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| My project last winter was building one. They use 1"A R plate for the upper and lower halves to sandwich the blade. I got 1.5" (not A R) that came off a large press. My blade was a nearly near cutting edge from a large dozer blade. The hardest parts of the project was the 100 degree rotation to switch from horizontal to vertical cut, and the blade. The cutting edge had to have a lot of tapering to make it "knife like" instead of blunt. The knife pivot is 3". I torched a 3.75" hole, welded in a piece of seamless tube, then milled the I.D. to accept a bronze bushing. Where the cylinder attaches to the blade I was able to spot heat it and get a 1.5" hole drilled through it.
I wanted it to fit our deere loader and gehl telehandler and still wanted to be somewhat quick-tach. Best way I could come up with was to hang it on the pallet fork attachment. I slide off the pallet forks then it sits on the top rail like a combine header on a feeder house. Then a couple large bolts at the bottom.
It works best on the telehandler, and has been great for ditches. If the tree should hap to fall into the ditch you can rotate the cutter, boom out, and grab it like a pair of pinchers. Thought I would post some pictures sometime but I'm better with a torch and welder than a computer. | |
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Anybody Ever Use These Tree Shears?
