Tree shear

[powerstroke444e]

So ...... how much was it? With your link you can’t see price unless you create an account.

List price was $4,720 built with American made steel in Minnesota. I worked with Aaron Stubbs who was great to work with just can't wait to put it to use.

 

[Sprinklerman]

I worked with a friend of mine with his tree shear , it was awesome , But he mounted it on his mini ex . It was cutting up to 12 inch trees . Had a skid steer there with a brush cutter and my tractor with forks to move the logs . We cleaned up a 2 acre plot full of dead wood , vines and trees in a day and a half . Never fired up a chainsaw

 

[powerstroke444e]

I worked with a friend of mine with his tree shear , it was awesome , But he mounted it on his mini ex . It was cutting up to 12 inch trees . Had a skid steer there with a brush cutter and my tractor with forks to move the logs . We cleaned up a 2 acre plot full of dead wood , vines and trees in a day and a half . Never fired up a chainsaw

That is my goal keep the chain saw work to a minimum.

 

[lostcreekranch]

List price was $4,720 built with American made steel in Minnesota. I worked with Aaron Stubbs who was great to work with just can't wait to put it to use.

Thanks very much.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Well came in less time than quoted now to get it home and work it.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

We're going to need some video proof sir.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Will do on the video I have to get down to the farm next week as not much to cut at my office in town, but saved on the freight dropping at a business with a forklift.

 

[ArmyDoc]

Out of curiosity, why choose a tree shear over a tree puller or a stump bucket +/- grapple? The tree shears seem to run more than double what either of the other two implements run, and the shear leaves behind a stump and roots...

 

[ovrszd]

Locally a tree puller can be purchased for $1250.

Problem comes with a tractor too small to use it to it's capacity. A shear somewhat overcomes that.

A shear definitely has it's place. Just have to accept the aftermath.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Out of curiosity, why choose a tree shear over a tree puller or a stump bucket +/- grapple? The tree shears seem to run more than double what either of the other two implements run, and the shear leaves behind a stump and roots...

I have a backhoe and grapple, but need to take down a bunch of cottonwood and other invasive trees out of trees we planted 20 years ago. Pictures to follow, hopefully this is right tool for the job.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Looks like problem was solved many years ago?

 

[ovrszd]

Today's Safety Police would find soooooo many things wrong with that......

 

[powerstroke444e]

Today's Safety Police would find soooooo many things wrong with that......

But I would love to have that to take to the shows. And I found several that were very similar that mount on bobcats

 

[Xfaxman]

Out of curiosity, why choose a tree shear over a tree puller or a stump bucket +/- grapple? The tree shears seem to run more than double what either of the other two implements run, and the shear leaves behind a stump and roots...

I chose a tree shear about 10 years ago, because my MF240D didn't have a loader and we were overrun with cedar trees:

I put the loader on the TORO so I could pick them up with a homemade brush fork and make burn piles:

 

[ovrszd]

Eastern Red Cedars are out of control here too. That has happened in the last 50 years. As a kid we had to search to find one suitable for a Christmas tree. Today they are everywhere. I'm not a fan of them. They will eventually crowd out our large hardwood timbers.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

 

[ovrszd]

I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

Although rare, I've saw pullers designed like that.

Your comments are why I mentioned earlier that a puller requires a larger tractor than a shear.

 

[Xfaxman]

I would think that an effective tree puller on a CUT would require a second hydraulic cylinder pushing against the ground, since the lift capacity of most CUTs isn't great enough to pull many trees in the 4-6" range (especially hardwoods).

Yep, here is one: Tree Grapple / Post Puller - TJ12UN-TRK-BF

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yep, here is one: Tree Grapple / Post Puller - TJ12UN-TRK-BF

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Any idea of price?

 

[CincyFlyer]

Yep, here is one: Tree Grapple / Post Puller - TJ12UN-TRK-BF

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I have thought of adding a lift cylinder to my Titan tree puller. 2,200 lbs. of lift ain't nothing, compared to a 6" maple.