"No-Throw" Brush Cutter

No-Throw Brush Cutter MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous The No-Throw brush cutter designed and built by Frank Guest and a former co-worker does it all Mounted to a backhoe it cuts brush or chips it in place The 6 curved knives grab and hold branches and trunks as they are cut     “The knives grab a branch or sapling and slice it against eight 1-in thick cutting bars ” says Guest “The head can pass from side to side across the face of a brush stand and from top to bottom letting the chips fall in place With it there’s no need to cut brush run it through a separate chipper and then blow it back in place And you can stand right alongside the cutting head ”     The 36-in high 17 1/2-in wide cutter head was designed for use on Case IH backhoes It has two hydraulic motors one geared very low for cutting larger stems and a faster motor for lighter brush Guest says the low-geared motor easily cuts a 4-in ash sapling     The blades feature 10-in long cutting edges and are spaced 15 in from blade tip to blade tip Twin hydraulic cylinders can tilt the head up to 45° to either side for easy trimming of branches      We built one unit in 1992 says Guest I was doing work for Ontario Hydro at the time and wanted a cutter that wouldn t throw the brush as it cut it ”     The No-Throw cutting head never went into production It has been in storage in the years since until Guest decided to offer it for sale      We had about $60 000 invested in the concept and prototype but a recession hit and though various shops looked at it nobody did anything with it says Guest I d like to see someone build it It was designed for a 20-gpm system With modern higher power hydraulics it would work even better     Guest encourages anyone interested in buying the prototype or taking it into production to contact him He says it’s easily scalable and could be made considerably larger     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Frank Guest 6068 Line 5 North Victoria Harbour Ont Canada L0K 2A0 ph 705 835-3623; guestlogging@hotmail com

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