Skid Loader-Mounted Tree Shear

Skid Loader-Mounted Tree Shear TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders Mark Majerus can use his home-built skid loader-mounted tree shear to easily cut a tree into firewood-sized pieces; reach high to trim large branches; or reach over fences and other obstacles It can cut up to 22 ft high and rotates on its side to cut vertically Rectangular steel tubing is welded to a quick-tach mounting plate that keeps limbs from falling on him     “I use it on my Case 1835B skid loader It’s built heavy and is a piece of equipment that I’ll be able to use for years and years ” says Majerus     The tree shear is equipped with 2 fixed blades of 1-in thick T100 steel It can cut multiple trees at once or a single tree up to 9 in in diameter The blades are sandwiched between two bolted-together 3/4-in thick steel plates and pivot on a pair of 1 1/2-in dia greaseable bolts A 5 1/2-in dia hydraulic cylinder moves the blades back and forth     The back side of the tree shear is bolted to a 5-in dia tube that fits inside a 6-in dia tube “The telescoping tubes allow me to reach out another 2 ft I cut 2 rows of holes in the smaller tube; by pulling a pin I can either extend the smaller tube another 2 ft or rotate it to cut vertically     “The shear is too heavy to rotate the tube by hand so I use the skid loader I pull the pin from the tube then put one edge of the shear against a tree and drop the loader arms until the shear is rotated to a vertical position           “I like how it turned out My friend Dick Johnson helped me cut out the blades using a cutting table that I helped him build     “One problem is that the tree shear weighs close to 400 lbs and is so heavy that I had to add about 640 lbs of weights on back of the skid loader I probably used too much steel to support the blades If I could do it over I’d use 5/8-in thick steel instead of 3/4-in and use heavier weight schedule 80 steel for the tubes I drilled a pair of large holes in two of the blade support plates so I can attach a nylon strap to lift the shears over my welding table ”     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mark Majerus 1731 230th St E Farmington Minn 55024 ph 651 463-7084; markmajerus46@hotmail com

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