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 09-26-2003, 16:19 Post: 64929
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Here's something I've wanted for my loader.

We live in an area heavily forested with douglas fir trees.

It would be nice to have a loader attachment that would be used to prune branches up to the height that the loader will reach. I envision it working like this - you drive up to the tree, close a collar-like attachment around the tree trunk, and raise the loader vertically along the trunk. Chainsaw like devices on the collar would start spinning and cut off the branches.

Obviously you need to be sure branches don't fall on your head (not sure how to do that other than by using a cage). Also it needs to adapt to trunks of different diameters and should probably float a bit laterally so you don't have to have the tractor dead-center on the tree trunk.

Just an idea.






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 09-26-2003, 16:29 Post: 64933
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Here's another idea - self-leveling pallet forks.






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 09-29-2003, 15:06 Post: 65084
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That Ag-Krane looks like a nice piece of equipment but YOWSA, you'd sure need lots of front ballast to do the maneuvers they show on their web page.






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 10-08-2003, 09:54 Post: 65809
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Murf, I cut my own firewood. Back pain was a real problem until I got the tractor. Now a friend comes over and I use the grapple to hold the logs a few feet up while my buddy cuts em. If I'm by myself the more tools the better, so I'd be interested in what you are thinking.






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Sounds basically like a chopsaw for logs. That's a good idea! The ramp could have a crank driven belt so you can just crank it and the log will move up the ramp.






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Chief, that's a nice machine! Unfortunately it would never pay for itself in my lifetime.






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I thought Billy's post was a joke (and a pretty good one at that) but Murf and Tom's responses are serious. What did I miss?






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