make it simply enough mounting rotors to 1/4" plate steel with a chain or belt running the blades from the hydraulic motor. My biggest concern is that if it sounds too good to be true and nobody already makes it, its probably either much harder than expected or extremely dangerous.
Thanks for the help. I know this group thinks way outside the box on these problems and thats what I'm looking for to solve the problem.
I have seen the limbinator and similar pole-mounted chainsaws. This is not necessarily what I am looking for given that I would be cutting max 3" diameter limbs and needing to do it constantly down the length of these roads. I have also looked at google earth and added up that I have more than 7 miles of these roads and shooting lanes to trim on both sides so doing this manually is just not feasible.
Does anyone have any ideas about a piece of equipment that might do this job? I have seen the limb beaver, but at $9k I think I can come up with something better and a whole lot cheaper.
I was looking into the idea of running multiple circular saw blades mounted vertically on top of one another with a hydraulic motor used to power them. I'm trying to figure out some pointers from this group as to what may be the best way to get this built. It seems I could make it simply enough mounting rotors to 1/4" plate steel with a chain or belt running the blades from the hydraulic motor. My biggest concern is that if it sounds too good to be true and nobody already makes it, its probably either much harder than expected or extremely dangerous.
Thanks for the help. I know this group thinks way outside the box on these problems and thats what I'm looking for to solve the problem.