Vehicle With Feller for Tree Limb Removal in Residential, Commercial, Municipal, Utility, and Line Clearance Applications
OwnerDaniel D. Vossinventor
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Abstract
A truck for tree limb removal is disclosed in residential, commercial, municipal, utility, and line clearance applications. The truck includes a vehicle chassis supporting a plurality of wheels. A boom is supported by the vehicle chassis. This boom has an attachment end attached to the vehicle chassis at an attachment joint and a tool-supporting end rotatable and extendable relative to the attachment joint. A feller buncher tool is attached to the tool-supporting end of the boom.
Claims23
A truck for tree limb removal in residential, commercial, municipal, utility, and line clearance applications, the truck comprising:
- a vehicle chassis supporting a plurality of wheels;
- a boom supported by the vehicle chassis having an attachment end attached to the vehicle chassis at an attachment joint and a tool-supporting end rotatable and extendable relative to the attachment joint;
- a feller tool attached to the tool-supporting end of the boom having hydraulic lines extending up the boom to the teller tool in which the hydraulic lines provide power to the feller tool;
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- a spool mechanism receiving at least a portion of the hydraulic lines, the spool mechanism being configured to permit the hydraulic lines to be extended or retracted therefrom as the boom is actuated.
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A method of removing a tree, the method comprising:
- grasping a portion of the tree using a feller tool attached to a tool-supporting end of a boom attached to a truck for tree removal in residential, commercial, municipal, utility, and line clearance applications;
- cutting the tree using the feller tool to sever the portion of the tree that is grasped by the feller tool from a remainder of the tree;
- wherein the feller tool attached to the tool-supporting end of the boom has hydraulic lines extending up the boom to the feller tool in which the hydraulic lines provide power to the feller tool and wherein a spool mechanism receives at least a portion of the hydraulic lines and is configured to permit the hydraulic lines to be extended or retracted therefrom as the boom is actuated.
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A vehicle for tree limb removal in residential, commercial, municipal, utility, and line clearance applications, the vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle chassis;
- a boom supported by the vehicle chassis having an attachment end attached to the vehicle chassis at an attachment joint and a tool-supporting end rotatable and extendable relative to the attachment joint;
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- a feller tool attached to the tool-supporting end of the boom, the feller tool having hydraulic lines extending up the boom to the feller tool;
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- a spool mechanism receiving at least a portion of the hydraulic lines, the spool mechanism being configured to permit the hydraulic lines to be extended or retracted therefrom as the boom is actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.