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Coke-in-MN 
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 Topic: Snow Plows for skid or utility tractors
Posted: 13 Mar 2021 at 10:42pm |
Son has a video of his snow plows and the different designs . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3rltkvIBc
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Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 9:17pm |
I have a lot of brush and sweetgum that springs up rediculously fast along side of my property. It rapidly gets tall enough that I am uncomfortable driving tractor over it to bush-hog it. (I know, stay on it and it won't be a problem, but it's a non-productive part of the property I don't see much so I tend to hit it once a year or so)
Anyhow, I was looking at getting a front end cutter of some type, when I came across this thread. It seems like pulling it would deal with the roots too. How do you feel the intimidator or notch tree puller would work with a LOT of brush and volunteer sweetgum? Am I better getting this or a FEL brush cutter? The are about the same price.
This is a video of our unit in action.Minnesota implement Buckthorn Puller display video - YouTubeThe Minnesota Implement tree puller is a different design than most other tree pullers. Most pullers use a scissor action on their jaw. We build our unit with a sliding jaw traveling on a lineal rail. The sliding Jaw allows you to grab smaller trees without shearing them off, and gives you great strength when pulling large trees. It also puts the tree very close to the face-plate of the machine, giving you the maximum lifting force and stability.You can clear a-lot of land in a very short time with these units. In general, if you mow the trees down, they do tend to come back within a few months, often covering even a larger area due to the new stringers that form from the roots, but if you pull them out, you usually get about 70 to 80% of the root with them, so much less returning trees are seen. In general, you get about 3 years out of pulling them rather than a few months from cutting them....We offer many different designs of unit, to fit many different needs and machine type.Hope we are able to help you out.GalenMinnesotaimplement.com
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Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 9:20pm |
Biggest thing I worry about is that in most of these videos, they are using a skidsteer or CTL, not a tractor front end loader.Skid loader attachments account for about 80% of our attachment sales. They are by far much more common, but over the past 5 years the utility tractors have become MUCH more common, and the tractors themselves have become MUCH more user friendly and capable. Ten years ago, we only sold maybe 3 to 4 units for utility tractors each year, and now they are a fair chunk of our sales.When it comes to operation of a tree puller, the skid loader is MUCH faster and easier to use than a utility tractor. With the skid steer, you are sitting only about 3 to 4 feet from the jaws of the unit, and have a direct line of sight on the jaws. Getting lined up on a tree is really easy, and if you are off by a few inches, you can just slide the machine sideways a bit to get on the tree. Skid loaders also have the face-plate of the machine VERY close to the front tires, with the engine in the rear, so pulling stability is greatly in their favor..... For any kind of Commercial or contractor use a skid loader is by far going to be much more efficient.That being said, the drawbacks of the utility tractor are, the long hood between the operator and the unit, the fact that you have to steer into the tree, (which may require you to back up and re-align) and the distance of the face-plate from the front tires, with the engine over the front axle. There can also be a "tipping" on the front axle if the rear tires lift off the ground due to the pivot that utility reactors have on their front axle. All of these factors do slow down your speed of operation, and also limit the size of the tree you can pull. Typically, a skid steer with a 2000 lb break away lift can pull about a 5 to 6 inch tree, but due to the loss of stability due to the weight distribution of the tractor, a tractor with the same 2000 lb lift ability can only pull a 3 to 4 inch tree. We do address the line of sight problem on our units by putting a protective bridge over our hydraulics, so that if you do miss the tree, you don't damage the unit. We also build many units that can be put on the 3 point on the rear of the machine, which gives you both stability and the strength of the pull, as most rear lifts on these tractors are substantially stronger than the front end loaders ability. We can build many units to fit both the front and rear of the machine, and you can always add a blast weight box to the rear of the machine to help keep the rear of the machine on the ground. All of these tings do make the unit function very well on a utility tractor, But by nature, it still will never match the speed of a skid loader. A puller unit fit on a utility tractor is still a great choice for a homeowner or farmer who is clearing their own property, and not using it in a for hire situation. SAM_0073.JPGTreeRipper ยท Oct 17, 2017 at 1:32 PM " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); color: rgb(0, 72, 136); text-decoration-line: underline; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; cursor: pointer;"> Hope this helps address some of your questions.GalenMinnesota ImplementTreeripper.com
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 4:50am |
Sure beats the heck outta doin it the hard way!
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