Woodworking – Special-work machine – Tree felling
Patent
1995-04-03
1996-04-23
Bray, W. Donald
Woodworking
Special-work machine
Tree felling
144 92, 144 34A, 144218, 144336, 303795, 83928, 408 53, A01G 2308
Patent
active
055094538
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for severing trees, brush, and other forestry at or below ground level in one passage of the apparatus through the forestry includes a plurality of rotatable shafts; a shaft housing for rotatably supporting the shafts with the rotational axes of the shafts juxtaposed and the first ends of the shafts about transversely aligned; a cutting bit connected at the first end of each shaft, each bit having cutting blades which overlap with the blades of the adjacent bits so that the bits cut a continuous, unbroken swath; a rotary power source connected to the shafts for rotating the shafts; a frame for supporting the shaft support; and a vertical actuator, connected between the frame and the shaft housing, for selectably adjusting the elevation of the shaft housing between an elevation at or below ground level to an elevation above ground level.
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