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No need for a wood chipper
m88.358win
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Ya think?
However, a tree removal company recently widened the pipeline that crosses my place, and I'm glad they didn't use one. Instead, they felled the trees, ran the brush through a wood chipper, and cut the trunks and major branches up and left them piled along the edge. All I have to do to get firewood is go along with the pickup and gather it up. I've already brought in two cords, and it looks like there's at least that much more to go.
The machine in this video seems wasteful except for those cases where felling a tree (or even sending a chainsaw operator up in a cherry-picker) risks damage to nearby property.
We used them to clear acres of Brazilian Pepper trees (an invasive species) in Florida among other things.
Probably the most fun machine. The machine has a separate engine just for driving the hydraulics on that head (about 3500 psi if I remember correctly).
http://www.shinncutter.com/VIDEOSPAGE.HTML
Can you rent one of those things? It leaves some pretty big pieces, but it could save me some serious hard labor.
Yes, you can rent them. I go over whats left on the ground a second time and there aren't very many big pieces left.
It will throw a 6" dia. 10' long log about 30yds so a 50 to 75yd safety zone around the machine should be established.
I addition to being one of the most fun machines to operate its also the most dangerous (to be around).
Okay, an impressive machine.
However, a tree removal company recently widened the pipeline that crosses my place, and I'm glad they didn't use one. Instead, they felled the trees, ran the brush through a wood chipper, and cut the trunks and major branches up and left them piled along the edge. All I have to do to get firewood is go along with the pickup and gather it up. I've already brought in two cords, and it looks like there's at least that much more to go.
The machine in this video seems wasteful except for those cases where felling a tree (or even sending a chainsaw operator up in a cherry-picker) risks damage to nearby property.
A few years ago a VDOT contractor did the same thing along the roads edge, only they left the logs in 6-8' sections. I went out and filled my pick up several times. It made collecting firewood that year much less labor intensive!