[AT] Tractor based tree pruning

[Joe Hazewinkel]

The official name is “side tree trimmer”.  I used to supervise our crews out on the power line.  They are very project specific machines, but really help to trim the branches back.  The booms are fiberglass and insulated/grounded specifically for use next to the lines.  Much safer than sending a man up in the tree to trim it out.
 Enjoy, Joe 

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On Mar 6, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

What surprised me is that there's no "shoe" (for lack of a better term) and the whole circular blade is just whipping around in space.  I would NOT want that thing anywhere near a power line!

SO


> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 11:00 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> I have watched one of these on a tracked machine work in a swamp.  It 
> had an 80ft reach and the operator could trim within 1 foot of power 
> lines...  It took guts, but this guy had ran that machine for over 5 
> years....  He could do about 2 miles a day..
> Cecil
> 
> On 3/5/2019 10:28 AM, James Peck wrote:
> > https://youtu.be/GsYsEtgTLrI
> >
> >
> >
> > I was thinking more like a joystick controlled arm with a hydraulic powered chainsaw at the end
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