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NE Iowa | Harvest has wrapped up a couple weeks earlier than normal for us leaving us with time to get at some of those less fun jobs that don't always get done every year. We've got thousands of feet of fence-rows and lots of fields that have timber borders and it's a never ending job keeping trees cut and pushed back. We are losing ground every year with a guy or two and a chainsaw and was wondering what anyone had for experience has been with a skid loader attachment for clearing fenceline and field edge brush. The enthusiasm for hoofing a saw on terrace backs, field edges and along the timber gets pretty low after a day or two and I think we'd be more apt to keep up on this job is it could be mechanicalized with a skidloader. I see there's a lot of different options out there. Shears, saws, etc. We've got a 320 Deere skidloader which isn't a real big machine but should be big enough to tackle this job I would think. I'm curious what any fellow ag talkers have used and which attachments work and which ones don't. TIA |
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Central, IA | We picked up a used tree puller last spring. It has a jaw on the front that you can squeeze the tree and pull it out.
I haven't used it personally, but was told it worked great on something up to 4" or so. If they were real small, like an 1 1/2" or less, it would just clip them off if you weren't careful.
I've got a guy pulling fence with it this morning. We'll see how that works. It's on a 320 as well. |
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central - east central Minnesota - | I find a brush mower works best for me . . . . if the tree leans into the field, it's generally to large for any shear, puller or skidsteer tool - so the chainsaw comes out. All other limbs, brush and small trees are mulched up with the brush mower. Including the dangerous task of lifting the brush mower as high as the loader arms allow and "trimming" branches on trees.
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Area 51 | Ground force tree saw
Dropped 30 inch plus diameter trees with it
Sticks out in front so you can trim tree lines too
Thing is kinda like a tornado. You will wish you had another skid or wheel loader to haul the mess away
4 hours with the saw takes about 8 hours with the grapple stacking. It works that fast
Usually try to clear/clean up about 4-5 miles of field border every winter off and on
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Wi | For trimming back woods with brush and such, a brush cutter works great especially if you get one without a safety or disable the safety providing you have a demolition/lexan/polycarbonate door. You can reach up and chew stuff down. It's not pretty, but you aren't going for looks either.
Bigger stuff the saw comes out and then the grapple stacks and piles what is needed. Then the wheel loader comes in to shove stuff back if needed.
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| Tree puller from Lackender work great. |
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SE IA | Bought a tree post puller from Lackender Industries just south Iowa city. Look up their web site. Cleared a lot of fence row this spring with a JD 326D. Cutting or mowing mulberry trees just makes them a bush. Pulling and they are done. I really like it. With a little rocking you can pull some fairly large trees. Now once every other year should keep terraces and fence rows clean, just go get the stuff that has grown in past two years. Even with a chain saw I would have to deal with roundup or tordon on the stump. |
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| Have a home built tree puller that works great on stuff up to about 4" diameter, best part is once it's pulled there's no stumps or roots left to deal with.
Really need a grapple bucket too for moving and piling trees. |
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central pa. | We run a shear. I think it's a Hyreach clipper.? It can be rotated to cut horizontal or vertical and stands out from mounting plate about 5 feet. Use it on a 326d. It's plenty of machine for the tool. Can cut up to 10 inch plus. Not super fast but beats riding on a pallet running a pole saw. We come after with second skid to push cut off branches and trees in to bush. |
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Iowa | We got one from this outfit- http://www.rsefab.com/ There are a couple videos to give you an idea of what they are capable of.
The wetter the ground is-the better they work and yes you will want a grapple to go with it to pile stuff.
Edit: It's also great for fence removal. Pulled out a short 1/2 mile of woven/barb fence and had it all piled with the grapple in short 1/2 a day this fall. I think I got out of the loader maybe twice to pick up a piece of wire during the whole process. Lots easier than the old way with a tractor/loader and a chain.
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| I regularly use a tree puller rather than a shear because I originally used it to reclaim CRP ground for cropping. I like the fact of not dealing with stumps but am sure it is slower than using a shear. Occasionally you can pull a tree apart, actually is easy to do on smaller trees(3 inch or less dia). Only place I don't like the puller is using it on willows in a waterway. Waterways tend to stay damp and you can leave too big of a hole by pulling the tree.
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Southern Minnesota | I purchased a tree shear that will cut up to 8 inch tree with manual rotation. It's a Erskine with skid loader mounts. Purchased adapter plate for my loader tractor to reach high limbs, running it by a remote of tractor and hoses going to front of loader. Had to add a camera to see with tractor and loader. Spent about 4 hours trimming so far and like the job that I can do with lower limbs with skid loader and higher limbs with tractor loader. Come back later and clean up with skid loader.
It takes a few cuts to get the hang of it and look before you cut a limb and have it fall on tractor. I hope word will get around so I can pay for the shear by doing custom work. |
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SC North Dakota | Home built. Built to pull fence posts but have used it on trees also.
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Sort of Central to North Central Iowa | Nice! Here's my homemade puller of scrap iron. Pulls more than I expected it to.
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Elmwood, Ne. Just East of Lincoln | I love my puller. It's a CL Fabrication out of Clarinda Iowa. Rented my neighbors to try it last spring and had to have one. Bought one at HHD this fall. Run it on a 325 Deere.
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Freedom, WI | Bought a puller a year ago and it is one of the handiest tools around the farm. Cleared out a few fencelines already. Spent half of today with it pulling small brush that was probably only about 2 inches wide. Works great for stuff like that, once I even pulled a tree that was about 10 inches wide. This is all with a Gehl 4240. |
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Mid-Missouri | We get along really well with our CLfab puller. It works great and is built well. Just have to find time to use it! |
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Statesville, NC | I've been studying for a year about building a tree puller that's built like a stump bucket that opens in the middle. I wanted to be able to dig it out if I couldn't pull it out. I wanted a larger opening at the rear to be able to grab a larger tree close to the machine. I wanted the jaws fairly long to reach into ditches and to use the bucket tilt to provide more leverage when pulling. Just when I started to think about getting started on the project, lo and behold, Danuser has built it. I got an email about it from my local distributor, and I'm getting the first one that arrives, hopefully next week. I'll report back on its performance. It's called the Intimidator. http://www.danuser.com/attachments/intimidator
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East Central Indiana | I also just ordered a Danuser Intimidator yesterday from my local dealer. It should be here in about 10 days. I had looked at several different styles and designs of tree pullers from many different manufacturers, but when I came across the Danuser unit I was impressed with their design. I am looking forward to getting to try it out. |
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nc IA | I just dropped one off at Gilberts today for his auction on the 16th? Bought it last winter, used it for a day on a rented skidloader, worked great. My problem and why I'm selling it, have to rent a skidloader, I work in town during the week, so not much time to use it. When I was using it - I had to carry what I pulled to a pile one at a time, as I had no grapple bucket to pile and haul with, and didn't want to come back and hand load later. That really cut into productivity. Good unit, got it for 1250 as I recall new. I just needed more time and a second machine to pile, in my case right now, I'll stick to the saw and hiring it done to push it way back/catch up. |
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NEIN | May I ask the cost? I couldn't find list price on them. Sure looks like the best. I like the centered pull. I would not want the twist an offset design creates. |
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East Central Indiana | I paid $3100 for mine from a local dealer. There are several tree pulleys that I found for around $1600-2000, but those were offset or built so light that they would require constant welding and repairing. I did find a Precision Model 525, that was heavy built and had jaws that were designed as a spade, for around $2600 plus freight on web.
I did not want an offset unit due to stress and twisting on loader arms. I also wanted a unit with a cab shield. The Danuser unit did cost more than a lot of pullers, but I really was impressed with design. |
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| I made this a few years ago and have used it unmercifully. I now have a 440 ct (tracks) which made it even more destructive. A perfect stress reliever while being productive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g2Upil3AZQ |
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Tree shear, puller, cutter, etc for front of skidloader
