Author Topic: self climbing tree pruner (Read 978 times)

1manband · « **on:** October 04, 2014, 11:35:23 am »

backround.... never saw or knew of these.

was told: they were used in managed growing forests. would self climb to a desired height, which was set by a dial wheel. trim branches to promote a taller/higher canopy tree.

these were/are now replaced by very high priced computer type climbing pruners.

not mine, the kid is though.

aclarke · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2014, 11:12:04 pm »

Joe, have you or your son. seen it in use? Similar machine was marketed for shaving Phoenix Palm trunks a few years back...

1manband · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2014, 09:01:32 am »

Quote from: aclarke on October 04, 2014, 11:12:04 pm

Joe, have you or your son. seen it in use? Similar machine was marketed for shaving Phoenix Palm trunks a few years back...

have not seen it in use. was told that it was primarily used on conifers. to grow longer "board wood". believe it was branded sachs? (not 100% sure on that).

the distance away from the bar to the trunk of the tree could also be adjusted.

if i could get a hold of Tom, and invite him here, you would get much better answers.

-joe

aclarke · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2014, 10:13:27 am »

Neat machine!

aclarke · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2014, 10:21:40 am »

Video of a similar machine called the Clouston Tree Pruner on youtube. Pretty slick...

aclarke · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2014, 10:25:23 am »

SACHS PUUAPINA (SACHS KS-31) there's a demo video online of the Sachs machine too.

pete · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2014, 12:55:41 am »

Often called a tree monkey some good you tubes there

sharkey · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2014, 06:46:12 am »

Amazing! Have never seen one. Looked at the vids and it seemed like the one example was radio controlled?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVz8N_PJ2E

660magnum · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2014, 07:25:21 am »

It has a settable dial for height.

I don't know if it is time based or counts turns?

jmester · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2014, 08:44:11 pm »

http://www.ruralite.org/archive/2002/08/c-17%20pp%204-5%20August_2002.pdf

Found this article thought I would share.

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