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Ideas for building a bush cutter

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Pep

02-09-2002 04:28:58




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I've been trying to think of a way to build a special type of bush cutter. My pasture was once a pecan tree orchard and now the trees are old and out of production. The privet bushes grow around the base of the trees and I can't reach them with the BushHog to mow them down.
I was thinking about trying to build a cutter using an old sickle mower arm with blade teeth attached to it, but not extending out too far to prevent breakage. The arm would have to be spring mounted so that you can drag it against the pecan tree and slide off cutting the privet. Damage to the pecan tree is not a concern.
Anyone have any suggestions or better ideas? Thanks

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RayP(MI)

02-10-2002 13:27:24




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 Re: Ideas for building a bush cutter in reply to Pep, 02-09-2002 04:28:58  
If you don't have huge amounts to do, Husqvarna and others build a hand carried cutter, which is like string weed whipper, only with more power and a small saw blade in place of the string. These work well, and would give you the flexibility to trim the brush without destroying the trees.



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F14

02-09-2002 10:47:44




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 Re: Ideas for building a bush cutter in reply to Pep, 02-09-2002 04:28:58  
Just thinking out loud here, but I'd lean more towards a Mongo Weedwhacker on Steriods approach. A shaft-driven rotating head, with maybe segments of chainsaw chain as the "whippers". Keep the segments short, maybe 6 or 8 inches, and spin the disk their attached to up pretty good, and edge up to the tree in creeper gear. Should cut the privets right off. You could drive the head via PTO and shafting, or use a hydraulic motor.

Another alternative might be a small sawmill type blade. I think I recall seeing something like that in Farm Show Magazine.

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smirkey

02-11-2002 11:33:38




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 Re: Re: Ideas for building a bush cutter in reply to F14, 02-09-2002 10:47:44  
i saw that sawmill blade type thing, i think it was hydraulic driven and mounted for a skid steer.



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