Man Sized Hedge Trimmer

[Jerrico]

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.
Man Sized Hedge Trimmer - YouTube

 

[aczlan]

Very nice. It looks like you have it set up so you can trim either vertically or horizontally.

Aaron Z

 

[Jerrico]

Thanks
Yes, it has three positions, it will do vertical above and below the bucket so it can trim down to ground level.

 

[Tompet]

Pretty impressive and excellent job. Any photos of result...or a video of it in action?

 

[Jerrico]

Pretty impressive and excellent job. Any photos of result...or a video of it in action?

I added a video.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ingenious! I'm impressed. Are you an engineer?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I would've been dumping the trimmings to my burn pile every so often.

 

[Jerrico]

Ingenious! I'm impressed. Are you an engineer?



No, just an old hillbilly who likes to make things.

 

[Jerrico]

I would've been dumping the trimmings to my burn pile every so often.

Can't burn anything in our township so I run them through my shredder.

 

[oosik]

I think that's one H*** of a fine tool. Great job there Jerrico. Yu da man!!!